| TDMM32 | Information Systems, 4,5 ECTS credits. /Informationssystem/ |
||
|
Area of Education: Technology Subject area: Industrial Economics |
|||
| Advancement level
(A-D): D
|
|||
| Aim: The theme of this course is the role of information technology (IT) in business and society from a management perspective. The course will cover basic concepts, technical development (hardware, software, database management systems, telecommuncations, networks), basic components of information systems, information planning, conceptual modeling, systems engineering, types of information systems and applications. |
|||
| Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered) Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding. |
|||
| Organisation: Lectures: 24 hrs |
|||
| Course contents: 1. Introduction (Alter p. 1-94) 2. Business Processes (Alter p. 95-141) 3. Data Modeling and Databases (Alter p. 143-190) 4. Types of Information Systems and Applications for Decision-Making (Alter p. 191-242) 5. Internal Efficiency and Effectiveness (Alter p. 243-283) 6. IT and Competitive Strategy (Alter p. 285-322) 7. Ethics and Personal Integrity (Alter p. 323-362) 8. Computer Hardware (Alter p. 363-417) 9. Software and Programming (Alter p. 419-456) 10. Telecommunications and Networks (Alter p. 457-500) 11. Knowledge-based Systems (Alter p. 501-542) 12. Information System Planning and Development; Security and Control (Alter p. 543-675) |
|||
| Course literature: Alter, Steven: Information Systems: A Management Perspective Second Edition. Menlo Park, CA, The Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Company, 1996. ISBN 0-8053-2430-5. |
|||
| Examination: | |||
| One written examination |
3 p |
||
Course language is English. Department offering the course: IDA. Director of Studies: Examiner: Alf Westelius/Mikael Ankelius Link to the course homepage at the department Course Syllabus in Swedish |
|||
|
|
 |
|||||
| ||||||