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| Week | Readings | Lecture | Lab | Assignment | Thinking | ||
| 1 | Discovering Computers Chap. 1, 14, 2 | Introduction,
Literacy, Competency. MIS components, Copyright. Systems
Test. Remedial referrals. The shock of cyber and the whine heard 'round the world. The Microsoft Mind. |
Email, List,
Forum The art of writing subject lines |
Post to List Post to Forum |
Business Information | ||
| 2 | Discovering Computers Chap. 13, 7 | Managing
Machines - Basics
Troubleshooting: When all else fails, flip off the machine and take a break. |
MS Word | Wired, Wired
News MIS Research - Industry - Internet Resources from The Mining Company |
MIS Issue. File Structures. | ||
| 3 | Discovering
Computers Chap. 10 Business NewsPage |
data<->info<->knowledge
transfer process; evaluating information Intelligent Systems: the two-way flow |
MS Excel | Hotbot | comparative filing | ||
| 4 | Discovering Computers Chap. 3, 4, 8 | Information
Systems who serves what why? |
MSAccess | www.amazon.com | Delivery design | ||
| 5 | Discovering Computers Chap. 5, 6 | Computer
Systems The speed of imagination babelfish translator |
Venus MSAccess Database Query |
Blagg-Huey
Library Online Databases @BRINT: Contemporary Business, Management and Technology Issues |
Information Delivery | ||
| 6 | Discovering Computers Chap. 11 | Communication
& Networks Roots, reality and the infosphere |
MSAccess
Database Query Linking MS documents |
AltaVista Management Information Systems - MIS Home Page from The Mining Company |
Help Systems Documentation |
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| 7 | www.SCsite.com | System
Analysis & Design #1 which comes first: see, think, or do? |
Review
& Remediation Undergrads: continue along white table: |
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| Graduate Course -> Multidimensional Multitasking: Continue in white table AND add the grey table: | |||||||
| 8 | www.SCsite.com | Review &
Remediation Q&A. |
Mid-Term Evaluation | Reflect & Assimilate | Reflect & Assimilate | ||
| Using the basic five-step Systems Analysis and Design Model, prepare and present a report | |||||||
| 9 | Spring Break! | ||||||
| 10 | Discovering Computers Chap. 12, 9 | Systems
Analysis & Design #2 Knowing others' needs. A screen at a time: chunks and nuggets;: the scheme for the dream |
Database Construction | Yahoo / Hotbot | Money :Purchasing, leasing, licensing. Ownership vs. rights; budgeting | ||
| for the Board of Directors of your cyber-company. Your fellow students are the Board. | |||||||
| 11 | www.SCsite.com | Data
Management & Databases Exacting structure and the freedom to link. There is no private online. Structures and Standards. |
Database Construction | Database search | MIS Issue
Database Research |
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| Your report should reflect 18 month cycles for the next five years, | |||||||
| 12 | www.SCsite.com | Relational
Databases Decision support, Competitive Intelligence, and Selective Dissemination of Information: feeding the information need. |
http:// by
html: hypertext markup language file save->as |
Database search | MIS Issue
Database Research |
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| and should address needs as well as opportunties. You will have ten minutes to get their attention | |||||||
| 13 | www.SCsite.com | MIS Issues What do users need to know? |
Upload Position to Web | Position Due | reflection | ||
| and secure funding for implementation. Board members are considering outsourcing your department.. | |||||||
| 14 | www.SCsite.com | The Future of
MIS Futures, Positions & Prospects. |
Upload Portfolio to Web | Portfolio Due | Employment A-to-Z List | ||
| Presentations, Discussion of Issues. Decision making. | |||||||
| 15 | www.SCsite.com | Review Field Trip / Guest? |
Review | Review | Review | ||
| Presentations, Discussion of Issues. Decision making. | |||||||
| 16 | Final Evaluation | ||||||
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Management
Information Systems