BUS1MIS Management
Information Systems
Semester 1, 2012
Week 1 Lecture 1
Management Information Systems
Successfully managing a business is like a game of ……
Management Information Systems
To survive, a business needs to keep up with the
competition or operate with an advantage.
Recently, many of the competitive advantages developed
by successful businesses have involved information
systems (IS) and information technology (IT).
For example:
Let’s go back to Apple in 2003
How would you respond to the following statements:
1.The iTunes Music Store is a classic example of an IT-driven
competitive advantage.
2.The iTunes Music Store is a Management Information System.
3.While most competitive advantages are temporary, the iTunes Music
Store continues to provide Apple with a competitive advantage.
4.Macs are better than PCs.
Management Information Systems
Business
Information Systems
To learn about MIS, we
need to learn about …
Information Technology
•Business
•Information Systems
•Information Technology
Learning Objectives
• Demonstrate an understanding of the way MIS
contributes to the functioning of an organisation
• Explain the purpose of the key MIS Systems used in
organisations
Learning Objectives
• Illustrate how key MIS Systems impact the
effectiveness of organisations
• Describe the key Ethical and Legal issues associated
with the use of MIS systems in organisations
Learning Objectives
To be able to:
• construct a flexible spreadsheet for a business, and
conduct a what-if analysis
• develop a web page using HTML and Dreamweaver
and understand the role of the internet in e-Business
• develop a database and to understand its role in a
business
MIS Web Site
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Lecture and tutorial schedule
Lecture overheads
Assessment details
Files
Contact
MIS is divided into 2 related parts.
1. Theory
1 x Lecture – Monday 9am
1 x Tutorial – Thursday
2. Practical
1 x Lecture – Thursday 1pm
1 x Tutorial – next Tuesday or Wednesday
The parts are related in that the practical material is
used to illustrate the theory.
MIS Subject Learning Guide
• Theory tutorial questions
• Practical tutorial instructions
• Assessment requirements –
tutorial assessment, online
quizzes
• Assignment
• Plagiarism, special
considerations, etc.
Which Tutorials?
• OASIS - online tutorial registration
https://www.latrobe.edu.au/oasis/campus.asp
Online Quizzes
Tutorial Assessment (3 marks)
You are to show your tutor in one of your tutorial
classes that you have completed the following by the
date due :
1) The completed Excel spreadsheet for the Orchids
Shade House case study
2) The bar graph of annual expenses against annual
income.
DATE DUE: Week 7 Tutorial 1
Assignment
Date Due: 4.00 PM Tuesday 24th April – Week 8
Total Marks: 20% of total assessment
Wayne’s Watersport World is a business planning to
hire out watersport equipment to tourists.
You have been hired to do a projection of their finances
for the next 4 years (2012 – 2015).
Text book
http://mhhe.com/au/baltzan
Examples of IS and IT in Business
This movie contains some
great examples of companies
that have used IT and IS to
gain a competitive advantage.
You can access the movie through the web site that
accompanies your textbook. Check inside the
cover of the textbook for instructions on how to
access the web site.