COMP 5131:
Introduction to Information Systems
Ajay Kumar
Department of Computing
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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COMP 5131
¾ Lecture Schedule:
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Monday (PQ 305, 18:30-21:30 Hrs)
¾ Course Website:
http://www.comp.polyu.edu.hk/~csajaykr/comp5131.htm
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Lecture materials
Assignments, Solutions
Online References, Articles, and Links
¾ Teaching Assistance:
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TBA
Email: TBA
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Who is Am I?
¾ Research
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Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition
Biometrics, Industrial Inspection
¾ Department of Computing
¾ Office: PQ 831
¾ Email: csajaykr@comp.polyu.edu.hk
¾ Office hours: by appointment via email
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Course Outline
¾ Objectives
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Role of information systems in business environment to achieve
competitive advantage
Fundamental Knowledge of information systems architecture
and IT infrastructure
State-of-the-art technologies that will contribute towards future
development of IT systems and applications
Issues contributing to security, integrity, ethics, successful
planning, implementation and management of IT systems
¾ Indicative Textbooks
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Laudon K. C. & Laudon J. P., Essentials of Management
Information Systems, 8th Edition, Pearson, 2008.
O’Brien J. A. and Marakas G. M., Introduction to Information
Systems, 14th Edition, McGraw-Hill Irwin, 2008.
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Course Material
¾ Lecture Material
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Copies of slides provided weekly on class website
Slides are only an aide memory, … …
Attend Lectures
Š Lectures gives you detailed point-wise meaning
Š Slides may change
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Roughly follow recommended textbook
Only selected subset of chapters
Enriched with material from further sources (Journals/Articles)
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Lectures
Discussions
Case Analyses
Presentations on specific topics
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COMP 5131
¾ What do I learn in this course?
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Become better informed users, customers and/or professionals
in the application and use of information systems
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Develop a thorough knowledge of how information technology
is transforming all facets of business, management and society
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How to use Information Systems to
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Improve operations
Create New products & services
Improve decision making
Increase customer intimacy
Promote competitive advantage
Deepen critical-thinking and problem-solving skills
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COMP 5131
¾ Why Should I learn these??
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Role of Information Systems
Š 2007 → One trillion US$ Investment in Information Systems
Š 2007 → 40 million businesses had .com sites registered
Š 6/19 million American purchase/research product everyday
on internet
Š 60 million bank online everyday
Š 55 million read blogs everyday
Š E-commerce and Internet advertising – Google 18 billion
US$, growing annually about 15%
Must understand and benefit from new realities
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COMP 5131
¾ Why Should I learn these??
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Global Challenges
Š 2007 → More than 33% US economy from foreign trade,
more than 50% in Asia and Europe
Š More than 50% Intel revenues from overseas sales,
More than 80% toys sold in US are made in China while
90% of PCs sold in China use Intel’s or AMD’s chips
Š US looses several millions jobs offshore → Low wage
producers
Information Systems → Operating and Transaction costs ↓
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Improved Decision Making
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Competitive Advantage, Survival
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Course Contents
¾ Information Systems and the Organization {~ 2 weeks}
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Strategic Use of Information Systems, Organization and Role
¾ Foundation of Information Systems {~ 3 weeks}
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Computer System Components, Systems Software, applications, trends in
hardware and software technology, managing data resources, database manage
systems and data modeling, data warehousing and future data management
¾ Communication and Networks {~ 2 weeks}
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Components of telecommunication system, telecommunication networks,
enterprise networking, internet and electronic commerce
¾ Information System Development {~ 2 weeks}
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Overview of system development process, system implementation
¾ Organizational Support Systems {~ 2 weeks}
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Knowledge management and the organization, application of intelligent technologies, decision
support systems, cooperative work support systems, executive support systems
¾ Managing Information Systems {~ 2 weeks}
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Computer Security and Integrity, Ethical and Social Issues, Assuring data quality
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Lecture Format
¾ Slides and transparencies
¾ Illustrative examples
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Supplement the slides and transparencies
¾ Lectures
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Come regularly
It is your responsibility to catch up your missed
lectures with your friends
¾ Assignments
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Tutorials
Important exercises to supplement the lectures
More rigorous problems to consolidate your
knowledge
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Assessment
¾ Continuous Assessment
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45%
Quizzes
Assignments {details will be announced later}
¾ Examination
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55%
No make up examination will be given
Will cover material in assigned readings from Laudon
& Laudon
Material included in the lecture, closed-note and
closed-book
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Thou Shall Not Cheat
¾ Do not cheat
¾ I encourage you to discuss your assignments with
your friends
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Put everything in your own words
¾ But no copying
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It is NOT a shame of not knowing how to do
Copying causes damage to your integrity and respect
Copying is stealing intellectual property
TAs will catch cheaters
¾ What if you are caught copying?
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Both the copier and the originator get 0
2nd time: Both get 0 and one full downgrade
Caught 3rd time: FAIL
If it is minor or major, an automatic FAIL
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Information Systems
Why should we
learn?
What should we
learn?
How should we
learn?
More Information ?
¾ More information is
not profitable unless it
is relevant information
¾ Executives will need
better information in
the future if their
companies are to be
competitive
Information …
BAD information is WORSE than ...
NO information.
Objectives of the MIS
Deliver the right information
to the right people,
at the right time,
with the right form.
Ultimately, MIS should
improve the workers’
productivity.
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who has what
information about
whom and when,
where, and how will
all be decided in the
process of building
an information
system.
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Information Vs Knowledge Management
¾ Information management can be described
as “delivering the right information to the right
people at the right time with the right form”
¾ Knowledge management can be illustrated as
“getting the right people to have the right
conversation at the right time”
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What is this course about ?
Therefore, this course is
about the need,
the value, and
the means
of acquiring, creating,
and using the information
in the information age.
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