HUANG Lihua, Fudan University Management Information Systems Prof. Lihua HUANG Tel: (O) TA: Mr. Gang WANG, Core Course of School of Management at Fudan University

HUANG Lihua, Fudan University Feb., - July., 2005 Super Girl

HUANG Lihua, Fudan University Feb., - July., 2005 Case of GE Company on P5 Question –Evaluate the value of e-Business and e- Commerce initiatives in GE Company.

HUANG Lihua, Fudan University Feb., - July., 2005 Why Information Systems are Important? Information technology (IT) and information systems (IS) have become an essential field in business and organization administrative and management. Applying successfully IT/IS can help to –improve efficiency –Enhance effectiveness –Strengthen competitive position

HUANG Lihua, Fudan University Feb., - July., 2005 Why Information Systems are Important? Worldwide spending on information technology is now close to $1 trillion per year, and IT continues to transform the world of business. But approximately half of all large-scale funding IT and implementations fail. It's not the competence of the IT and IT department; it's the ability of business management to correctly identify opportunities, find appropriate technologies, and lead adoption efforts to success.

HUANG Lihua, Fudan University Feb., - July., 2005 The Purpose as Core Course in School of Management To help, introduce student –build up the mindset and thinking methodology on modern IT/IS. –learn how to use and manage IT/IS to revitalize business process, to improve business decision making, and to gain competitive advantage.

HUANG Lihua, Fudan University Feb., - July., 2005 Course Content Framework Information Systems Foundation Concepts Information Technologies Business Applications IS Development & Business Process Change IS Management PART I PART II PART Ⅲ PART Ⅳ PART Ⅴ

HUANG Lihua, Fudan University Feb., - July., 2005 Course Characteristics Teaching and Learning Format –Lecture, cases-based teaching, reading, group discussion Interaction teaching with learning Reference Website – Introduction Information Systems, 12th edition or 13th edition/ Student – Information Systemshttp://vcampus.fudan.edu.cn/Management Grading –Class participation and contribution 15% –Assignment 15% –Midterm Exam 20% –Final Exam 50%

HUANG Lihua, Fudan University Feb., - July., 2005 Assignment for Session 2 Reading Materials –Textbook: chapter 1 Group case discussion for case ‘Mr. Wang’s Pottery Company’ –Questions Why the Mr. Wang’s Pottery Company build information systems? What information systems should the company adopt? Take an example to illustrate that in the system, people use hardware, software, data, and network as resource to perform input, processing, output, storage, and control activities that transform data resource to information products.