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SYLLABUS
Management Information Systems

Objectives: To provide the student with a comprehensive grounding in many facets of Information systems, an analysis of
different information systems and exposure to recent development developments in the field.
Sr. No. Description

1. The Need for Information Systems: Digital Convergence and the changing Business Environment; Information
and Knowledge Economy; Contemporary Approach to IS and Management Challenges.
2. Information Systems in the Enterprise: Types of Information Systems in the Organisation; TPS, DSS, MIS and
ESS. Functional Perspective of IS; Enterprise Systems; Strategic uses of Information Systems; Economic
Organisational and Behavioural Impacts; IT Impact on Decision Making; Leveraging Technology in the Value
Chain; MIS and Core Competencies; Strategic Information Systems (SIS).
3. Electronic Commerce and the Digital Organisation: Internet based Business Models. B2B, EDI and B2C
Models; Role of Intranets.
4. Business Hardware Software and IT Infrastructure: Evolution of IT Infrastructure; Moore’s law, law of Mass
Digital Storage; IT Infrastructure Components; Current Trends in Hardware Platforms; Enterprise Software;
Groupware.
5. Business Networks and Telecommunications: Communication Technologies in Business, Videoconferencing,
Wireless Payments; Bandwidth and Media; Networks and their Types; Protocols; Internet Networking
Services; Future of Networking Technologies; Broadband telephony, VOIP, RFID and Convergence.
6. Databases and Data Warehouses: Traditional vs Database approach; Database Models, Relational Model, and
Object Oriented Model; Relational Operations SQL; Data Modelling; Databases on the Web; Data
Warehousing.
7. The Wireless Revolution: Introduction. Business Value; Wi-Max and EVDO; M-Commerce; Applications in
CRM , Supply Chain and Healthcare.
8. Enhancing Decision Making for the Digital firm: Decision making and Decision Support Systems; Business
Intelligence and Decision Support; Business Decision Making and the Decision Making Process, GDSS, GIS.
9. Managing Knowledge in the Digital Firm: Knowledge Management System, Enterprise-wide Knowledge
Management Systems.
Intelligent Techniques: Expert Systems, Fuzzy Logic Systems, Neural Networks, Genetic Algorithm, Hybrid
AI Systems, Intelligent Agents.
10. Redesigning the Organization with Information Systems: BPR and Process Improvement; Systems Analysis,
System Design; Alternative System Building Approaches; Management Opportunities Challenges and
Solutions.