Academics

MIS Courses

• Computer Technologies

• Software Development

• Software Management

• Analysis & Design

• Management Of Information Systems

Management of Information Systems

950- Information Systems Management is a breadth course covering management of information systems. Covers issues arising from the interactions of Information Systems (IS) with organizational and business concerns. It includes IS strategy and planning. Management of inter-organizational systems (linkages with customers, suppliers, banks etc.) and management of internal systems integration. Managing IS-organization, IS employees, IS-IS, IS-environment, IS-IT, IS- organizational structure, and other IS issues. Valuation of IS. Managing issues of controls, audit, and security. Managing IS portfolio, operations, and change management.

951- Management of Information Technology is a breadth course covering management issues of Information Technologies like computer hardware, software, databases and networks. Development of corporate IT strategy, policies, standards and issues. Managing of data includes developing information strategy that includes data planning, data architectures, data access policies. Managing networks would development of a networking strategy and would include networks planning, network architectures, access policies and standards. Systems planning and strategy includes performance management, maintenance, upgrades, phase outs. Managing systems and hardware upgrade, compatibility and connectivity issues.

952- Business Process Reengineering (BPR) and Change Management Methodologies for business process redesign and reengineering. Preconditions for the success and failure of BPR. Process innovation. BPR implementation, tools, role of IT and TQM. Management of organizational changes that occur as a result of BPR. Use of information technologies that support BPR. Study of models like Sloan School of Management's value process framework for strategic alignment of business forces for organizational transformation. BPR issues in challenging, eliminating, flattening, simplifying, standardizing, paralleling, empowering, informing, monitoring, partnering, pre scheduling and outsourcing. Retooling and re-orchestrating of BPR.

953- Audit, Security, Ethics & other IS Issues Computers in Society: Impact of computers on society. Privacy issues. Changing patterns of interaction. Security, pornography, and other ethical issues. Audit, Security, Control of Information Systems: Breakdowns, vulnerability, hazards. Computer crime, fraud. Defenses, deterrence. Physical, application, networks, access controls. Audit planning and execution. Disaster recovery, risk management. Accuracy & Privacy in Computer Analysis: Reliability, accuracy and performance evaluation.

954- Economics and Valuation of Information Systems Measuring of productivity, costs, benefits of IS. Valuing of different services. Allocating costs to different departments. Frameworks for measuring economic value of information systems, their strengths and weaknesses. What, where and how of IS systems deployment. This is a depth course that applies financial management tools and economic models for evaluating the effectiveness and efficiency of information systems. Current research in valuation strategies. Case studies and applications of available frameworks in different business environments.