Course Name (short): Information Systems Strategies
School: Business
Program(s): Bach Bus Admin Market Manage, Bach Business Admin Accounting, Bach Business Admin Finance, Bach Human Resources, BachBus Admin Spply Chain Mgmt
Program Coordinator(s): Tba
Course Leader or Contact: Tba
Originator: Lynn Easson-Irvine
Designate: Jessica MacDougall
Version: 1.01
Status: Approved (APPR)

Calendar Description
Students enhance their knowledge and analysis of information systems with a view to supporting business transformation for competitive advantage. Students apply concepts and skills, developed in the course, to real world cases and design information systems to meet business challenges that reflect ethical and secure practices.

Typical Instructional Format

Courses may be offered in other formats.

Section I Notes: This course will be delivered in hybrid format.

Detailed Description
Students enhance their knowledge and analysis of information systems with a view to supporting business transformation for competitive advantage. Students apply concepts and skills, developed in the course, to real world cases and design information systems to meet business challenges that reflect ethical and secure practices. Students gain a deeper perspective on issues relating to security, privacy and ethics and the management of the human resources component of information systems through on-line and face-to-face discussions. In group assignments, students model the configuration of an enterprise system and investigate various ways information systems have been used for successful business transformation and alignment with customers, suppliers and stakeholders. Students utilize a current project management application to plan the implementation of a proposed information systems solution.

Program Context

 Critical Performance
By the end of this course, students will have demonstrated the ability
to propose an appropriate information systems solution to satisfy a
real world business need that considers organizational objectives and
strategy, competitive position, information system risk management
requirements and the human resource element.


Learning Outcomes
To achieve the critical performance, students will have demonstrated
the ability to:
1.  Integrate various perspectives on information systems into an 
    understanding of the socio-technical nature of information 
    systems.
2.  Analyze some of the real-world ethical dilemmas that are raised by
    information systems.
3.  Illustrate how networked enterprises plan the use of information 
    systems to automate business processes and connect with internal 
    and external stakeholders to maintain competitive advantage.
4.  Explain how emerging infrastructure technologies can be 
    disruptive or sustaining or both to networked enterprises.
5.  Outline a framework of controls to support information technology 
    governance.
6.  Formulate risk management strategies that address potential 
    system vulnerabilities and abuses.
7.  Recommend a suitable information system solution for a real world 
    problem using an appropriate systems development methodology.
8.  Manage the important roles that users play in an information 
    system and the unique contributions, issues, and threats that 
    they pose to the system and the digital enterprise.
9.  Describe key security, economic and privacy issues that 
    businesses must consider when involved in electronic business 
    systems and global electronic enterprises.
10. Demonstrate professional behaviors including:
    a. work effectively in a team environment
    b. meet due dates
    c. produce professional quality assignments
    d. use reference materials responsibly

Students demonstrate their learning in the following ways:

Case Analysis (4 individual evaluations @ 5%)                 20%
IS Development Project: Group Assignment
                        MS Project Management Component       10%
                        Analysis and Report                   10%
Graded Discussions (5 individual on-line/face-to-face @ 2%)   10%
Exams: Midterm (25%) and Final Test (25%)                     50%

Case Analysis includes a component of group processing. IS Development
Project is a group assignment. Groups will be established at the
beginning of the semester. The midterm and final exams, the graded
discussions, and the case analysis reports are individual assessments.

In addition to achieving a minimum 50% overall grade, a student must
have a combined average of at least 50% on the non-group components of
the evaluation plan in order to receive credit for this course.

Textbook(s): Laudon, K.C., & Brabston, M.E. (2014). Management
Information Systems, Managing the Digital Firm. (7th Cdn. ed.).
Pearson Education; Toronto, ON, Canada.

Notes: Learning Outcome 10 is inherent and apparent within each
evaluation.
Module 1: Organizational Strategy, IS & Ethics
- Course Introduction
- Perspectives and Approaches to Businesses Systems
- Use of Enterprise Systems for competitive advantage
- Short & Long-term planning for IS
- IS Ethical, Social, Political Issues
Learning Outcomes: 1, 2, 3, 8, 9
Graded Discussion 1 - 2%
Case 1 - 5%

Module 2: Information System Infrastructure
- IT Infrastructure and its evolution
- Hardware Platform trends and emerging technologies
- Software Platform trends and emerging technologies, Web services,
  SOA, SaaS
- Internet addressing & architecture
- Strategic use of Internet technologies
- Wireless technologies & security
Learning Outcomes: 3, 4
Case 2 - 5%

Module 3: IS Risk Management
- IT governance
- System vulnerabilities & abuse
- Framework for Control
- Technology & Tools for Security
Learning Outcomes: 5, 6, 8, 9
Graded Discussion 2 - 2%

Midterm Test - 25%

Module 4: Systems Development
- Systems Analysis and Design
- Systems Implementation, Testing & Support
- Feasibility and cost-benefit analysis
- Outsourcing and Outsourcing models
- Project Management
- System Development Ethics & Issues
Learning Outcomes: 1, 2, 3, 7
Graded Discussion 3 - 2%
Case 3 - 5%

Module 5: People & IS
- Change management
- Managing expectations
- Personnel risk management
- End-user training
Learning Outcomes: 1, 6, 8
Graded Discussion 4 - 2%
Group Assignment: MS Project Management Component due ¿ 10%

Module 6: Electronic Commerce & EDI
- Planning e-commerce operations
- Security, Privacy, Taxation Issues
- EDI
- Web-based reporting & XBRL
Learning Outcomes: 6, 9

Module 7: Managing Global Systems
- Trends in Global Information Systems
- Off shore outsourcing
- Political, cultural & ethical issues
Learning Outcomes: 2, 3, 4, 9
Graded Discussion 5 - 2%
Case 4 - 5%
Group Assignment: Analysis and Report due - 10%

Final Test 1 25%