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 University of Calgary Calendar 2015-2016 COURSES OF INSTRUCTION Course Descriptions M Management Information Systems MGIS
Management Information Systems MGIS
MGIS 317 321 331 333 455 459 461 463 465 467 559 601 725 735 737 743 797 799
 

Instruction offered by members of the Haskayne School of Business.

Management Information Systems Chairperson — TBD
 
Senior Courses
 
Management Information Systems 317       Introduction to Business Technology Management

Focus is on digital business technology management and enterprise applications.  Foundation areas include: digital business strategy, strategy alignment, enterprise analysis, IT platforms, data management, business analytics, IT governance, IT innovation, organizational impacts, and economic considerations. Technical skills are developed with an examination of managerial and leadership issues.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-3T)
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Haskayne School of Business, and either Management Studies 217 and Strategy and Global Management 217, or Business and Environment 291 and Computer Science 203.
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Management Information Systems 321       Information Technology in Business
Introduction to the fundamentals of management information systems and how such systems facilitate business transactions and decision-making at all levels of management. Topics examine the  development, organization, management, control, and evaluation of information systems. Societal implications of the use of computer and networking technologies in business are also examined.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Successful completion of 30 units (5.0 full-course equivalents).
Notes: Not available for credit towards the Bachelor of Commerce degree. Preference in enrolment is given to students who have declared a Management and Society Minor.
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Management Information Systems 331       Data Management and Business Analytics
In today's world, businesses, consumers, and societies create massive amounts of data, by design and as a by-product of their activities. Businesses in every industry are harnessing the power of data to support operations, decision-making, planning, and risk management. Students will focus on organizing, storing, and managing the available data using relational database technologies and generating insights through business analytics techniques.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-1)
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Haskayne School of Business and Management Information Systems 317.
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Management Information Systems 333       Enterprise Analysis

Focus is on enterprise analysis and high level design of IT-enabled solutions to business problems. Emphasis is placed on problem identification, requirements determination, system development methodologies, modelling the enterprise architecture (business, information, application, and technology), building the IT business case, IT project management, and change management. 
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Haskayne School of Business and Management Information Systems 317.
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Management Information Systems 455       Business Technology Management Field Project
Student teams are assigned to organizations in Calgary and the surrounding area to solve specific information and technology issues. Teams investigate the issues and present proposed solutions to the organization contact. Teams will execute the approved project plan and present a final report both orally and in writing to the organization contact. The project may involve interviewing, library and Internet research, and data collection.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Haskayne School of Business, Management Information Systems 317 and one senior Management Information Systems course.
Corequisite(s): One other senior Management Information Systems course.
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Management Information Systems 459       Decision Support Application Development using VBA Programming
Students will work with Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) to create decision support systems and other applications across Microsoft Office Suite applications.  Students will also learn how to use VBA skills to produce business applications.  The focus of the course will be the creation of applications that will allow managers to make meaningful decisions using available data like financial and other industry data from both internal and external sources.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Haskayne School of Business and Management Information Systems 317.
Also known as: (formerly Management Information Systems 559.01)
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Management Information Systems 461       IT Platform Management
Technology background related to telecommunications,  data communications and IT platforms. Technologies and management issues associated with network models, networking, security and compliance, platform design and competition. Network planning design, integration, implementation, and operation including inter-organizational issues. Current and future issues in organizational implications of telecommunications and IT platform business technologies.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Haskayne School of Business and Management Information Systems 317.
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Management Information Systems 463       Issues in Business Technology Management

Using an integrated learning approach,  students are exposed to issues and emerging issues confronting both information systems managers and functional area managers, incorporating the customer point of view.    Emphasis is on the managerial, organizational, and technological issues associated with effective and efficient use of information, technology resources, and IT platforms.


Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Haskayne School of Business and Management Information Systems 317.
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Management Information Systems 465       Enterprise Systems
Students will explore  the technologies and issues underlying enterprise systems, enterprise application integration,  workflow systems, and information analytics.  The focus is on strategic, managerial, and technical implications of the use of such systems in organizations. Students will examine the current managerial practices for enterprise system design, implementation, and usage.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Haskayne School of Business and Management Information Systems 317.
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Management Information Systems 467       e-Business
Role, management and use of information technologies to enable a range of organizational and business relationships, models and strategies. Topics include developing an IT strategy; digital marketing; customer relationship management (CRM); supply chain management (SCM); planning, developing, and maintaining websites cloud computing; IT platforms; legal, privacy, and security issues; and information technologies for facilitating the use of data, knowledge, and multimedia.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Haskayne School of Business and Management Information Systems 317.
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Management Information Systems 559       Selected Topics in Management Information Systems
Discussion of current or special interest topics in Management Information Systems from a managerial orientation.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Haskayne School of Business and Management Information Systems 317.
Also known as: (formerly Management Information Systems 557)
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Graduate Courses
 
Management Information Systems 601       Management Information Systems
The fundamentals of how to use information technology (IT) innovatively to create competitive firms, to manage global interdependencies, and to provide and support quality products and services efficiently and effectively. Topics covered include trends in IT and how they may affect organizations, how organizations and the value chain can be redesigned using IT to encourage and facilitate better performance, how the Internet and electronic commerce impact organizations and markets, how IT-based platforms drive the network economy.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
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Management Information Systems 725       e-Technology
Technical and managerial issues related to buying, building, and implementing e-technology to enable various organizational and business strategies and relationships including business-to-business, business-to-customer, business-to-employee and employee-to-employee strategies. Topics include: systems Internetworking, information management, systems integration, wireless technologies, transmission security and authentication, project management, software design, technology diffusion and evaluation, technology-enabled business process design, and legal and ethical issues.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Management Information Systems 601.
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Management Information Systems 735       Systems Analysis and Design
Planning and implementation of network-enabled (i.e. Intranet and Internet) solutions to facilitate information and knowledge transfer across business environments. Reflects the information explosion of recent years, the new technological advances in information systems, and the exponential growth in electronic business processes. Course emphasis is placed on the management of technology-enabled business processes.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Management Information Systems 601.
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Management Information Systems 737       Enterprise Data Management
Data systems, technologies and management issues associated with information design, capture, storage, search, and dissemination to various stakeholders of an organization. Includes database management technologies, data modelling tools, interface design, structured query language, document and knowledge management systems, and information backup, security and disaster recovery. Brief aspects of the course explore linkages with Internet-based technologies, design issues, web services, search strategies and telecommunication systems for information delivery (wireless and wired; intranet, extranet, and Internet).
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Management Information Systems 601.
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Management Information Systems 743       Telecommunications
Basic telecommunications and data communications concepts relevant to organizations. Fundamentals of analog and digital signalling and transmission. Wide and local area networking. Protocols and standards; telecommunication applications. The role of the Internet in organizations.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Management Information Systems 601.
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Management Information Systems 797       Advanced Seminar in Management Information Systems

Course Hours: 3 units; H(3S-0)
Prerequisite(s): Consent of the Haskayne School of Business.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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PhD Course
 
Management Information Systems 799       Doctoral Seminars in Management Information Systems

799.01. PhD Seminar I in Management Information Systems

799.02. PhD Seminar II in Management Information Systems

799.03. PhD Seminar III in Management Information Systems

799.04. PhD Seminar IV in Management Information Systems
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3S-0)
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