91-873 Management of Computers and Information Systems

Units: 12.0 Department: Public Management Related URLs: http://www.heinz.cmu.edu/ The purpose of this course is to provide knowledge, skills, and exposure to issues for managing information as an asset and information technology. Students completing this course will be better equipped to be staff members in an Information Systems department, or managers of a functional area(s) engaged in defining and implementing information systems opportunities and solutions. Course work: A high volume of reading will be required. Besides an essay type midterm and final exam, 4-5 short papers will be assigned. Class participation is solicited and expected. Major topics to be covered include: Information asset management, strategic information systems planning, information services organization issues - critical success factors, personnel selection and management, systems development techniques, a study of competitive advantage systems, computer systems related fraud - security and confidentiality issues, request for proposal development, vendor selection methods, systems implementation and training issues, telecommunications management, and artificial intelligence system development, with pragmatic uses along with management issues, and a review of disaster recovery management in conjunction with governing laws. Case studies will be studied and discussed in order to reinforce the solutions using various forms of information technology. Guest speakers will address their area of specialty and allows students to receive multiple perspectives of information and computer management. Students will have sufficient knowledge after this course to contribute to system planning, selection, implementation, benefits realization, and protection requirements. Many valuable tools and techniques will be learned which will provide a more sophisticated approach to leveraging organization information providing increased revenue, decreased expenses and increased productivity. The course is valuable for every midd

Popularity index Rank for this semester: #901 Rank in this department: #6   Students also scheduled 95-708 Geographic Information Systems 91-847 Technology Evaluation and Research 91-840 Integrating the Internet into the C... 91-839 On-Line and Distance Learning 91-832 Legal Issues in Information Technol... 91-812 Budget Management Control in School... 95-783 Web GIS Programming Using Visual Ba... 95-778 Digital Libraries 95-857 Incident Response 95-856 Hacking Exposed

Spring 2005 times

Sec	Time	Day	Instructor	Location
A	5:30 - 8:20 pm	W	Kowalsky	HBH 1004