Business Information Systems - Information & Decision Support Systems

Curriculum Design and Instruction To Teach

The Fundamentals of Information Systems:

Business Information Systems: Information

and Decision Support Systems:






Author: Charles Hayes:



The term information system has the

following meanings: An information

system consists of three components:

1. Human:

2. Technology:

3. Organization.

In this view, information is defined

in terms of the three levels of semiotics.

1. Data which can be automatically processed

by the application system corresponds to

the syntax-level.

2. In the context of an individual who

interprets the data they become

information, which correspond to the

semantic-level.

3. Information becomes knowledge when

an individual knows (understands)

and evaluates the information (e.g.,

or a specific task). This corresponds

to the pragmatic-level.

In general systems theory, an information

system is a system, automated or manual,

that comprises people, machines, and/or

methods organized to collect, process,

transmit, and disseminate data that

represent user information.



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Topics Include:

* Introduction:

* Business Information Systems:

@ Information and Decision Support

Systems:

* Reuters Group: Providing Information

and Decision Support on the Internet:

A. Decision Making and Problem Solving:

1. Decision Making as a Component of

Problem Solving:

2. Programmed versus Nonprogrammed

Decisions:

3. Optimization, Satisficing, and

Heuristic Approaches:

B. An Overview of Management Information

Systems:

1. Management Information Systems In

Perspective:

2. Inputs to a Management Information

System:

3. Outputs of a Management Information

System:

C. Functional Aspects of the MIS:

1. A Financial Management Information

System:

2. A Manufacturing Management Information

System:

* E-Commerce:

+ Information and Inventory Control:

3. A Marketing Management Information

System:

4. A Human Resource Management Information

System:

D. An Overview of Decision Support Systems:

1. Capabilities of a Decision Support

System:

2. A Comparison of DSSs and MISs:

E. Components of a Decision Support System:

1. The Model Base:

* Ethical and Societal Issues:

+ The Dark Side of E-Trading:

2. The Dialogue Manager:

F. The Group Decision Support System:

1. Characteristics of a GDSS:

2. GDSS Software:

3. GDSS Alternatives:

G. The Executive Support System:

1. Executive Support Systems In

Perspective:

2. Capabilities of an Executive Support

System:

* Information Systems In Action:

+ Instant Messaging for the Network-Supported

Course:

* CASE 1: COLLABORATIVE WORK GIVES A

COMPETITIVE EDGE:

* CASE 2: MARKETING RESEARCH ON THE

INTERNET:

* CASE 3: INVESTMENT INFORMATION FROM

FINANCIAL WEB SITES:

* STATE OF THE ART CURRICULUM DESIGN:

* NEW:

* ILLUSTRATIONS:

* GLOSSARY:

* COLOR PHOTOS:

* BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES & INDEX:

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