Mgmt 386: Systems & Information Management

Instructor: Dr. Mary Lynn Manns
manns@unca.edu
828-251-6858

Office Hours:
Monday 1:30-2:30
Wednesday 1:30-2:30
Friday 9:00-11:00
If my office hours are not convenient, I will be glad to make an appointment with you.

Teaching is my responsibility. But learning is your responsibility. This means that it is your responsibility to ask if there is something you don't understand or if you have any concerns. I am easily reachable in any of the following ways:
* during my office hours
* by appointment outside my office hours
* via phone
* via email


Announcements:
No office hours on Wednesday, April 21. I will be attending student presentations in the Spring Symposium on Undergraduate Research & Creativity
Extra Credit Opportunity

Reminders:
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Class Schedule
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Exam Dates
See Class Schedule

Topic of the Week Assignments & Due Dates
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Each student will do 5 (four individualized and one as a team debate).
See Handout #1 for more information.
Slide format for the Team Debate/Presentation
Grading Guidelines for this assignment


Hot Off the Press Presentation Dates
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Grading Guidelines for this assignment


Citing References
Reminder: We will use the MLA style in this class


Student Web Pages

Items to Put on your Mgmt386 Web Page


Advice for Giving Good Presentations


Readings
There will be a collection of online readings which the students can print and put in a 3-ring binder.
See Class Schedule for these readings.

Textbooks
There is a textbook for this class, but it is optional. Many class lectures will (generally) come from the three textbooks shown below. If you would like to have your own copy of any of these books, please let me know and I will ask the Bookstore to order one for you. These three books have also been placed on reserve at the UNCA library.
Management Information Systems for the Information Age
Introduction to Information Systems
Introduction to Information Technology


Other Resources

Need help with a term or a concept?
Webopedia
Free Online Dictionary of Computing

UNIX Reference
UNIX operating system commands

HTML References
Building the Perfect Web Page
HTML Made Really Easy
HTML Quick Reference
A Beginner's Guide to HTML
Introduction to HTML

MS-Access References
Building a database and the files in the database
Building a report in a database

Examples of peer reviewed / refereed publications (research journals)
Information Systems Research
Information & Managment
Information Systems Journal
Information Systems Management
International Journal of Information Management
The Journal of Information Systems
Journal of Management Information Systems
MIS Quarterly
Information & Organization
Journal of Global Information Management
Information Resources Management
Information Management & Computer Security
Journal of Database Management
Decision Support Systems
ACM Transactions on Information Systems
Communications of the ACM

Interesting Stuff
Relevant to Mgmt 386

cio.com
Business Week Online
Information Week Online
Wired News
Fortune
First Business Online
New York Times
Computerworld
FastCompany