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Information Systems Management

Fall 1998

Thursdays, 5:30-8:20, AQ3005

Instructor: Toby Donaldson

Email: tjd@sfu.ca

Office: ASB 9919

Office Phone: 291-3917

Office hours: Thursday 4-5pm, or by appointment

TA: Ryan Gunther

Course Description

This course provides an introduction to the issues related to the successful management of information systems. Topics include:

Course Text: Management of Information Technology, Third Edition, 1998, by Carroll W. Frenzel

The course text will provide the main readings for the course, although it may be supplemented with additional readings.

Course Grading

20% Assignments

5% Chapter review questions (due at the beginning of the class discussing the chapter)
5% Assignment 1 (1 page summary, 1 minute presentation)
5% Assignment 2
5% Assignment 3

30% Project: an IT case study, teams of 2

20% Research paper (10 page maximum)
10% Oral Presentation (15 minutes)

50% Final exam (must pass this to pass the course)

Readings

Required Reading

You should read all of the articles on this list:

Suggested Reading

Edward Yourdon's home page is a good source for IT information on the web. Yourdon is a well-known writer who has written books like The Rise and Resurrection of the American Programmer, Case Studies in Object-Oriented Analysis and Design, and, most recently, Time Bomb 2000!. His pages contain links to a number of books and articles of interest.

Yahoo!'s daily news contains links to many souces for computer and technology news.

Journals

MIS Quarterly

Journal of Management Information Systems

On Reserve in the Library

Riding the Tiger, by Alistrair Davidson, Harvey Gellman, and Mary Chung

Course Slides

As a convenience, I will put the slides I use in class here for you to download. They will likely all be Power Point rtf format, but that may change during the semester.

Slides directory.

Course Schedule

See also SFU's Academic Event Calendar.

September 1998

 

Monday

Tuesday

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Week 1

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In class: -course intro  
-chp 1 lecture 
Next class: 
-read chp 2 
-do chp 2 review questions 
-answer assignment 1

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Week 2

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In class: 
-assignment 1 review 
-chp 2 lecture 
Next class: 
-read chp 3 
-do chp 3 review questions

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Week 3

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In class: 
-chp 3 lecture 
Next class:
-read chp 4
-do chp 4 review questions

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October 1998

 

Monday

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Week 4

 

 

 

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In class: 
-chp 4 questions due 
-chp 4 lecture 
Next class: -finish assignment 2
-read chp 8
-do chp 8 questions

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Week 5

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In class: 
-assignment 2 due 
-chp 8 questions due
-chp 8 lecture 
Next class: -read chp 9
-do chp 9 questions

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Week 6

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Thanksgiving (classes cancelled, offices closed) 

13 
Last day for undergraduates to drop courses except under special procedures applicable in extenuating circumstances

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In class: 
-chp 9 questions due 
-chp 9 lecture 
Next class: -read chp 10 
-do chp 10 questions 

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Week 7

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In class: 
-chp 10 question due 
-chp 10 lecture 
Next class: -read chp 11 
-do chp 11 questions 

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Week 8 

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In class: 
-chp 11 questions due 
-chp 11 lecture 
Next class: -read chp 18 
-do chp 18 questions 

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Halloween

 

 

November 1998

 

Monday

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Week 8

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Week 9

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In class: 
-assignment 3 due at start of class 
-chp 18 questions due 
-chp 18 lecture 
Next class: -read chp 19 
-do chp 19 questions 

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Week 10

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Remembrance Day (classes cancelled, offices closed) 

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In class: 
-chp 19 lecture 
Next class: 
 

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Week 11

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In class: 
-chp 7 lecture (tentative) 
Next class:
-written part of project due at beginning of next class

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Week 12

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In class: 
-all written reports due at start of class
-presentations 
Next class: 
-more presentations

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Week 13

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December 1998

 

Monday

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Week 13

 

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Last class 
In class:  
-presentations

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Last day of classes

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exam period begins

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7pm, Final Exam, 7pm-10pm, AQ3159

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Christmas!

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 Last updated: 9/11/98