Arab Academy for Banking & Financial Sciences
Faculty of Information Systems & Technology
PhD. MIS
Comprehensive Exam Topics
New plan
April 2007
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Advance Topics in Information System Management
Book1:
Information Systems Management in Practice; Sixth Edition, B.C. McNurlin
and R.H. Sprague, Prentice-Hall, Inc. 2004
Topic
The Top IS Job
Strategic Uses of Information Technology
Information Systems Planning
Managing Operation
Management Issues in System Development
Supporting Collaboration
Future Issues in IS
Chapter
2
3
4
8
10
12
14
Book2:
Managing the Information Technology Resource, By Jerry N. Luftman, 2004,
Pearson
Chapters: 2,4,5,8,9,11
Topics:
1. From MIS (Management Information Systems) to ISM (Information
Systems Management)
2. Role of CIO/IS Manager.
3. ISM issues and concerns
4. information Systems planning
5. Emerging Themes in IS Strategy
6. Models and techniques used in IS Management
7. Types of organizational cultures and its impact on information systems.
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Advance Topics in Knowledge Management
Readings:
1. Organization Knowledge Creation Theory, Dr. Firas Alkhaldi, Notes:
2005. (Arab academy web Site)
2. Working Knowledge , Davenport and Pursak, 1998
3. Knowledge Management, Awad , Prentice-Hall, Inc. 2004
4. Knowledge Management, Solutions, Technology, I.B. Fernandez, et al,
Prentice-Hall, Inc. 2004
Topics
Organization Knowledge Creation Theory
Knowledge Management Life cycle
Knowledge Management Strategy
Knowledge Capturing and Creating Techniques
Knowledge Sharing and Transfer
Knowledge Management Technologies
Developing a Knowledge Management Initiative
3
Advance Topics in Electronic Business
Book1:
E-Business and E-Commerce, 2/E, Dave Chaffey, Prentice Hall,
Topics
E-Business Infrastructure
E-Environment
E-Business Strategy
Supply Chain Management
E-procurement
E-Marketing
Customer Relationship Management
Changer Management
Chapters
3+4+5
6+7+8
9+10
Book2:
Electronic Commerce: A Managerial Perspective, E. Turban, D. King, J. Lee,
and D. Viehland, Prentice Hall, 2004.
Topics
Chapter
Overview of E-Business
1 and 2
E-Supply Chains (E-Supply Chains, Collaborative
8
Commerce, and Intra-business EC)
E-Supply Chains (E-Supply Chains, Collaborative
15 and 16
Commerce, and Intrabusiness EC)
4
Advanced Topics in Technology Change Management
BOOK:
Managing The Information Technology Resource, BY Jerry N. Luftman,
2004, Pearson
(http://myphlip.pearsoncmg.com/faculty/mplistres5.cfm?vbookid=519)
Topic
Introduction to Managing the Information Technology
Resource
Chapter
1
IT Strategy
2
Strategic Alignment Maturity (Concept/importance of
business and IT strategy alignment maturity)
Managing Emerging Technologies (Importance of
understanding emerging technologies. Should
organization be pioneer, leader, or follower
And how to introduce and appropriate apply new
technology
Organizing IT (Common ways IT is organized
and Determination of best organizational structure
(Federalist IT model))
Management of Change (Why people resist change.
How IT is player in change management. Successful
planning of change. And
Global factors in change management)
Measuring, Reporting, and Controlling
3
7
8
10
13
5
Advanced Topics in Database Systems
Book:
Fundamentals of Database Systems, 5th edition, Elmasri et. al, AddisonWesley, 2007.
Topics
Database Concepts and Facilities
EE-R modeling
Object-Oriented Databases
Transaction Processing Concepts and Theory
Database Recovery Techniques
Distributed Databases and Client –Server Architecture
XML and Internet Databases
Data Mining Concepts
Multimedia Databases
Chapters
1, 2
4
22
17
19
25
26
27
24
6
Advanced Topics in Information Systems Development
Book:
Software Engineering, Ian Sommerville, 7th edition, Addison-Wesley, 2005
Topics
Introduction
Socio-technical systems
Software processes
Software requirements
Requirements engineering processes
System models
Architectural design
Rapid software development
Quality management
Configuration Management
Chapters
1
2
4
6
7
8
11
17
27
29
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