MIS 610:
Seminar in Information Systems
Management
Yong Choi
School of Business Administration
CSU, Bakersfield
Instructor
Name: Yong Choi, PhD
Office: BDC 142
Office Hours: on the class website
Phone: (661) 654 - 6691
Email: ychoi2@csub.edu
 No email checking during weekend…
Tour of Class website
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My first time teaching 10 weeks long course
Teach 5 weeks long course (only offered in summer)
 Might be bumpy little bit!
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www.csub.edu/~ychoi2
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Download almost all the course materials
Textbook 1
Management Information Systems
for the Information Age, 8th Edition
By Haag and Cummings
Irwin-McGraw Hill
ISBN-13: 9780073376783
Buy from the Internet store such as
Amazon market place
Very cheap because of the new
edition, 9th edition.
Textbook 2
Database Concepts, 6/E
Author(s): David Kroenke and
David Auer
ISBN-13: 9780132742924
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Again, must be cheaper to buy
from somewhere on the Internet
such as “Amazon market place”
Tour of Blackboard (BB) 1
http://www.csub.edu/els/bb9/
“SELF-ENROLL” to the course BB.
 First time using BB: try “How to Enroll in a
Blackboard Course” tutorial on the CSUB
Blackboard website
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Tour of Blackboard (BB) 2
Let’s enroll now
 You
must know your “Net ID.”
 Access Code: mis610csub
BB Self-Enrollment
Login to Blackboard
Go to the Courses tab near the upper left of the interface.
In the Course Catalog module, click the Browse Course Catalog
button.
For the search criteria change the first dropdown next to Course
to Instructor. In the text box to the far right type the last name of
the instructor. Click Go.
Find the course in the list and click the Action Button next to the
Course ID and select Enroll. Note: Contact your instructor if the
Action Button is missing.
If required enter the Access Code provided by the instructor.
After verifying this is the correct course, click Submit.
Submission 1
Whatever you are required to submit, You must
submit it through BB. Otherwise, it will not be
accepted.
If you’d like to avoid any type of possible
technical problems, please use PCs in the
school computer lab (Grad Lab)
Submission 2
When you submit a file (i.e., assignment), you
MUST CLOSE a Microsoft office application
(i.e., Access) COMPLETELY.
Otherwise, ONLY title of you file will be
accepted and processed without including
actual contents of your file.
Submission 3
And if you need to submit several files, you
must submit all files together at once. That is,
you must "UPLOAD" all the assignment files
together at once.
When you turn in the assignment, the file
name must make sense.
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JohnDoe_assignment_3.doc
ECprjt_1_group_3
Course Description 1
Learn necessary and essential low and high
level technical and conceptual knowledge of MIS
Hands-on oriented / practical course
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Primary focus: developing conceptual IS architecture
Database system and management
Modeling: data and process
Develop Decision Support Systems using Excel
Construct E-commerce website
Learning an emerging IS: GIS
Course Description 2
Learn and discuss managerial knowledge of MIS
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Online quiz for every chapter:
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Online discussion with your peers for theoretical and
practical implication of MIS
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Basic terms and definitions
Basic managerial implications of MIS
Read and discuss IS related cases and special IS topics
using cases from the textbook
Use customized lectures (MIS and DB)
Evaluation and Grading
Points scales are subject to change
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Quiz (thru BB)
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30 Points
Total 6 quizzes, each quiz worth 5 points
Case discussion (thru BB)
20 points
 Assignment (submit thru BB)
50 Points
 Group project (submit thru BB)
50 points
 Midterm Exam (submit thru BB)
50 points
 Final Exam (don’t know yet!)
50 points
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250 points
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Quiz 1
Each quiz worth 5 points.
In order to pass the quiz, your score must be
32 out of 40 (80%).
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That is, if you pass the quiz, you will earn 5
points.
If you fail (less than 80%), you earn nothing
(zero point).
Quiz 2
Allowed to try the quiz three times.
Must be finished in two hours
Each quiz due date is available from the class
website.
The quiz is NOT available after the due date.
First quiz is for practice…no credit will be given
Case Discussion
Group activity
Must use your group Blackboard (BB)
discussion board
Each case discussion worth 5 points
No participation, No credit
Grading based on quality of discussions
Assignment
Each assignment will be given based on
progress……
All technical assignment
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Database
Decision Support Systems
GIS
GIS assignment worth 20 points
Project
Developing EC company
Managerial-side
 Mission, IS strategy, goals….
 Industry analysis and risk factors
 Technical-side
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Project management using SW
 Requirement analysis
 Information system architecture: data model,
process model, and website
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Exam
Midterm exam
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Developing database using Access
Final exam
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Data model and SQL
reverse engineering of database
Process model
Course Guideline 1
Class Attendance
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Is required
Notify me first by email prior to the absence.
Missing a class because of a documentable illness
or other reasonable cause, I will provide help.
Otherwise, I do not repeat any lectures, labs……
The attendance will be checked.
Course Guideline 2
Any Work Turned In must be neatly done and
should conform to the following specifications.
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Use complete sentences - Little bit of grammatical
mistakes are OK. But no misspelled words.
Neatness and organized appearances do count.
MUST be machine-typed.
Multiple pages (more than two) MUST be stapled
together. Otherwise, your work will not be accepted.
All work MUST be done on 8.5" x 11" paper.
Course Guideline 3
Late work
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Will be penalized (25% each day late)
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The submission link will be disappeared. Thus, it must be
turned in by BB email (attachment)
Failure to take a quiz by the deadline will result in
a grade of 0 (the quiz link will be disappeared).
Participating case discussion after the due date
will result in a grade of 0.
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A written excuses from the appropriate person such as a
medical doctor is the only acceptable form of excuse.
Course Guideline 4
Peer Group Evaluation is a part of the grading
scheme.
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To prevent free riding in the group, the
contribution of each member will be assessed.
Each member is expected to submit a peer group
evaluation at the end of the quarter.
Your evaluation is 100% confidential.
Your final score can be up or down graded
based on the evaluation.
Course Guideline 5
Office hours
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You must be able to demonstrate you have
already put a reasonable effort into solving and/or
analyzing the problems.
Please do not try to use office hours to make up
for a missed class (I do not repeat any lectures).
Honor code
Classroom conduct: everyone is equal.
No Interference
Surfing the web, typing, texting, talking
and any other interferences
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If you have any question, let your instructor know.
Up to 30 % of your total score can be
deducted depending on the level of
interference.
Late Policy
All Students must come to class on time.
If you late more than 20 minutes without
any notification (at least 24 hours), then it
will be considered as “ABSENCE.”
More than three absences will negatively
impact your final grade.
Group
Next class: form a group and have a first group
meeting
Minimum of 4 members
Maximum of 5 members
Must create a group name
Email me your group name, assigned competitor
company name, and list of member’s name
Who are you?
Please stand up and introduce yourself…
Name?
 Your home town?
 What do you do?
 Any suggestion?
 MIS specialist? – please see me
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