MIS 2101 – Information Systems in Organizations
Spring 2011 (Section 004)
Paul Weinberg
Office: Speakman 209J
Phone: (215) 204-9563
Fax: (215) 204-3101
http://community.mis.temple.ed
u/pweinberg
Alter A033
Instructor
Class Location
Prerequisite
weinberg@temple.edu
Office Hours: To be posted
on the course blog.
Tues-Thurs 8:00-9:20 AM
Basic Computer Literacy (see www.fox.temple.edu/foxclt ).
Course Objectives
The primary objectives are:
 Explain the role of technology as a business enabler
 Identify and explain applications in a business setting
 Assess business applications
 Interpret the interaction between technology, customers, processes, data, infrastructure,
participants, and environment an organization.
 Understand the complexity and challenges involved in integrating the functional areas of a
business
 Understand how organizations are using new technology to innovate and create new businesses
and revenue streams, and how technology entrepreneurship enables organizational change
The secondary objectives are:
 Discriminate and synthesize between different sources of information as part of
application acquisition or development
 List ethical and intellectual property challenges that arise from the use of technology
 Explain the evolving role of MIS in the organization, the MIS professional, and careers in
MIS
Textbooks and Supplies
Required
Textbooks
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Leonard Jessup and Joseph Valacich. Information Systems Today:
Managing in the Digital World, 3rd Edition, Prentice Hall, 2008.
ISBN:0132335069
The full edition of the Jessup/Valacich book can be used.
However, there is a custom edition of the book which only contains
the sections we use in this course. This edition is available at the
Temple Bookstore and is significantly less expensive than the full
edition. The full and custom editions were used in the past few
terms. You should be able to find used copies.
Monk, Ellen and Wagner, Bret, “Concepts in Enterprise Resource
Planning,” Second Edition. ISBN: 0-619-21663-8
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Chapter Numbers and the Custom Text
As described above in the section that lists the required textbooks for this course, while the full edition of
the Jessup/Valacich book can be used, it is fairly expensive. The custom text prepared for this course is
significantly less expensive. The chapters provided in the custom text are the same as the equivalent
chapters in the full text. However the custom text does not have chapter numbers, and page numbers
are different.
Please use the following table to map chapter numbers in the full text to the chapter titles in the custom
text:
Chapter Number
1
2
3
4
5
7
8
9
10
Chapter Title
Managing in the Digital World
Fueling Globalization through Information Systems
Valuing Information Systems Investments
Managing the Information Systems Infrastructure
Enabling Commerce Using the Internet
Enhancing Business Intelligence Using Information Systems
Building Organizational Partnerships Using Enterprise Information Systems
Developing Information Systems
Managing Information Systems Ethics and Crime
Evaluation
Item
Midterm Exam
Final Exam
Business Applications
Project
SAP (ERP) Project
Identity Management
Project
Blog Entries (4 assignments
– 2 points each)
Percentage
25%
35%
10%
10%
12%
Scale
94 – 100
90 – 93
87 – 89
83 – 86
80 – 82
77 – 79
A
AB+
B
BC+
73 – 76
70 – 72
67 – 69
63 – 66
60 – 62
Below 60
C
CD+
D
DF
8%
 Term grades are not rounded.
 The Business Applications and Identity Management Projects will be assigned letter
grades --- which will be converted to numeric grades at the midpoint of the appropriate
range. For example, a B+ will be converted to an 88.
 The ERP project will be assigned a numeric grade.
 The blog entries are graded pass/fail. (Pass = 100, Fail = 0)
 All assignments are graded individually.
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Class Blog at http://community.mis.temple.edu
This course does not used Blackboard. Class materials (notes, presentations, projects) are
located on the MIS Community Site. The URL for the course is
http://community.mis.temple.edu/mis2101sectionws11/. This site also contains staff contact
information. You are responsible for checking the site daily for updates and announcements.
The Community Site is structured like a blog-based social networking site. A word of caution:
Be careful posting materials on the MIS Community Site! For more information, read the
section of the syllabus titled “Plagiarism and Academic Dishonesty.”
Course announcements will appear on the Community Site as blog posts. You should check the
announcements area several times a week. Select the announcements category to view the
announcements. To avoid missing announcements, I recommend that you subscribe to the
announcements using a Really Simply Syndication (RSS) feed. Click the RSS icon
next to
the announcements category in the Community Site course blog to subscribe. The
announcements can be automatically sent to your MyYahoo or Google homepages, a folder in
Microsoft Outlook, a mobile device, and other RSS readers. (The choice is especially easy to
make if you are using the Firefox browser.)
