Arab Academy for Banking & Financial Sciences
Faculty of Information Systems & Technology
MSc MIS
Comprehensive Exam Topics
New plan
April 2007
1
Information Systems Management
Book:
Information Systems Management in Practice, Sixth Edition, B.C. McNurlin
and R.H. Sprague, Prentice-Hall, 2004
Topics
Chapter
2
3
4
7
8
12
The Top IS Job
Strategic Uses of Information Technology
Information Systems Planning
Managing Information Resources
Managing Operation
Supporting Collaboration
E-Business
Book1: Electronic Commerce: A Managerial Perspective, Prentice Hall, 2004, E.
Turban, D. King, J. Lee, and D. Viehland,
Or
Book2: Managing E-business and E-commerce, Dave Chaffy, Prentice Hall, 2004
Topics
Overview of Electronic Commerce
E-market Place
E marketing and Customer
Relationship Management
E market Strategy
E-Commerce Security
On-line Application Development
Book 1
Ch1
Ch2
Ch4
Book2
Ch1, Ch2
Ch2, Ch3
Ch 8, Ch 9
Ch5
Ch12
Ch 18
Ch 5
2
Ch11
Knowledge Management
Book 1:
1. Knowledge Management, Solutions, Technology, and I.B. Fernandez, et al,
Prentice-Hall, Inc. 2004
Topics
Chapter
Overview of Knowledge Management
The Nature of Knowledge
Solutions of Knowledge Management
Organizational Impacts of Knowledge
Management
Factors Influencing Knowledge Management
Knowledge Management Assessment
of an Organization
1
2
3
4
5
6
Or
Book 2:
2. Knowledge Management:Elias Awad, Prentice-Hall, Inc. 2002
Topics
The Nature of Knowledge
Knowledge management system Development
Knowledge management capturing techniques
Knowledge management Codification
Knowledge management Transfer
Managing Knowledge workers
3
Chapter
2
3
6
7
9
15
Advanced Database Systems
Book:
Fundamentals of Database Systems, 5th edition, Elmasri et. al, AddisonWesley, 2007.
Topic
Databases and Database Users
Database System Concepts and Architecture
Database Modeling Using the ER Model
ER to Relational Mapping
The Relational Data Model and DB
Constraints
The Relational Algebra
Chapter
Ch1
Ch2
Ch3
Ch7
Ch5
Ch6
SQL
Functional Dependencies and Normalization
For Relational Databases
Intro to Transaction Processing Concepts &
Theory
4
Ch8, Ch9
Ch10
Ch17
Systems Analysis
Books:
1. Modern systems analysis & Design, 4th edition, J. Hoffer et. Al, PrenticeHall, 2005.
Topics
The systems development environment
Managing the IS project
Identifying & selecting systems development
projects
Initiating & planning systems development
projects
Determining system requirements
Structuring system process requirements
Structuring system logical requirements
Finalizing design decisions
System implementation
5
Chapters
1
3
4
5
6
7
8
15
16
Business Data Communication
Book:
 Business Data Communications, 5/E, by William Stallings, ISBN: 0-13144257-0 Publisher: Prentice Hall Copyright: 2005
 Slides : ftp://ftp.prenhall.com/pub/esm/computer_science.s041/stallings/Slides/BDC5e-PPT-Slides/
Topics
Distributed Data Processing.
Internet History and Architecture.
TCP/IP and OSI.
Internet-Based Applications.
Client/Server and Intranet Computing.
Internet Operations.
6
Chapter
3
4
5
6
7
8