MIS 610:
Seminar in Information Systems
Management
Yong Choi
School of Business Administration
CSU, Bakersfield
Instructor
Name: Yong Choi, PhD
Office: BDC 142
Office Hours: on the class website
Phone: (661) 654 - 6691
Email: ychoi2@csub.edu
 No email checking during weekend…
Turn on your computer NOW!
Change of Schedule
Just witnessed organizational problem
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Communication and Leadership
Original idea: online and hybrid only for
summer based on the survey by
previous director
Try to be flexible as much as possible
Course Orientation
Exactly same course orientation for today
(Wed, June 16) and tomorrow (Th, June 17)
Because the first two weeks will be online
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Quiz (ch 1 – 7: Monday, July 20th)
Big data textbook summary (Wed, July 1st)
If possible, MIS case discussion
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Ch 1 - 4 : Monday, July 20th
Textbook 1
Management Information Systems
for the Information Age, 9th Edition
By Haag and Cummings
Irwin-McGraw Hill
ISBN-13: 978-0073376851
Buy from the Internet store such as
Amazon.com market place
Textbook 2
Big Data, Big Analytics:
Emerging Business Intelligence
and Analytic Trends for Today's
Businesses
By Minelli, Chambers, and Dhiraj
ISBN: 978-1-118-14760-3
Wiley, 2013
Website for Course
Tour of the course website NOW!
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You can download almost every class material from the
course website…..
http://www.csub.edu/~ychoi2
 Download
course
and open introduction of
Course Description
Introductory level course of MIS for graduate
students
Designed for a student who has minimum
computer-based MIS background.
Learn-by-doing
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Just like “Math”
Technical MIS knowledge cannot be learned by
reading
The course consists of six modules
Six Modules
Individual
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Quiz
Big Data Summary and Paper
Database Development
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Group
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Case Discussion
E-Commerce Project
Quiz Module
Individual activity
Total 13 chapters: Chap 1 – 9 and Extended
Learning Module A, B, E, and H
 Chapters 1 - 7 are due by Monday, July 20
 Chapters 7 - 9, and XML A, B, E, and H are due
by Thursday, August 6
Taking through the textbook website
www.mhhe.com/haag9e (have a tour now!).
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Also, lecture PPT and other materials
Big Data Module
Individual activity
Summary of the textbook: two pages
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Due by: Wednesday, July 1
Big data paper: seven pages
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Actual body of paper: five pages (w/o cover and
reference pages)
Due by: Thursday, Aug 6
Database Module 1
Individual Activity
Introduce concepts of the relational database
systems.
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Relational model, Entity-relationship diagram, SQL,
reverse engineering, etc
Relational DB: focal point of information age
and straight forward field (Based on Mathematics)
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Fundamental of DB has not been changed much
But DB sizes and tools have been changed
Database Module 2
In-class lecture with a lot of hands-on because
it is a summer course in the evening.
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Assignments and a take-home exam will be given
Data modeling knowledge needs to be used
for the EC project
GIS Module
Individual activity
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Online lecture with lots of hands-on activities
Primary tool: ArcGIS Desktop 10.0
Developing digital map
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Very wide implication in business
Feasibility study of High Speed Rail Road Syetm
Due by: Thursday, August 6
Tour of Blackboard (BB) 1
http://www.csub.edu/els/bb9/
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Enrollment option: “SELF-ENROLL”
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First time? Try the link on the website “How to enroll
to your course” (Look for "Self-Enroll“ section)
First time using BB: try tutorials on the CSUB
Blackboard website
Tour of Blackboard (BB) 2
Let’s enroll now
 You
must know your “Net ID”
 Access Code: “None”
 Not allowed enroll after June 30th
MIS Case Study Module
Group activity
Thru the Blackboard discussion board
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Your group BB discussion board (already created)
Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 4 case discussions are due
by Monday, July 20
Chapters 5, 6, 7, and 8 case discussions are due
by Thursday, August 6
E-Commerce Module
Group activity
In-class lecture with practical hands-on activities
What to submit
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Proposal (using Microsoft Word)
Data Model (using Lucidchart.com and Microsoft
Word)
Website (compress (or zip) the website folder for
submission
Due by Thursday, August 6
Submission 1
Whatever you are required to submit, You must
submit it through BB. Otherwise, it will not be
accepted.
If you’d like to avoid any type of possible
technical problems, please use PCs in the
school computer lab (Grad Lab)
Submission 2
When you submit a file (i.e., assignment), you
MUST CLOSE Microsoft office application
(i.e., Access) COMPLETELY.
Otherwise, ONLY title of you file will be
accepted and processed without including
actual contents of your file.
Submission 3
And if you need to submit several files, you
must submit all files together at once. That is,
you must "UPLOAD" all the assignment files
together at once.
When you turn in the assignment, the file
name must make sense.
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JohnDoe_assignment_3.doc
ECprjt_1_group_3
Evaluation and Grading
Points scales are subject to change
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Quiz (13 chapters, each 3 points)
39 points
Case Discussion
40 points
Big Data
60 points
Database
50-70 points
E-Commerce
50 points
GIS Development
50 points
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289-309 points
Group Module (MIS cases and EC project)
No participation, No credit
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That is the bottom line
Grading based on quality of your job
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Graduate student level of quality
Your grade will be adjusted based on “Peer
Evaluation Form” at the end of quarter
Form a Group
Already formed based on alphabetical order of your
last name and your group info. available on the
website
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Minimum of 2 members
Maximum of 3 members
Email to your group members
Any conflict or problem? let me know right away!
Course Guideline 1
Any Work Turned In must be neatly done and
should conform to the following specifications.
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Use complete sentences - Little bit of grammatical
mistakes are OK. But no misspelled words.
Neatness and organized appearances do count.
MUST be machine-typed.
Multiple pages (more than two) MUST be stapled
together. Otherwise, your work will not be accepted.
All work MUST be done on 8.5" x 11" paper.
Course Guideline 2
Late work
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Will be penalized (25% each day late)
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The BB submission link will be disappeared. Thus, it
must be turned in by email (as attachment)
Failure to take a quiz by the due date will result in
a grade of 0.
Participating case discussion after the due date
will result in a grade of 0.
Course Guideline 3
Office hours
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You must be able to demonstrate you have
already put a reasonable effort into solving and/or
analyzing the problems.
Please do not try to use office hours to make up
for a missed class (I do not repeat any lectures).
Honor code
Classroom conduct: everyone is equal.
No Interference
Surfing the web, typing, texting, talking
and any other interferences
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If you have any question, let your instructor know.
Up to 30 % of your total score can be
deducted depending on the level of
interference.
Any Question?