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Projects
There are 3 homework projects due during the term.
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Project 1:Business Applications
This project will require students to understand how to use different application software to address
a variety of business problems. Each section of the project involves reading, interacting with some
software, copying computer screen images into your assignment to demonstrate your work, and
responding to questions. Typical business applications addressed by this project will include:
Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Decision Support Systems (DSS), Business Intelligence
(BI), and Transaction Processing Systems (TPS).
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Project 2: SAP (ERP)
This project will give you hands on experience with a working SAP system, where you will be
required to complete typical business functions in the areas of Sales Orders Processes and and Human
Resources. SAP is the world leader in ERP, and this project will help demonstrate both the value and
difficulty in integrating business functions, using a real world SAP system. This challenging project
will require that you attend an MIS training clinic, as well as to read the ERP sections in the Monk &
Wagner textbook in order for you to complete this project successfully.
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Project 3: Identity Management
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This project will have several phases to it, where you will create an ‘e-portfolio’ for yourself,
using WordPress and the Temple MIS Community site to create a professional resume and
portfolio of yourself, and make it available to internet users. You will then learn how to use
Google AdWords to advertise your e-portfolio to the world, and then follow up by using Google
Analytics to measure and analyze the data and traffic your e-portfolio ad generates. Although
the project has several phases, there is one submission. (Check the schedule.)
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The projects are to be completed individually – you should not collaborate with anyone else to
complete these assignments. Projects must be submitted as Word documents attached to an
email. Be sure your name, the class number (2101) and the project title are in the subject
lines of the emails. Otherwise the project may not be graded.
Be sure you print and retain a copy of the sent emails in the sent items folder of your email
system. This is your proof of on-time submission.
The project emails should be sent to BOTH the instructor and the class peer teacher.
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Required Blog Entries
Four times during the term, you are responsible for creating two blog entries on the class site at
community.mis.temple.edu based on the readings in the current chapter of the Jessup book. The
blog entries must be posted before class on the days listed in the course schedule.
Regarding the blog entries for each of the listed chapters:
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One of the blog entries must summarize your understanding of a particular part of the
material in the chapter and your thoughts on the material.
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The second blog entry should follow up or provide comments on blog entries posted by
other students in the class.
Blog entries are graded pass (100) and fail (0).
Late Assignment Policy
A project is considered late if it is turned in after the beginning of class. A project will be
assessed a 10% penalty each day it is late. No credit will be given if a project is submitted more
than one week past the due date. However, you must turn it in – if you decide to skip it, you’ll
receive no credit for the project itself, and in addition your overall course grade will be reduced
by 5%. Late projects will not be accepted after the last day of class.
Equipment, network, and other infrastructure failures are not acceptable reasons for
turning projects in late. During the semester, computers will fail, printers will be out of
service, and SEPTA may be late. You should always make a backup of your work (if it’s really
important, make two backups).
Be sure you submit the right material for the project. Projects submitted with missing material
will not receive credit and will be treated as if they were not submitted. Changes will not be
accepted after the project is submitted. Late projects will not be accepted after the last regular
class meeting.
Blog entries are considered late if they are submitted after the beginning of class. A blog entry
submitted after the beginning of class will graded as a “fail” (0 points).
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Exams
There will be two exams scheduled during the semester, a midterm and a final. In addition, there
are three quizzes scheduled. Missed exams and quizzes cannot be made up, regardless of the
reason for absence. Exams and quizzes are multiple choice, and will be machine graded.
The two exams cover topics from the lectures, reading assignments, and class discussions. The
exams are closed book.
Attendance
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Attendance may be taken randomly during the term. If you are not present when attendance
is taken, your term grade may be reduced.
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Classroom Etiquette
Your behavior in class directly impacts the value you and your fellow students gain from the
course. To that end, the following are rules of conduct in this class:
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Do not arrive late or leave early.
Do not leave in the middle of the class.
Turn off all cell phones, pagers, PDAs, Wii consoles, and Playstations while you are in class.
You can use a laptop computer as long as it is related to the class (taking notes). Do not use
your computer to check you email, browse the Internet, or send instant messages during the
class.
