1 Introduction Lecture 01 Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bunyarit Uyyanonvara School of Information and Computer Technology Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology Thammasat University X 2005 Management Information System

2 Topics Map (16 June) Topic 01 Introduction to Information System and course structure (23 June) Topic 02 Introduction to Digital Economy (30 June) Topic 03 IT Support System: Concept and management. (7 July) Topic 04 Network Computing for Collaboration (14 July) Topic 05 E-Commerce and E-Business (21 July) Topic 06 IT Compliance: Functional Applications and Transaction Processing (28 July) Topic 07 Understanding Enterprise Systems: Supply Chains (2-7 Aug)Midterm Exam Week (11 Aug) Topic 08 Global and Inter-organizational Information Systems (18 Aug) Topic 09 Managing Knowledge (25 Aug) Topic 10 Corporate Performance Management and Business Intelligence (1 Sept) Topic 11 Managerial Decision Making and IT Support Systems (8 Sept) Topic 12 IT: Strategic Objectives and Planning (15 Sept) Topic 13 IT Application Acquisitions and Options (22 Sept) Topic 14 Reviews and Q&A (6-16 Oct)Final Exam Week

3 Main Text Books Information Technology for Management: Transforming Organizations in the Digital Economy Information Technology for Management: Transforming Organizations in the Digital Economy by Efraim Turban, Dorothy Leidner, Ephraim McLean, and James Wetherbe

4 Course Overview and objectives Course talks of Management of Information Systems…so what needs to be managed? Three parts  Hardware [the brains & body]  Software [the process put into code that takes inputs and makes outputs…includes graphical output and various forms of input]  Information Resources [inputs at rest & the outputs] Data, Information, and Knowledge Information resources are why we have IS in the first place Hardware and Software get us there

5 Course Overview and objectives  For each of the above parts, managers need to create strategies for 1) acquisition, 2) use, and 3) maintenance  In a down year (2002), companies spent 4% of gross revenues on IT (USA)  The total ICT market in Thailand is 100 Billion Baht (2005)  And 74% of IT projects are considered failures (

6 Course Overview and objectives  Regardless of your discipline, you need to understand MIS For MIS majors, organizations need MIS people to consult, build, buy, operate, and maintain For non-MIS majors, you need to understand MIS to have a fair chance when relying with MIS folks when making and managing those expensive & risky decisions

7 Course Structure Part I: IT in the organization Part II: Information Technology Infrastructure Part III: Managerial and Decision Support System Part IV: Implementing and Managing Information Systems

8 Grading System Class Participation10 Assignment30 Midterm Exam30 (Closed Book) Final Exam30 (Closed Book) Total 100 Tentative grading (can be adjusted) A > 85, 84 > B+ > 80, 79 > B > 70, 69 > C+ > 60

9 Grading Scheme

10 Project Works The students will be divided into groups. Every group is required to submit the project assignment paper. However, there will be two or three groups each time selected by turn to present the project work. The project work score is broken down into  1) Report (70%) and  2) Presentation (30%) or Q&A