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DETAILED SYLLABUS
Decision Support Systems
1. Information about the study program
1.1 University
1.2 Faculty
1.3 Department
1.4 Field of study
1.5 Program level (bachelor or master)
1.6 Study program /
Babes-Bolyai University Cluj Napoca
Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
Informatică economică
Management
Licenţă
Management Engleză
Qualification
2. Information about the subject
2.1 Subject title
Decision Support Systems
Codul disciplinei
ELE0055
2.2 Course activities professor
Lecturer Cristian Bologa, PhD
2.3 Seminar activities professor
Lecturer Cristian Bologa, PhD
2.4 Year of study
2
2.5 Semester
II
2.6 Type of assessment ES
2.7 Subject regime
Opt
3. Total estimated time (teaching hours per semester)
3.1 Number of hours per week
3 out of which: 3.2 course
1
3.3 seminar/laboratory
3.4 Total number of hours in the
36 out of which: 3.5 course
12
3.6 seminar/laboratory
curriculum
Time distribution
Study based on textbook, course support, references and notes
Additional documentation in the library, through specialized databases and field activities
Preparing seminars/laboratories, essays, portfolios and reports
Tutoring
Assessment (examinations)
Others activities ...................................
3.7 Total hours for individual study
114
3.8 Total hours per semester
150
3.9 Number of credits
6
4. Preconditions (if necessary)
4.1 Curriculum
4.2 Skills
Not applicable
Not applicable
2
24
Hours
40
25
40
6
3
5. Conditions (if necessary)
5.1. For course
development
5.2. For seminar /
laboratory development
For course lectures there are necessary: video-projector, whiteboard, Internet access
For laboratories there are necessary: computer network, Internet access, video-projector,
whiteboard
6. Acquired specific competences
Professional
competences
•
•
•
Transversal
competences
•
•
Participation in the development and implementation of software applications for financial
accounting
Assist management in decision making
Preparation of financial statements of the summaries, the reports made for various organizations
and analyzes, summaries, forecasts and economic assessment
Knowledge, explanation and interpretation of ideas, processes, phenomena, status and trends for
specific economic activities and development of value judgments grounded at micro and macro
level
Use technology and modern tools for information processing and management of databases for
specific economic and social activities
7. Subject objectives (arising from the acquired specific competences)
7.1 Subject’s general objective
Understanding of the key technologies used in the management of information
and organizations.
7.2 Specific objectives
Knowledge of:
• types of existing information systems that serve the decision-making
process: accounting information systems, finance, human resources, sales and
marketing, manufacturing and services
• decision support systems
• executive information systems
• office automation systems
• intelligent information Systems
• e-commerce systems
•integrated business management systems;
customer relationship
management systems; supply chain management systems
8. Contents
Teaching
methods
Introduction, data, information, knowledge, information society, decisions, types Lecture
of decisions, the decision-making process
Information system, features, components, role of information systems in
Lecture
business
Types of information systems, decision support systems, characteristics,
Lecture
structure, stages of development of a decision support system, benefits
Intelligent systems, features; expert systems
Lecture
E-business Systems, advantages, disadvantages, risks;
Lecture
Models and categories of e-business, e-commerce categories; legislation on
electronic commerce
Integrated business management systems; customer relationship management Lecture
systems; supply chain management systems
Data warehouse; On line analytical processing of data; Data mining; Business
Lecture
Intelligence
Manifestation of risks in information systems
Lecture
8.1 Course
Observations
One lecture
One lecture
Two lectures
One lecture
Two lectures
Two lectures
Two lectures
One lecture
References:
1. Vicki L. Sauter -Decision Support Systems for Business Intelligence, Wiley, 2011
2. Simha R. Magal - Integrated Business Processes with ERP Systems, Wiley, 2011
3. France Belanger - Information Systems for Business: An Experiential Approach, Wiley, 2011
4. Marakes G.M., Decision Support Systems in the 21st Century, Second Edition, Prentice Hall, 2002.
5. James O'Brien, George Marakas - Management Information Systems, McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Teaching
8.2 Seminar/laboratory
Observations
methods
Practical aspects regarding the components of a computer system
Discussions,
One laboratory
individual study
Business Information Systems; examples
Discussions,
Two
individual study laboratories
Decision support systems; examples
Discussions,
Two
individual study laboratories
Intelligent systems, expert systems, examples
Discussions,
One laboratory
individual study
Ecommerce systems-examples
Discussions,
Two
individual study laboratories
Integrated business management-examples
Discussions,
One laboratory
individual study
Customer relationship management systems and vendors-examples
Discussions,
One laboratory
individual study
Data warehouses, multidimensional data analysis systems-examples
Discussions,
One laboratory
individual study
Data mining, business intelligence -examples
Discussions,
One laboratory
individual study
References:
1. Vicki L. Sauter -Decision Support Systems for Business Intelligence, Wiley, 2011
2. Simha R. Magal - Integrated Business Processes with ERP Systems, Wiley, 2011
3. France Belanger - Information Systems for Business: An Experiential Approach, Wiley,
2011
4. Marakes G.M., Decision Support Systems in the 21st Century, Second Edition, Prentice
Hall, 2002.
5. James O'Brien, George Marakas - Management Information Systems, McGraw-Hill/Irwin,
2010
9. Corroboration / validation of the subject’s content in relation to the expectations coming from
representatives of the epistemic community, of the professional associations and of the representative
employers in the program’s field.
 Expectations of business area regarding economics graduates conduct to the idea of
knowledge of management and information technology used in business management. The
role of this discipline is to familiarize students with the new technologies that are beginning
to be implemented increasingly in Romanian companies and organizations.
10. Assessment (examination)
Type of activity
10.1 Assessment criteria
10.4 Course
Knowledge about the concepts and
technologies presented in the course
10.3 Weight in
the final grade
Quizzes throughout the semester
10%
10.2 Assessment methods
Written exam with open
questions.
10.5
The students has to develop an individual
Seminar/laboratory project based on laboratory activity
Theory minimum mark: 5
Project
Laboratory minimum mark: 5
40%
50%
10.6 Minimum performance standard
• It is necessary to obtain a minimum grade of 5 (five) in order to pass this subject;
• The grades being granted are between 1 (one) and 10 (ten);
• Students must approach each element (question, problem) within the exam sheet;
• The exam is written and takes approximately 50minutes;
Date of filling
Signature of the course professor
Signature of the seminar professor
13.01.2015
Lect.dr. Bologa Cristian
Lecturer Bologa Cristian,Phd
Head of department’s signature: Prof.dr.habil. Gheorghe Cosmin Silaghi
Date of approval by the department 28.01.2015