Business Systems: Managing the IS Enterprise

Catalog description

This course provides the foundation for the MSMIS program by reviewing the many ways in which computation, communications and information systems are used to identify and solve problems, recognize opportunities and generate competitive advantage. It uses the concepts of the "enterprise perspective" to demonstrate the various information systems used to lead, manage and operate a variety of organizations. It then uses the "enterprise as system" model to show how all organizations large or small link into the information and knowledge systems of the organizations they interact with -- suppliers, customers, regulators, and their competitors. It also lays the foundations for further examination of key issues, such as information quality and information assurance, throughout the MSMIS program. Throughout, the concept of business processes -- and the engineering and re-engineering of these processes -- provides the unifying focus.