Mgmt 386.01

Class Schedule

Exams:
Exam I: September 21
Exam II: November 2
Final Exam: December 2
More information about exams can be found on Handout #1.

Simulation: October 19
Retrospective: October 21
There are no make-up dates for the Simulation and Retrospective. See page 5 of Handout #1 for more information.


August 17
  • Handout #1: Course Policies
  • What is Information Technology (IT) and the field of Management Information Systems (MIS)?
  • Why do managers need to understand information technology (IT)?
  • Reading and exercise due on August 19: Lessons Learned
    • For each of the projects in this reading, make a list of the following 5 items. (See this example).
      1. general information about the company
      2. description of the software project -- type of software system the company was trying to build
      3. the reason(s) the organization is building the system-- what business problem do they hope it will solve
      4. outcome -- what happened in the "end"
      5. mistakes the company made -- list of actions that caused the project to fail
August 19 August 24
  • Information system software versus the software used to develop the system
  • Discussion of Hot Topic assignments
  • Due on September 2: Request your personal web space by entering your name and password at this site. After you make the request, you will be sent information (within 24 hours) about your personal web site via email. Print this email message and bring it to class.
    • If you are having problems requesting your web space, campus I.T. provides the following advice:
      Students need to login with their username and password, which should be the same ones they use to check their email. If they don't know their password, they can reset it by visiting this site. (This is a "secure" site which will work only from the on-campus network.)
August 26
  • The System Development Lifecycle and the business person's role in developing I.T. systems
August 31
  • Hot Topic #1 due
  • The I.T. department... who can help you?
    • Reading due: The Management Information Systems Organization (on electronic reserve at the UNCA library)
September 2 September 7
  • Labor Day
September 9
  • DUE: Your first web site (assigned on September 2nd)
  • Types of Software
September 14
  • Hot Topic #2 due
  • Types of Software, continued
September 16
  • Databases
    • Readings due (on electronic reserve at the UNCA library):
      • Databases and Data Warehouses
      • What's in it for me?
  • Prepare for exam: Bring your questions to class today
September 21
  • Exam I
September 23
  • Hot Topic #3 due
  • Databases, continued
    • Creating a data file and a report file with MS-Access
  • Handout #2: Database assignment (due October 7th)
September 28
  • Presentation to client: First iteration of web site due
    • Scope and requirements for first iteration here
  • More information for your website assignment:
    • technological issues and design issues
September 30 October 5 October 7
  • Database assignment due at 4:00pm today.
  • Dr. Manns will be in her office during class time-- stop by for any last minute help with the database assignment and/or to go over your Exam I
October 12
  • Fall Break
October 14 October 19
  • *Simulation* (Try to arrive early today)
    Reminder: There are no make-up dates for the Simulation and Retrospective. See handout #1 for more information.
October 21 October 26
  • More about data, data security, data mining, etc.: No Place to Hide
October 28
  • no class (Dr. Manns will be away at a conference -- will return on Friday the 30th)
October 30 (Friday): Simulation Report Due at 3pm (If you cannot be on campus on this day, submit this assignment early-- You can place it under my door or in my mailbox. Remember that assignments are not accepted via email or fax.)

November 2

  • Exam 2
November 4
  • Presentation to client: Second iteration of web site due
  • Negotiating "feature creep" with the client
  • HTML commands
November 9 November 11
  • I.T. Interview due
    • Discussion of interviews
November 16 November 18
  • Hot Topic #5 due
  • Change Leadership: Introducing Innovation into an Organization
  • Barriers to Innovation & Inclusion: An example of some types of problems in change leadership (real life case from NASA)
  • Handout #4: Change Leadership Assignment
November 23 November 25
  • Thanksgiving holiday
November 30
  • Presentation to client: Final iteration of web site due
  • Change Leadership, continued
December 2
  • Final Exam
December 7 (Monday) 8:00am
  • Change leadership assignment due -- presentations