E65.2037 Management Information Systems for
Administrators
E95.2080 Introduction to Information Systems
Spring 1999
Dr. J. Theodore Repa, 212-998-5511,
theodore.repa@nyu.edu,
http://pages.nyu.edu/~jtr1/
Prerequisites: Use of Web and email; office suite software package
I. Course Objectives
The overall purpose of these cross-listed, experiential courses is to learn how to design, implement, and evaluate a management information system (MIS) for the safe and drug free school (SDFS) coordinator at either a school or college. The MIS system will be designed to aid the SDFS coordinator using data to design better violence and drug prevention programs.
The MIS system will have the following components and product outcomes:
1)A needs assessment design to determine what kind of MIS system will be helpful to the SDFS coordinator.
2)A data collection model comprising of the following existing or to be designed databases: a) student, b) school/college, c) community, and d) SDFS coordinator.
3)A MIS systems that will allow the SDFS coordinators to seamlessly examine and manipulate multiple data bases at their desktop computer using existing office suite software packages as well as to be able to communicate electronically with other SDFS coordinators.
4)An ongoing synchronous and asynchronous training design that will support the SDFS coordinators in using the MIS system.
5)A formative evaluation design that will allow for ongoing modification of the MIS system and training. The MIS system that will be designed has practical applications. The designed system should be able to be utilized by 9 New York City middle school and 3 high school SDFS coordinators and/or by a college (to be named) SDFS coordinator.
II. Class Schedule
Thursdays 6:10 - 7:50 p.m.; East 319 and Computer
Lab on Third Floor East
Note: The class may not meet every week as we will need time for site visits that may have to be scheduled in non-class hour times.
III Office Hours
Thursday 4-6 or after class in 310 East Building. Please make appointments with my secretary, Laura Southall, at 212-998-5531.
IV. Texts
Required:
Kendall, Kenneth E. and Kendall, Julie E. Systems Analysis and Design, Fourth Edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1999.
Recommended:
Regan, Elizabeth and O'Connor, Bridget N. End-User Information Systems: Perspectives for Managers and Information Systems Professionals. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1994.
O’Connor, Bridget N., Bronner, Michael, and Delaney, Chester. Training for Organizations. Cincinnati, OH: South-Western Educational Publishing, 1996.
V. Assignments
The explicit intent of this course is to produce five products:
1)Needs assessment
2)Data collection model
3)MIS design
4)Training design
5)Evaluation design
To these ends the course will work in a seminar fashion to learn how and to produce these five products. We will use a web-based design course to communicate, produce, and edit these five products as well as conduct a threaded discussion of these topics. Class time will focus on expanding our knowledge of these topics as well as producing these products. The grade for the course will be based on the quality of the five products.
Reading Assignments
Each person is responsible for the assigned reading listed each week at the end of the syllabus. The reading is designed to complement the material presented in class, but will not duplicate it. Supplemental readings may be suggested from time to time for those who want to explore a given topic in more depth. It is expected that students every week will participate in an on-line threaded discussion of that week’s reading on the class webpage.
Examinations
There will be no examination.
Topics
1/21 Overview of Purpose and Design of Course; Systems Analysis fundamentals K Chap 1-3
1/28 to 2/18 Information Requirements Analysis K 4-8
2/25 to 3/25 The Analysis Process K 9-14
4/1 to 4/29 Essentials of Design K 15-19
5/6 Software Engineering and Implementation (K 20-22)
Classes
1/21 Class
1
1/28 Class
2
2/4
Class 3
2/11 Class
4
2/18 Class 5
2/25 Class 6
3/4 Class 7
3/11 Class 8
3/25 Class 9
4/1 Class 10
4/8 Class 11
4/15 Class 12
4/22 Class 13
4/29 Class 14
5/6 Class 15