Do not engage in side discussions while others are speaking.
Plagiarism and Academic Dishonesty
Plagiarism and academic dishonesty can take many forms. The most obvious is copying from
another student’s exam, but the following are also forms of this:
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Copying material directly, word-for-word, from a source (including the Internet)
Using material from a source without a proper citation
Turning in an assignment from a previous semester as if it were your own
Having someone else complete your homework or project and submitting it as if it were your
own
Using material from another student’s assignment in your own assignment
If you use text, figures, and data in reports that were created by someone other than yourself, you
must identify the source and clearly differentiate your work from the material that you are
referencing. There are many different acceptable formats that you can use to cite the work of
others (see some of the resources below). You must clearly show the reader what is your work
and what is a reference to somebody else’s work.
Plagiarism and cheating are serious offenses. Penalties for such actions are given at my
discretion, and can range from a failing grade for the individual assignment, to a failing grade for
the entire course, to expulsion from the program.
For more information, refer to the Temple University student code of conduct, available at
http://www.temple.edu/assistance/udc/coc.htm.
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Schedule (Keep in mind that all dates are tentative)
You are expected to complete the assigned readings before coming to class. Additional
reading material may be assigned throughout the course of the semester.
Day
Topics
Jan 18
Course Introduction
Managing in a Digital World
Careers in IS
Jan 25
Globalization and IS
The World is Flat video and
discussion
Reading
Week 1
Deliverable and Quizzes
Jessup: Chapter 1
Week 2
Jessup:
Chapter 2
Week 3
Feb 1
Electronic Commerce
Feb 8
Electronic Commerce
(continued)
Jessup: Chapter 5
Chapter 5 blog entries due
before class Tues Feb 1.
Specific questions to discuss are
located in the course blog.
Week 4
Jessup: Chapter 5
Jessup: Chapter 7
Internal Information Systems
In-class exercise: Classifying
Information Systems
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Week 5
Feb 15
Internal Information Systems
(continued)
Feb 22
Internal Information Systems
(continued)
Mar 1
Mapping Business Processes
Jessup: Chapter 7
Business Applications Project
Due Thurs Feb 17
Project instructions are in the
assignments area of the course
blog.
Submit the Word document as an
email attachment. Send to both
the instructor and the class peer
teacher.
Week 6
Jessup: Chapter 7
Week 7
Jessup: Chapter 9
In-class exercise: Describe a
simple business process
Chapter 9 blog entries due
before class Tues Mar 1.
Specific questions to discuss are
located in the course blog.
Midterm Review
Spring Break – No class March 8 and March 10
Week 8
Mar 15
MIDTERM EXAM Mar 17
(CLOSED BOOK. Covers
weeks 1-7)
Introduction to Enterprise
Systems
Graham Cracker Video
Mar 22
Marketing Information Systems
in an Integrated System
Mar 29
Production and Supply Chain
Management in an Integrated
System
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Jessup: Chapter 8
M&W: Chapter 1
Week 9
M&W: Chapter 3
Week 10
M&W: Chapter 4
Chapter 8 blog entries due
before class Tues Mar 22.
Specific questions to discuss are
located in the course blog.
Enterprise Resource Planning
(ERP) Project
Due March 31
Project instructions are in the
assignments area of the course
blog. Submit the Word
document as an email
attachment. Send to both the
instructor and the class peer
teacher.
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Apr 12
Syllabus
Week 11
Accounting Information Systems M&W: Chapter 5
in an Integrated System
Week 12
Valuing Information Systems
Jessup: Chapter 3
Technology Entrepreneurship
Notes to be posted
Social Networking
on the course blog.
Business Intelligence
Apr 19
Technology Entrepreneurship
Social Networking
Business Intelligence
Apr 26
Topics continued from week 13
Information Systems Ethics and
Crime
Prime Time Live Video – No
Place to Hide
Final Exam Review
Week 13
Notes to be posted
on the course blog.
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Chapter 3 blog entries due
before class Tues Apr 12
Specific questions to discuss are
located in the course blog.
Identity Management Project:
due April 21. Send as a Word
document attached to an email.
Week 14
Notes to be posted
on the course blog.
Jessup: Chapter 10
LAST CLASS April 28
FINAL EXAM DURING EXAM WEEK. (CLOSED BOOK)
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