STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
COLLEGE AT OLD WESTBURY
Topics in MIS Office: D222 AV
Fall 2005 (M/W
4:40pm-6:20pm) (M/W
2:40pm-4:40pm
Other
time by appointment)
Phone: 516-876-8594
E-mail:
ebrahimia@oldwestbury.edu
Site: www.drebrahimi.com
Texts:
Management Information Systems by James A. O’Brien, 6th Edition - http://www.mhhe.com/business/mis/obrien/jointis8.htm
C++ Programming Easy Ways (Volume 1 & 2) by Dr. A. Ebrahimi, American Press
http://www.programmingeasyways.com
Article:
Why Should Managers Become Better Acquainted With Programming Issues Why managers should be acquainted with programming
A.1. Course Description:
Topics in MIS will explore and investigate the current trend and technology used for managing information systems in a business world. Topics may vary depending on current issues.
Project: Students are to investigate the current trend used in IS of a particular company and re-build and implement a simple working system. This year the topic will introduce how the sound (voice) and artificial intelligence (expert system) will be used in managing information of a commercial system.
Student must document the system under research and present the working system to the class. Students are required to have a good knowledge of programming and databases. Students are encouraged to work as a team.
A.2. Intended Audience: MIS majors
A.3. Course Objectives:
· An understanding of how information systems resources are managed
B. Course Prerequisites: good knowledge of programming and databases
C. Mode of Instruction: The class consists of both lecture and lab.
Dr. Ebrahimi will lead the project aspect of the course including the research on the existing MIS and re-implementation of a prototype.
D. Student
Responsibilities:
Students are expected to regularly
attend lectures, complete project and project presentation, and pass midterm and
final examinations.
E. Grading:
Midterm and project 45%
Final and project 45%
Total 100%
Course grades will be assigned according to the following scale:
92 - 100 % A
89 - 91 % A-
86 - 88 % B+
82 - 85 % B
79 - 81 % B-
76 - 78 % C+
73 - 75 % C
69 - 72 % C-
66 - 68 % D+
62 - 65 % D
59 - 61 % D-
58% and Below F
Main Topics:
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Mon Aug 29, |
Overview on
the course and course syllabus MIS in different business sectors Read Chapter 1 (introduction) in O’Brien text. |
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Mon Sep 5, |
Description and Discussion of First Phase of Project, responsibilities, team work Introduction of Project (Identifying 3 companies) What, Who, Why, Where, Which, When, Whom Read Chapter 2.
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Mon Sep 12, |
Presentation of First phase (20 points) evaluation criteria phase 1: Identify the task Project domain name and web host PowerPoint , FrontPage, word, etc.. presentation |
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Mon Sep 19, |
Description
and discussion of Second Phase of Project: study of web system appearance
special features (multimedia, intelligent behavior, friendliness, and unique
features), Read chapters 3.
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Mon Sep 26, Wed Sep 28 |
Team Presentation of Phase II – 20 points evaluation criteria replication |
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Oct 3, Oct 5 |
no class |
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Oct 10 |
no class |
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Mon Oct 17, |
Team Presentation of Phase II – 20 points Description and discussion of Third Phase of Project: study of view source- HTML, Script programming -JavaScript |
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Mon Oct 24, |
Team Presentation of Phase III – 20 points Evaluation Criteria 10 commandment of HTML JavaScript features objects, control flow, array and event replication |
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Mon Oct 31, |
Team Presentation of Phase III– 20 points Description and Discussion of Fourth Phase of Project: login and interface program |
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Mon Nov 7, |
Team Presentation of Phase IV – 20 points Evaluation Criteria working demo and replication
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Mon Nov 14, |
Team Presentation of Phase IV – 20 points Description and Discussion of Fifth Phase of project database interaction , replication
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Mon Nov 21, |
Team Presentation of Phase V – 20 points Evaluation Criteria
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Team
Presentation of Phase V – 20 points |
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Mon Dec 5, |
Review for
final exam The 3 best projects will receive an A! |
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Exams Week |
Final |
Class Assignments:
Fall 2004 Class activities (Previous Semester)
True-False Test on Thursday, October 21st
Midterm (Breakdown of your project): Tuesday, October 26th.
"Open book, open mind, no communication of any kind."
Please read 5 concepts on MIS (foundation, technology, development, application, management).
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Topics in MIS Midterm Dr. A. Ebrahimi Fall 2004
In order to support your answer copy and paste from your project. You can use CTRL + ALT PrintScrn and paste it to a word document under your name and print it as well as email it to ebrahimia@oldwestbury.edu
Make sure you talk to me before you leave.
Answer each questions and its parts separately.
