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Management Information Systems |
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PAS392 |
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2 |
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PAS390 |
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Undergraduate |
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3 |
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1 |
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Continuous Assessment 40%, Final Examination 60% |
Aim Of Study: |
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To enable prospective managers learn the concepts of Management Information Systems. |
Objectives Of Study: |
| | 1. | Students should be able to:
a) Identify the components of an information system.
b) Describe the information systems development stages.
c) Identify potential ways in which information systems could
be of use in work areas. |
Topics Of Study: |
| | 1. | Components of and Characteristics of an MIS. | | | 2. | Why MIS. | | | 3. | Information in Organisations. | | | 4. | Computer-Based Information System. | | | 5. | Successes and Failures in MIS development. | | | 6. | Managing the Introduction of the Information System. | | | 7. | Tools used in MIS development. | | | 8. | Developing a Computer-Based Information System using MS-Access. |
Prescribed Texts: |
| | | Kroenke, D, Management of Information Systems, MacGraw-Hill, 1992, ISBN: | | | | Kendall, P.A, Introduction to Information Systems and Design, Wm. C. Brown, 1989, ISBN: |
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