Management Information Systems
PROF: CHIARA FRIGERIO; PROF. ALESSANDRO CEDERLE
COURSE AIMS
The course aims at acquiring new skills and competences for understanding,
managing and leading the adoption of information systems in companies. The
availability of information in organizations has changed both the decision and
operating processes, allowing companies to react and lead the change. Thus, valued
information systems have started to change the way people live, work, interact, and
communicate within and among organizational settings. In this scenario, the course
aims at transferring the right knowledge to understanding the main topics in
dealing with such innovations from a managerial point of view.
The course is divided into two main knowledge areas (modules): the first is
dedicated to the fundamentals of the management of information systems, such as
classifications, innovation life cycles, its governance and management. The second
area is oriented to transfer knowledge about the most recent big innovations on
information systems (such as big data, cloud computing, network organization,
mobile, etc) in order to comprehend the potential impacts on strategies, life and
contexts.
Students will recognize the features of such innovations and comprehend the main
impacts and managerial implications of them. Accordingly to the main
international business’ syllabi, the course aims at transferring both theoretical and
practical knowledge through case studies, practitioners’ experience, as well as
group applied project works.
COURSE CONTENT
MODULE: Knowledge Area #1. Fundamentals of information systems and its
management (Prof. Chiara Frigerio)
– Definition and classification of information systems.
– Information systems in action: adoption and use dynamics.
– Decision support systems.
– Innovation life cycle.
– Information systems and its governance.
– Managing users demand.
– The value of information systems: performance, return on investments, etc.
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SECOND
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Knowledge Area #2 Innovations in action (Prof. Alessandro
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Open source.
Cloud computing e outsourcing.
BIG data, DW, data mining , OLAP, etc.
Mobile devices, mobile strategy.
Social media – social network marketing.
E-commerce.
How to implement innovation through organizational change.
READING LIST
For both attending and non-attending students:
1. K.E. PEARLSON-C.S. SAUNDERS, Strategic Management of Information Systems, 5th ed.
International Student Version, ISBN: 978-1-118-32254-3, Paperback and E-book
version.
a. Capp. 7, 10, 11 should not be studied by attending students.
b. Non attending students should study all the handbook.
2. Readings and other course materials available electronically via Blackboard online
system.
TEACHING METHOD
Throughout the course a variety of teaching methods is used to encourage active
learning. We combine formal teaching with projects, role-plays, simulations, case histories,
managers and entrepreneurs’ speeches. Blackboard online system will be intensively used
for interacting with students.
Specific coursework assignments and a group project work are requested to attendees.
ASSESSMENT METHOD
For non-attending students the final exam is composed by an individual written test.
While for attending students, assessment is through a combination of individual written
examination, as well as group project work, aiming at verifying the personal comprehension
of contents and its practical application.