Course DT2491

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Course - DT249/1

• Subject - Information Systems in Organisations

COURSE SUBJECT OVERVIEW
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Lecturer Details

• Art Sloan
• Office location K113a
• Phone No 01 402 4972
• Web page
• http//www.comp.dit.ie/asloan/ISO.htm
• Notes and news will appear here, from week to
  week. (All lecture notes will be available, as
  hyperlinks, by _at_ Week 12)

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Teaching Methods

• Lectures (Art Sloan)
• Tuesday evenings, 3-hour time-slot in KE 3-008
• Tutorials (Ciaran OLeary)
• Wednesday evenings, 1-hour time-slot in KE 3-008

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Course Content

• Modern organisations and their structure
• Models of Information Systems organisational
  departments and individual roles
• Business and Information Systems strategic
  alignment
• Modelling Information Systems concepts
• Modern Information Systems applications
• Selection and acquisition of Information Systems
• Building Information Systems
• Managing Information Systems operation
• Introduction to Information Systems security
• Information Technology regulation and compliance
• Interacting with computers

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Term 2 Time Available

• Weeks 1 6, normal lectures/tutorials
• Week 7 lecture evening falls on a public holiday
• Week 8 and 9, normal lectures/tutorials
• There follows 2 week break for Easter
• Week 10, last lecture
• Weeks 11 and 12 for revision
• Week 13 Review Week (AKA Reading Week)

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Term 2 Time Available (2)

• So there are nine lecture weeks available and
  there are eleven topics listed. Topics 1 and 2, 8
  and 9 and 10 and 11 can double up because they
  are short topics.
• The assessment will be a case study in the form
  of an essay/report. It will be given to you _at_
  Week 4 to be handed in _at_ week 8.

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The Topics in More Detail

• The next 11 slides repeat the 11 proposed topics
  with a few subheadings to clarify what the topics
  entail.
• The content of each subject may be subject to
  some change but not too much.
• IMPORTANT Some of the subtopics will serve as a
  list for the structure of the assessment and much
  of the content that appears in the lecture notes
  will form all of the sample solutions to exam
  questions.

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Modern Organisations and their Structure

• Businesses and other organisations
• Organisation types
• Structural types
• People types
• How the structure affects Information Systems
• How Information Systems affect the structure

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Models of IS Organisational Departments and
Individual Roles

• Examples of organisational structure using
  departments and a closer look at the peoples
  roles within them
• How roles relate to information systems

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Business and Information Systems Strategic
Alignment

• The strategies of organisations in relation to
  structure
• The strategies of organisations in relation to
  Information Technology
• If, how and when these strategies combine

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Modelling Information Systems Concepts

• Analysis and design of appropriate information
  systems
• Life cycle models
• Design models
• Other documented concepts and considerations

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Modern Information Systems Applications

• Examples of information systems at work
• Case studies
• Information Systems as solutions to problems
• Problem Information systems

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Selection and Acquisition of Information Systems

• Choosing the right information Technology
• Deciding on the acquisition of information
  systems and other technology
• Issues relating to selection
• Issues relating to acquisition

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Building Information Systems

• Alternatives in acquiring information systems
• Off the shelf
• Bespoke systems
• do-it-yourself systems
• Combinations of these three

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Managing Information Systems Operation

• Information systems management
• Who manages the technology?
• How do they manage the technology?
• What are the issues?

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Introduction to Information Systems Security

• Securing Information Systems
• Physical security
• Backing up information
• Keeping out hackers and other nefarious
  individuals
• Administrative issues relating to security

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IT Regulation and Compliance

• Its the law
• Legal requirements
• Internal policies
• Effects of these

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Interacting with Computers

• Resistance to change
• User interfaces and fitness for purpose
• A return to
• Peoples roles
• Designing systems
• Managing systems
• Legal and policy issues

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Revision

• One or two sessions ( tutorials) on a past exam
  paper and the main topics covered expected to
  be in Weeks 11 and 12 - just in time for the
  exam season and as an aid to exam preparation
  for this subject.
• Included description of the exam in terms of
  time allocated, number of questions and question
  options tips on pacing answers to questions
  what is expected of a scripted answer questions
  from the group answered.

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Assessment

• The methods of assessment to be used to measure
  the learning objectives stated in the course
  document are written examination and continuous
  assessment including one or more of assignment,
  essay, problem-solving exercise, oral
  presentation, and class or lab tests.
• Continuous Assessment 30
• Examination 70

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A Reading List

• The core text is this book
• Laudon K. and Laudon, J. (Latest edition)
  Management Information Systems, Prentice Hall,
  New Jersey, USA.
• A good book but it is not absolutely necessary
  to buy this for the course.

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A Reading List (2)

• Supplemental Reading
• Curtis, G., (Latest edition) Business Information
  Systems, Addison-Wesley, Wokingham, England, UK
• ISO/IEC 2382-11993 Information technology.
  Vocabulary. Fundamental terms
• ISO 2382-31987 Information processing systems.
  Vocabulary. Equipment technology
• ISO/IEC 2382-201990 Information technology.
  Vocabulary. System development

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A Reading List (3)

• Management of Information Technology (4th
  Edition)
• Carroll Frenzel, John Frenzel
• Thompson Course Technology
• Expect to pay around 45
• Management Information Systems (Several titles)
• Haag, Cummins and Phillips (_at_ 70!)