BIS219 Business Information Systems
Course Description
This course provides an overview of Business Information Systems. This includes a broad foundation for both technical and non-technical business professionals. Special emphasis is placed on how information is used by different types of businesses across different industries.
Topics and Objectives
Overview of Information Systems
- Identify information systems used in organizational departments.
- Explain how information resources are managed.
- Describe roles of the information systems department.
Data Gathering, Storage, and Uses
- Recognize data management issues.
- Identify components of a database.
- Describe the relationship between data, information, and knowledge.
- Compare e-business and e-commerce.
How Businesses Use Information
- Describe enterprise resource planning systems.
- Explain how functional areas use information systems.
- Identify uses of customer relationship information systems.
- Identify supply chain components.
How Managers Use Information
- Explain how managers use information systems.
- Explain information technology project development methodologies.
- Identify information tools for managers.
- Identify the phases of system development life cycle.
Ethics and Trends
- Identify threats to information security.
- Identify communication technologies used in business.
- Recognize ethical and legal issues in information technology.
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