CIS 3700 - Information Technology for Management

3 unit(s)

(Formerly CIS 2700) Overview of the value and applications of IT to business organizations with a management perspective. Topics of interest may include: current trends of IT infrastructure, strategic roles of IT, enterprise systems and supply chain management, e-commerce and electronic data interchange (EDI), knowledge management (KM), decision making model, decision support systems (DSS), artificial intelligence (AI), data mining, database management, and IS planning and development. Lab projects will focus on the application of IT to the design and development of models for improving managerial decision making.

Prerequisites: CIS 2000 or equivalent.

Hours: (Lecture, 2 hours; laboratory, 2 hours)

Course Learning Outcomes List
Students will be able to:

Demonstrate a better understanding of the principles, terminology, theory, and techniques of information system technology;
develop an increased awareness and understanding of the strategic and managerial role of information system technology to an organization;
improve competence in using electronic spreadsheet programs and database management systems for problem solving, modeling, and decision making;
develop and improve critical thinking by applying course concepts (PLO #3);
demonstrate a basic understanding of the body of knowledge common information systems and quantitative analysis (PLO #1);
prepare a professional-quality business document;
deliver a professional oral presentation on a business issue;
formulate and implement a strategy to answer an open-ended business-related question or design and evaluate a strategy to achieve a desired business-related goal (PLO #3);
foster a constructive team climate and contribute productively to their team’s effort; and,
identify the major ethical issues and stakeholders in a business-related ethical problem and formulate a reasonable solution to resolve the problem.

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