Nova School of Business and Economics

Sistemas de Informação

Código

1208-731

Unidade Orgânica

null

Departamento

null

Créditos

7,5

Professor responsável

Paulo Faloreiro

Língua de ensino

English

Objectivos

Learning objectives include a student´s ability to:
1. Learn to think in terms of systems, and specify systems input, outputs, and feedback loops.
2. Create a diagram with clearly stated, linked, and quantifiable business objectives, business tactics, systems objectives, and system tactics. Awareness about IT Governance frameworks and the ability to align business and information systems.
3. Understand the vital role of business intelligence in an organization´s ability to increase its revenues and decrease its costs.
4. Identify areas of opportunity where business intelligence initiatives can have the most significant impact.
5. Specify key performance indicators for an organization.
6. Recognize a value and supply chain and understand the role of information in how products get made and services get delivered.
7. Understand business areas that are affected by Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems. Business Processes vs Manufacturing Processes vs Support Processes.
8. IT Processes and Project Management.
9. Discuss the way IT is organized and managed. IT Management concepts
10. Understand how an e-Commerce website can be created and the aspects of successful online businesses.
11. Recognize the vital role of design in the success and adoption of products and services.
12. Understand the value of a user-centered design process.
13. Take a side in a discussion on a debate on the role of information technology in an organization.

Pré-requisitos

Principles of Management

Conteúdo

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Bibliografia

Primary Textbook
Kenneth A. Kozar and Tomasz Miaskiewicz, Introduction to Operations and Information Management Systems, Kendall Hunt Publishing, 2010
Supplemental Readings
Articles and other required materials will also be distributed using the class web site.
Alan Cooper, The Inmates are Running the Asylum, Morgan Kaufmann, Indianapolis, 1999

Método de ensino

In-class exercises will be used to make sure that students are keeping up with the course content. All in-class exercises will be graded.
The exercises will be done in the theoretical and in the practical sessions. Grades will be returned in the practical sessions.
All of the exercises will be done in groups that are formed at the beginning of the semester. The dates of the graded in-class exercises will not be announced ahead of time.
Only group members who are present will receive credit. It is your responsibility to be present in every class.

Método de avaliação

In-Theoretical Class Exercises: 20% of final grade (group)
In-Practical Class Exercises: 10% of final grade (group)
Project: 20% of final grade (group)
Final Exam: 50% of final grade (individual)

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