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DETAILED SYLLABUS
Decision Support Systems
1. Information about the study program
1.1 University
Babes-Bolyai University Cluj Napoca
1.2 Faculty
Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
1.3 Department
Business Information Systems
1.4 Field of study
Management
1.5 Program level (bachelor or
Master
master)
1.6 Study program /
Business Development Management
Qualification
2. Information about the subject
2.1 Subject title
Decision Support Systems
Lecturer Cristian Bologa,
2.2 Course activities professor
PhD
2.3 Seminar activities
Lecturer Cristian Bologa,
professor
PhD
2.4 Year of
2.6 Type of
2 2.5 Semester II
ES
study
assessment
3. Total estimated time (teaching hours per semester)
3.1 Number of hours per week
3.4 Total number of hours in
the curriculum
out of which: 3.2
course
out of which: 3.5
36
course
3
2.7 Subject regime Opt
1
12
3.3
seminar/laboratory
3.6
seminar/laboratory
2
24
Hour
s
Study based on textbook, course support, references and notes
40
Additional documentation in the library, through specialized databases and field activities 25
Preparing seminars/laboratories, essays, portfolios and reports
40
Tutoring
6
Assessment (examinations)
3
Others activities ...................................
3.7 Total hours for individual
114
study
3.8 Total hours per semester
150
Time distribution
3.9 Number of credits
6
4. Preconditions (if necessary)
4.1 Curriculum
Not applicable
4.2 Skills
Not applicable
5. Conditions (if necessary)
5.1. For course
For course lectures there are necessary: video-projector, whiteboard,
development
Internet access
5.2. For seminar /
For laboratories there are necessary: computer network, Internet access,
laboratory
video-projector, whiteboard
development
6. Acquired specific competences
Professiona • Participation in the development and implementation of software applications for
l
financial accounting
competenc • Assist management in decision making
es
• Preparation of financial statements of the summaries, the reports made for
various organizations and analyzes, summaries, forecasts and economic
assessment
Transversal • Knowledge, explanation and interpretation of ideas, processes, phenomena,
competenc
status and trends for specific economic activities and development of value
es
judgments grounded at micro and macro level
• Use technology and modern tools for information processing and management of
databases for specific economic and social activities
7. Subject objectives (arising from the acquired specific competences)
7.1 Subject’s general objective Understanding of the key technologies used in the management
of information and organizations.
7.2 Specific objectives
Knowledge of:
• types of existing information systems that serve the decisionmaking process: accounting information systems, finance, human
resources, sales and marketing, manufacturing and services
• decision support systems
• executive information systems
• office automation systems
• intelligent information Systems
• e-commerce systems
•integrated business management systems; customer relationship
management systems; supply chain management systems
8. Contents
8.1 Course
Introduction, data, information, knowledge, information society,
decisions, types of decisions, the decision-making process
Information system, features, components, role of information
systems in business
Teaching
methods
Lecture
Lecture
Observations
One lecture
One lecture
Types of information systems, decision support systems,
Lecture
Two lectures
characteristics, structure, stages of development of a decision
support system, benefits
Intelligent systems, features; expert systems
Lecture
One lecture
E-business Systems, advantages, disadvantages, risks;
Lecture
Two lectures
Models and categories of e-business, e-commerce categories;
legislation on electronic commerce
Integrated business management systems; customer relationship Lecture
Two lectures
management systems; supply chain management systems
Data warehouse; On line analytical processing of data; Data
Lecture
Two lectures
mining; Business Intelligence
Manifestation of risks in information systems
Lecture
One lecture
References:
1. Vicki L. Sauter -Decision Support Systems for Business Intelligence, Wiley, 2011
2. Simha R. Magal - Integrated Business Processes with ERP Systems, Wiley, 2011
3. France Belanger - Information Systems for Business: An Experiential Approach, Wiley,
2011
4. Marakes G.M., Decision Support Systems in the 21st Century, Second Edition, Prentice
Hall, 2002.
5. James O'Brien, George Marakas - Management Information Systems, McGrawHill/Irwin
Teaching
8.2 Seminar/laboratory
Observations
methods
Practical aspects regarding the components of a computer system Discussions, One
individual
laboratory
study
Business Information Systems; examples
Discussions, Two
individual
laboratories
study
Decision support systems; examples
Discussions, Two
individual
laboratories
study
Intelligent systems, expert systems, examples
Discussions, One
individual
laboratory
study
Ecommerce systems-examples
Discussions, Two
individual
laboratories
study
Integrated business management-examples
Discussions, One
individual
laboratory
study
Customer relationship management systems and vendors-examples Discussions, One
individual
laboratory
study
Data warehouses, multidimensional data analysis systemsDiscussions, One
examples
individual
laboratory
study
Data mining, business intelligence -examples
Discussions, One
individual
laboratory
study
References:
1. Vicki L. Sauter -Decision Support Systems for Business Intelligence,
Wiley, 2011
2. Simha R. Magal - Integrated Business Processes with ERP Systems, Wiley,
2011
3. France Belanger - Information Systems for Business: An Experiential
Approach, Wiley, 2011
4. Marakes G.M., Decision Support Systems in the 21st Century, Second
Edition, Prentice Hall, 2002.
5. James O'Brien, George Marakas - Management Information Systems,
McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2010
9. Corroboration / validation of the subject’s content in relation to the expectations
coming from representatives of the epistemic community, of the professional
associations and of the representative employers in the program’s field.
 Expectations of business area regarding economics graduates conduct to the idea of
knowledge of management and information technology used in business management. The
role of this discipline is to familiarize students with the new technologies that are beginning
to be implemented increasingly in Romanian companies and organizations.
10. Assessment (examination)
Type of activity 10.1 Assessment criteria
10.4 Course
10.2 Assessment methods
Knowledge about the concepts and Quizzes throughout the
technologies presented in the course semester
10.3 Weight
in the final
grade
10%
40%
Written exam with open
questions.
10.5
The students has to develop an
Seminar/laborat individual project based on
ory
laboratory activity
Theory minimum mark: 5
Project
50%
Laboratory minimum mark:
5
10.6 Minimum performance standard
• It is necessary to obtain a minimum grade of 5 (five) in order to pass this subject;
• The grades being granted are between 1 (one) and 10 (ten);
• Students must approach each element (question, problem) within the exam sheet;
• The exam is written and takes approximately 50minutes;
Date of filling
13.01.2015
Signature of the course professor
Lecturer Cristian Bologa, PhD
Signature of the seminar professor
Lecturer Cristian Bologa, PhD
Head of department’s signature: Prof.dr. habil. Cosmin Gheorghe Silaghi
Date of approval by the department 28.01.2015