Course Listing For Management Information Systems Courses

The course will cover world-class organizations, the guerrilla view of competitive advantage, online communities, data mining, real options theory, and several others. It will introduce the concepts of strategic management such as competitive advantage, Strength, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT analysis), corporate growth, and strategy implementation. The course will include several case studies that will allow the student to better evaluate the importance of how strategic management integrates in the technology industry.

This course covers forms, styles and methods used in business communication. It includes practice of oral communication and listening skills, as well as written correspondence. The course addresses project proposals, status updates, meeting dynamics, contract negotiations, communicating change, and the presentation of technical and quantitative information. This course will address the communications requirements in effective project management. Prerequisite: Acceptance in the Management Information Systems (MIS) accelerated degree program.

This course examines the critical roles and functions of leadership and focuses on exploring individual leadership style. Topics include assessing leadership abilities, building effective teams, and communicating as a leader. Emphasis will be placed on evaluating the effects of individual and organizational influences on team processes and performance.

This course provides an introduction to IT infrastructure from a systems perspective. Topics related to both computer and systems architecture and communication networks are addressed, with an overall focus on the services and capabilities that IT infrastructure solutions enable in an organization. Topics also include IT as a service organization, assessing IT infrastructure capabilities and limitations within an organization, and building a business case.

This course examines the foundations of fiscal management and fundamentals of managing contracts associated with outsourcing. Topics include key elements of finance and accounting used by managers, evaluation of technology sourcing options, types of contracts, contract selection, vendor selection and vendor relationships.

This course introduces the concepts of developing and implementing security policy, business continuity planning, and disaster recovery. Fundamental information security topics are discussed, including access control, network and software security, risk management, protection mechanisms, business continuity planning, and legal and ethical issues. Emphasis is placed on securing system access to ensure confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data.

This course provides a foundation for project management in the context of information technology projects. Coverage includes initiating, planning and executing strategies that lead to completion of successful projects. Scenario-based case studies will be incorporated with emphasis on the importance of making strategic changes that can create competitive advantage.

This course explores methods used in response to critical situations. Topics include incident response, disaster recovery, and business continuity. This course requires students to simulate recovery from crisis by implementing information security plans.

This capstone course guides students on the development of an information technology strategy. Throughout the course, students will identify and align key business objectives to the organizational aspects of an IT department. Students will make use of industry research, and analysis models to enable the development of an IT Strategy. Students will also develop a department budget and capital plan for technology investments which will enable successful business outcomes. Students will complete a project which synthesizes the material presented throughout the previous courses.