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Spring'05 Students Projects:
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1- Abraham, Samuel |
Under Construction |
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2- Anyanwu, Kaodichi |
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3- Belgrave, Tamara |
Under Construction |
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4- Caze, Gary |
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5- Cheung, Man-Tik |
Under Construction |
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6- Davis, Derron |
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7- Elcheikhali, Kholoud |
Phase I on 4/25/05 Phase II, III, and IV on 5/1/05 |
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8- Ellis, Daren |
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10- Jackman, Valentine |
Phase I on 4/27/05 |
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| 11- Min, Steve |
Phase I on 4/27/05 |
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| 12- Palma, Catherine | www.geocities.com/cp41085 |
Phase I on 4/20,25/05 Phase II on 4/25/05 |
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13- Permalla, Sravya |
Under Construction |
Phase I on 4/25/05 |
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14- Rivers, Coree |
Phase I on 4/25/05 |
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15- Shafeeq, Samia |
Phase I on 4/25/05 |
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16- Velez, Julee |
Phase I on 4/20,25/05 Phase II on 4/25/05 Phase III on 4/27/05 |
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17- Wright, Terrell |
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18- Tsirnikas, James |
Phase I on 4/27/05 |
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19- Bartholin, George |
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20- Hafeez, Muzamil |
Under Construction |
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21- Hukman, Sheida |
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THE FINAL PROJECT CONSIST OF 6 PHASES:
Explore, investigate and evaluate three existing information systems from the same sector in the business world. Indicate pros and cons of each system including the interface that is being used (friendly, overwhelming, simple, security, problems, errors, etc.), followed by your own and others opinions and findings. In addition you may use search engines, and journals for your research. Document each system and voice your own opinion. Create snapshots of the research pasted into Microsoft Word or create web page to show your findings. As the topic of the semester, research how these systems incorporate multimedia (voice recognition, image, etc.) and intelligence.
You will demonstrate your findings in a presentation.
LAST DAY for Presentation is: May 4, 2005
Phase I-Introduction
Phase II- Web Site Analysis( APPEARANCE)
(7C's Analysis such as Content, Correctness, Current, Compelling, Consistency, Completeness, Community)
Detail breakdown for phase II:
Web site analysis, comparison of the 3 Systems(20 points).
Appearance, 7 C's Analysis (color, font, clarity, why I like it, why I don't like it, overwhelming, too simple)(10 points).
Intelligence(2 points).
Multimedia(2 points).
If the domain name sounds like it's name(2 points).
loading Speed(2 point).
Personal opinion(2 points).
(you should have LIVE Demo as well as back up with PowerPoint /Webpage )
Phase III- HTML Analysis
Code analysis (view source).
Know the 10 commandments of HTML (p.246)(10 points).
Identify 3 tags that you have learned(3 points).
Identify 3 tags that you are unaware(3 points).
Replicate the Html Codes (4 points).
Phase IV- (Java and VB) Script Analysis (page 696)
Identify a program that has the following parts (declaration, assignments, if, loop, class, array, identify the function call)(10 points).
Identify 3 JavaScript codes that you have learned(3 points).
Identify 3 JavaScript codes that you are unaware(3 points).
Replication of JavaScript (4 points).
Phase V- Interface Analysis (programming part)
Simple interface design replication. Demo how your systems are interacting with the interface such as login or search (5 points)
Explain how does it work to the best of your knowledge. Demo it possibly (3). Show how data from is transmitted versus URL.
Understanding of search program (any language C++, Java, Perl, C#, and Visual Basic). (5 points)
You are replicating your interface in simplest form.
CGI programming replication (7 points)
Server site. Post the program on the server.
Protocol analysis.
Security and Validation test(3 points).
Phase VI- Database Analysis and Summary
Database Analysis. demo how the system uses database and what kind of databases they have. You may need to research this extensively (10 points)
database replication (10 points)
Server Analysis and web host analysis.
Analysis of the ‘Host’ (Oracle, SQL).
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The following are some of the sectors:
Technology, telecommunication, financial, retail, transportation, utility, internet, entertainment, media, etc.
You will pick up three from the above. For example from the telecommunication sector you could use Nextel, Sprint, and AT&T.
The following companies have incorporated Voice into their systems:
AT&T, Sprint, United Air, American Airlines,
For internet companies you could use:
Ebay, Amazon.com, and Yahoo.
For retail you could use:
Estee’ Lauder, King Kullen, and Wal-Mart.
For Entertainment:
Time Warner, Sony, Disney.
For Financial:
Citigroup, Bank One, and the Bank of New York.
For Technology:
Dell, IBM, Microsoft.
You are allowed to choose your own sector and companies, but one suggestion is to choose a company that you are involved with in your daily life. It is important that you choose from the same field, so you will be able to better compare the three. Your suggestions and Solutions for the problem are welcome.
Analysis of the code. Source code and script analysis. 10 Commandments of HTML.
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PricewaterhouseCoopers
Scott is an Alumni SUNYOW, who is now an Internal Systems Auditor