BRAC Business School

MBA Program
Course
: Information Management
510
Section : 02
UB20203
Days
: Tuesday
09:30PM
Semester
: Spring 2016

Course Code

: ITS

Class Room :
Time

: 06:30 PM -

Instructor
: S.M. Arifuzzaman
Mobile
: 01716-423143
E-Mail
: zmnarif@bracu.ac.bd
Office
: UB20511
Office Hours: Tuesday 5.00- 6.30 (I spend at least 35 hrs at BRACU,
so find me at your convenient time)

Course Description: Information systems began as automation of

office systems, and have grown into systems that assist managers to
make decisions, systems that model successful business practices, and
systems that transform the modern business into a knowledge-based
enterprise. This course will introduce information systems in the
modern enterprise through a survey of information systems
technologies and the way they affect management. Although the
course considers information technology, it focuses on management
strategies, not technical issues.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this course, the student
should know: (1) information systems technology now used in
businesses (2) the new technologies that are transforming businesses,
and will increasingly do so in the near future (3) information systems
that assist management decision, the assumptions built into them, the
limits they impose and the possibilities for new management
strategies they provide
Required Text:

Management Information Systems, Kenneth C. Laudon & Jane P.

th

Laudon, 12 Edition

Reference Text:

Management
Information Systems, Gerald V.Post, David L.
Anderson

Evaluation:

Score
90 - 100
85 - <90
80 - <85
75 - <80
70 - <75
65 - <70
60 - <65
57 - <60
55 - <57
52 - <55
50 - <52
<50

Grade
A
AB+
B
BC+
C
CD+
D
DF

CGPA
4.0
3.7
3.3
3.0
2.7
2.3
2.0
1.7
1.3
1.0
0.7
0.0

Excellent
Good
Fair

1
Poor
Failure

Attendance
:05%
Quiz (3 out of 2)
:15%
Excel Test (1/2)
:10%
Term Paper & Presentation:15%
Mid Term
:20%
Final Examination
:35%

Tentative Schedule
Lectu
re/Dat
e

Topics

Chapte
r

Introduction of the course

Information Systems in Global Business Today

Discussion on Reading#1-The effect of Information
System

Chapter
01

03

Quiz #1
Global E-Business: How Businesses Use Information Systems
Discussion on Reading#2 -How Information Gives You
Competitive Advantage

Chapter
02

04

Quiz #2
Business Analytics with MS Excel functions- Lab Class-I

05

Excel Test # 1
Business Analytics with MS Excel functions- Lab Class-II

06

01
02

Database Programming-MS Access

Foundations of Business Intelligence: Databases And
Information Management

07

MID Term Examination

08

09
10

Chapter
06

Achieving Operational Excellence and Customer Intimacy:

Enterprise Applications
Discussion on Case#1

Chapter
9

Excel Test # 2
Business Analytics with MS Excel functions- Lab Class-III
Quiz#3
E-Commerce: Digital Markets Digital Goods

Chapter
10
2

11

E-Commerce: Digital Markets Digital Goods

Discussion on Case#2

Chapter
10

Term Project Presentation

12

Term Project Presentation

Review for Final Exam

13

Final Examination (Comprehensive)

Notes on Examinations
The examinations will consist of questions based on a fact situation. You
will need to apply the material from the lectures and the textbook to these
problem situations. The lectures present material that is not in the
text. The examinations will deal with this lecture material.

Guidance of the Term Paper

Group formation:
1. Groups will be formed with minimum 3 and maximum 5
2. These group will be formed within the first two classes.
Organization selection:
3. Individual group will select an Organization to prepare the term paper
4. Organization selection will be decided based on discussion amongst the
group member.
5. Name of the Organization will be submitted by fifth number class.
Topics cover:
6. Terms paper topics will be covered as per instruction by the tutor.
7. Individual topic has to be covered as per the deadline by the tutor
Term Paper Submission & Presentation date:
8. Last two classes
Format of the Term Paper:
9. A cover Page with :
- Title of the Term Paper
- To whom you submit Name of the tutor, Designation and Department
- By whom you submit including Name, ID, Section and Department
- Name of the Intuition
- Date of the Submission
10. Acknowledgement letter
11. Content Page General, Table and Chart content pages (if any)
3

12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.

Introduction- background of the study

Background of the Organization
As follows the Section 6 of the this Guidelines
Conclusion
Recommendations for the selected Organization improvement
Appendix
Referencing

How to write the Term Paper?

19. Font size:
- General
: 12
- Headings of the topics
: 14
20 Font:
Times New Roman or Book Old Style
21. Alignment: Justification

Class Room attitude will be strictly followed.