WAYLAND BAPTIST UNIVERSITY
Eielson AFB 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 3303 – {Section Number}, Information Systems Theory and Practice
3. Term: Fall 2014
4. Instructor: Candi Dierenfield
5. Office Phone Number and WBU Email Address: 907-978-4688 (text only)
email: candi.dierenfiels@wayland.wbu.edu
6. Office Hours, Building, and Location: by appointment only
7. Class Meeting Time and Location: MONDAYS Eielson Computer Lab, Ed Center 5:30pm ***
8. Catalog Description: Organizational systems, planning, and decision process, and how information is used for
decision support in organizations. Quality and decision theory, information theory, and practice essential for providing
viable information to the organization. Concepts of Information Systems for competitive advantage, data as a resource,
Information Systems and Information Technology planning, re-engineering, project management and development of
systems, and end-user computing.
9. Prerequisites: COSC 2311
10. Required Textbook and Resources:
BOOK
AUTHOR ED
Introduction to Information
Systems, ebook
Binder Version
Rainer
5th
YEAR
PUBLISHER
ISBN#
2014
John Wiley
9781118802137
9781118866184
UPDATED
3/21/14
11. Optional Materials: Must have access to Internet outside of class to post assignments and other Blackboard assisted
assignments.
12. Course Outcome Competencies:
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Describe what information is needed for an organization, the form the information needs to take, where to
locate the information, and what computer-based information tools are needed to build a business.
Explain how to use information strategically in order to succeed in business.
Explain how telecommunications and networks can be used to communicate more effectively.
Illustrate how data collected by organizations and knowledge gathered by its members can be organized and
stored efficiently so that useful information can be extracted in a timely manner.
Discuss various levels of management and their information needs.
Explain how sharing of information across organizational boundaries is critical to organizational success.
Discuss why and how artificial intelligence and expert systems are used in many business applications to aid in
decision making, especially in the solving of problems.
Show ways organizations develop new information systems.
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Explain why the integrity of the data and the reliability of their information systems are so critical to an
organization’s success.
Identify appropriate responses to managerial and organizational issues stemming from development,
implementation, and use of computer-based information systems.
Discuss challenges in implementation of international information systems, including economic and cultural
differences.
Summarize major ethical and societal issues involved in development and use of information technology.
13. Attendance Requirements: Attendance is required. Excessive late arrivals or early departures will be taken
into consideration. It is the student’s responsibility to obtain any material missed by not attending class for any
reason. The students must not miss more than 25% (3 class periods) of the class, or it will result in a failure for
the class. Students who do miss more than 3 classes will be reported to the area Dean for decision to give the student
credit for the class. It is the student’s responsibility to turn in homework on time based on class attendance or not.
In case of TDY’s the instructor should be notified as soon as possible.
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:
Research Paper: A scholarly article on a specific topic and containing a definite thesis statement - (40% of the final
grade)
Attendance and Participation (Homework) - (60% of the final grade)
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.
Note: Syllabus is subject to change at the instructor’s discretion. It is the student’s responsibility to note changes.
This class will be taught as a “flipped” class, meaning that you will need to come to class prepared each week,
having read the chapter with participation assignment ready-to-go.
16. Tentative Schedule: (Calendar, Topics, Assignments)
Week
Reading Assignment
Homework/Laboratory Assignment
Aug 18
Aug 25
Sept 8
Sept 1
No F 2 F
Class
Sept 15
Chapter 1
(prior to class)
Tech Guide (p. 438)
Chapter 2
Tech Guide (software)
Chapter 3
Tech Guide (cloud
computing)
Chapter 4
Tech Guide
(intelligent systems)
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Sept 22
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Sept 29
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Oct 13
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Oct 20
Oct 27
Chapter 13
In Class : Come prepared with Discussion Questions, p30
Homework: Case Study Presentations
In Class: Discussion Questions pg. 454
In Class: Discussion Questions, pg.68
Homework: Case Study Presentations
In Class: Discussion Questions pg. 465
In Class : Come prepared with Discussion Questions, p90
Homework: Case Study Presentations
In Class: Discussion Questions pg. 485
In Class : Post Discussion Questions, p126
Homework: Case Study Presentations
In Class: Post Discussion Questions pg. 501
In Class : Come prepared with Discussion Questions, p168
Homework: Case Study Presentations
In Class: Discussion Questions pg. 206
Homework: Case Study Presentations
In Class : Come prepared with Discussion Questions, p239
Homework: Case Study Presentations
In Class: Discussion Questions pg. 271
Homework: Case Study Presentations
In Class : Come prepared with Discussion Questions, p309
Homework: Case Study Presentations
In Class: Discussion Questions pg. 338
Homework: Case Study Presentations
In Class : Come prepared with Discussion Questions, p374
Homework: Case Study Presentations
In Class: Discussion Questions pg. 402
Homework: Case Study Presentations
In Class : Come prepared with Discussion Questions, p434
Homework: Case Study Presentations
Paper Due
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