Description

Course Objectives

By the end of this course, the student should be able to;

• Understand Management Information Systems (MIS) and their role in today’s organizations
• Identify how MIS shapes and controls current (or prospective) jobs and how to use this insight to improve your own job performance and satisfaction and enhance your career prospects
• Become familiar with the major trends in MIS and MIS infrastructures (Cloud, Big Data, ERPs, outsourcing) and how these evolutions will affect workplaces and business strategies
• Bridge the MIS-related second “digital gap” that exists, after basic computer literacy, in most professional jobs.

Course content

• Importance Procurement
• The Communications revolution – Distributed Information Systems
• Data, Databases, Big Data
• Integrated Information Systems (ERP) and Integrated Business Processes
• Implementing and customizing ERPs and other major MISs. Who adapts to whom?
• MISs in decision-making

Training Format:

• All materials are made available through our Online Learning Platform
• Students should commit approximately 5-6 hours of their time per week

Materials Provided:

Online delivery of curriculum materials, exercises and templates.

Assignments:

In order to demonstrate their understanding of the course content, students will be required to submit assignments at the end of every month.