WAYLAND BAPTIST UNIVERSITY
HAWAII CAMPUS
SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
SYLLABUS
1. Mission Statement: Wayland Baptist University exists to educate students in an academically
challenging, learning-focused and distinctively Christian environment for professional success and
service to God and humankind.
2. Course: MISM 5306 – Management of Information Systems
3. Term: Summer, 2015
4. Instructor: Dr. James Etherton
5. Office Phone and email: 808.477.9411, james.etherton@wayland.wbu.edu
6. Office Hours, Building, and Location: As needed by appointment.
7. Class Meeting Time and Location: Hickam AFB, Saturdays, 8:30AM – 12:30PM
8. Catalog Description: Information systems types, components, technology, and development within
an organizational framework including human resource information systems (HRIS), management
information systems (MIS), and security information systems (SIS), with emphasis on business problem
solving. Principles, vocabulary, and concepts; what a manager needs to know to make effective use of
information technology.
9. Prerequisites: BUAD 5300.
10. Required Textbook and Resources:
BOOK
MIS: MANAGEMENT
INFORMATION
SYSTEMS/4LTR PRESS
AUT ED YEAR
HOR
Bidgoli
5th
2015
PUBLISHER
Cengage Learning
ISBN#
9781285836454
UPDATED
3/21/14
11. Optional Materials: Professor handouts/online resources for further research
12. Course Outcome Competencies:
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Identify and describe the use of Information Systems in business today and be able to
communicate in terms associated with IS.
Explore and debate critical issues related to managing and administering the IS function.
Demonstrate and ability to investigate the overall information needs of an organization and the
role of information systems in providing them.
Examine alternative ways to match information systems function to the structure and behavior of
the organization.
Identify and debate societal and ethical issues impacting IS managers.
13. Attendance Requirements: Must participate in all discussions and assigned labs
14. Disability Statement: “In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), it is
the policy of Wayland Baptist University that no otherwise qualified person with a disability be
excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subject to discrimination under any
educational program or activity in the university. The Coordinator of Counseling Services serves as the
coordinator of students with a disability and should be contacted concerning accommodation requests at
(806) 291- 3765. Documentation of a disability must accompany any request for accommodations.”
15. Course Requirements and Grading Criteria:
Participation
Lab
Quizzes
Final Project
30% (15% classroom interaction, 15% substantive response to discussion questions)
25%
20%
25%
Students shall have protection through orderly procedures against prejudices or capricious academic
evaluation. A student who believes that he or she has not been held to realistic academic standards, just
evaluation procedures, or appropriate grading, may appeal the final grade given in the course by using the
student grade appeal process described in the Academic Catalog. Appeals may not be made for
advanced placement examinations or course bypass examinations. Appeals are limited to the final
course grade, which may be upheld, raised, or lowered at any stage of the appeal process. Any
recommendation to lower a course grade must be submitted through the Executive Vice President/Provost
to the Faculty Assembly Grade Appeals Committee for review and approval. The Faculty Assembly
Grade Appeals Committee may instruct that the course grade be upheld, raised, or lowered to a more proper
evaluation.
16. Tentative Schedule: (Calendar, Topics, Assignments) (Term May 25 – August 8, 2015)
30 May
Introductions/mini bio, read chapters 1 and 2
Enroll for Cengage learning tool
Course Key: CM-9781285836515-0000055
Discuss Chapter 1
Chapter 1 quiz
Lab
6 June
Chapters 2 & 3
Course discussion/Video/Case Study
Chapter 2 and 3 quizzes
Lab
13 June
Chapters 4 & 5
Course discussion/Video/Case Study
Chapters 4 & 5 quizzes
Lab
20 June
Chapters 6 &7
Course discussion/Video/Case Study
Chapter 6 and 7 quizzes
Lab
27 June
Chapter 8
Course discussion/Video/Case Study
Chapter 8 Quiz
Project/paper discussion/progress status
Lab
4 July
HOLIDAY
11 July
Chapters 9 & 10
Course discussion/Video/Case Study
Chapter 9 and 10 quizzes
Lab
18 July
Chapter 11
Course discussion/Video/Case Study
Chapter 11 quiz
Lab
25 July
Chapters 12 & 13
Course discussion/Video/Case Study
Chapter 12 and 13 quizzes
Lab
1 August
Chapter 14
Course discussion/Video/Case Study
Chapter 14 quiz
Last minute case study/presentation discussion
Lab
8 August
Presentations/Case study due
Course/instructor critique
17. Additional information as desired by the faculty member. All students should be prepared to engage with
real world examples of their perspectives on management information systems. This course features structured
discussions and interactive labs for hands-on, experiential learning.