List of SUGGESTED COURSES TO MIS

PROGRAM
Decision Analysis
Pre-request: Business statistics
This course is intended to provide basic knowledge of the main elements involved in decision
making. This includes decision modelling, decision analysis approaches, decision trees and the value
of information, decision making under certainty, risk and uncertainty. Software package will be used
to apply acquired knowledge

Operations Research and Application

Pre-request: Business statistics
This course introduces Operations Research principles and practices in decision making. The course
focuses on mathematical programming techniques such as linear programming (the Simplex
Method, duality and sensitivity analysis), network optimization methodologies (including
transportation and assignment problems).

Bussiness Communication and Technical Reprot Writing

This course will provide the learners with opportunity to apply principles of effective communication
to master Business Correspondence and technical writing. Attention to analysing: audience, subject
and purpose; designing visual aids; utilizing web 2.0 technologies to enhance communication.

Organizational Development and Change Management

Pre-request: Introduction to management information systems

This course provides the learners with the necessary knowledge and skills required in the modern
organization development. The course will focus on building learners managerial and technical
competencies to identify weaknesses and provide competitive solutions, also crafting and
implementing the planned change in a total system; ranging from a simple work unit through a
company division up to an entire organization.

The main objective of the MIS degree is to train professionals capable of performing management,
advisory and evaluation tasks in productive organizations. These tasks can be developed in the
global scope of the organization or in any of its functional areas: production, human resources,
financing, marketing, administration or accounting.

With regard to this subject, it begins with the study of the process of Strategic Management of the
Company. this subjects are intended to provide an overview of the company from the perspective of
its senior management. The subject 'Strategic Direction of Company I' studies the fundamentals of
this subject, focusing on the early stages of this process. Specifically, it addresses strategic analysis as
well as the formulation of strategies at the business level.
As for the coordination of this subject within the academic structure of the degree, the subject of
Strategic Management of Company I delves into concepts exposed in the subjects of Fundamentals
of Business Economics, Operations Management and Design of the Organization. In addition, this
subject will develop topics that students will need to master in order to take greater advantage of
the subjects of Business Creation, Human Resources Management, Strategy and International
Management of the Company, and Quality and Environmental Management.

Enterprise applications
Pre-request: Operational management

This course covers main concepts to enterprise applications (ERP, CRM and SCM) and their
interrelationships. It discusses the re-design of business processes, changes in organizational
structure, and effective management strategies that will help assure competitiveness.

Strategic Management in the Digital Organizations

Pre-request: Strategic Management in the Digital Organizations

This course aims to provide the learners with the opportunity to construct clear comprehension on
the fundamental principles and concepts of strategic management. Emphasis on information
technology strategic management to face contemporary business challenges. Learners will be able to
analyze business environment to effectively utilize IT through integrating management, structure,
culture and strategic planning

Entrepreneurship in information technology

Pre-request: E-Commerce

This course is a practical hands-on business course designed for students interested in starting their
own information technology related business. The skills necessary to generate innovative ideas will
be emphasized. The course focuses on the steps necessary to plan, initiate, maintain, modify,
finance and market a new business from an entrepreneurial perspective.

Software Quality Assurance

Pre-request: Project management

This course will address topics in software quality assurance. Defect prevention and correction,
formal validation, and different software testing methodologies will be illustrated. Certain models
and standards of software quality will be emphasized.