Bharathiar University Syllabus
3.2
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM [33-B]
Unit
I
Foundations
of Information Systems: A framework for business users - Roles of
Information
systems
- System concepts - Organization as a system - Components of
Information Systems -
IS
Activities - Types of IS.
Unit
II
IS
for operations and decision making: Marketing IS, Manufacturing IS,
Human Resource IS,
Accounting
IS and Financial IS - Transaction Processing Systems- Information
Reporting
System
- Information for Strategic Advantage.
Unit
III
DSS
and AI: DSS models and software: The decision making process -
Structured, Semi
Structured
and Unstructured problems; What if analysis, Sensitivity analysis,
Goal-seeking
Analysis
and Optimizing Analysis. Overview of AI, Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic
Systems,
Genetic
Algorithms - Expert Systems.
Unit
IV
Managing
Information Technology: Managing Information Resources and
technologies - IS
architecture
and management - Centralized, Decentralized and Distributed - EDI,
Supply chain
management
& Global Information technology Management.
Unit
V
Security
and Ethical Challenges: IS controls - facility control and procedural
control - Risks to
online
operations - Denial of service, spoofing - Ethics for IS professional
- Societal challenges
of
Information technology.
References
1.
James A O'Brien, "Management Information Systems", Tata
McGraw Hill, Fourth Edition,1999.
2.
Effy Oz, "Management Information Systems", Vikas Publishing
House, Third Edition, 2002.
3.
Kenneth C Laudon and Jane P Laudon, “Management Information
System”, 9th Edition,
PHI,
New Delhi, 2006.
4.
Waman S Jawadekar , "Management Information System Text and
cases", Third Editions,
Tata
McGraw-Hill ,2007.
5.
R.Srinivasan, “Strategic Management”, IInd edition, Prentice Hall
of India, New Delhi.
6.
M.Senthil, “Management Information System”, 2003.
Posts
