Mgmt 386: Systems & Information Management

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

Office Hours:
Monday and Wednesday 1:30-3:00
Thursday 11:00-12:00
If these 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:
MGMT 386 (section .02 only) students: Click here for an important message about the class we missed on December 4th.




Class Schedule, section .01
Class Schedule, section .02

Exam Dates:
See Class Schedule


"Hot Off the Press" Presentation Dates
(Each article must be approved before it is presented. See Handout #1)
Section .01
Section .02
Grading Guidelines for "Hot Off the Press" assignments


TOPIC OF THE WEEK
Each student will do 6 of these (5 individual and 1 team)
Grading Guidelines for "Topic of the Week" assignments


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


Advice for Giving Good Presentations


Student Web Pages
Items to put on your Mgmt386 web page


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
Three Management Information Systems textbooks have been placed on reserve at the library. Many class lectures will (generally) come from these books. 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.
Management Information Systems for the Information Age
Introduction to Information Systems
Introduction to Information Technology


Other Resources

Webopedia

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

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