Mgmt 386
Class Schedule
August 19
- Discussion of Handout #1: Course
Policies
- Why do managers need to understand information technology (IT)?
August 24
- Reading due:
Another
Trip to Hell (business and technology errors that
cause Information System projects to fail)
- Information Technology (IT) systems (versus the technologies used to
develop those systems)
- Dates assigned for Hot Off the Press
August 26
- The business person's role in developing IT systems
- Teams and dates selected for Topic of the Week
August 31
- Reading due: The Management Information Systems
Organization (on
electronic reserve at the UNCA library)
- (Reminder: You will need your "bulldog" account and password in
class on September 2)
September 2
- Topic of the Week #1 due
- Bring your "bulldog" account and password to class today
- Logging on and off the bulldog computer (UNIX operating system)
- Assigned Exercise: logging on and logging off (due in class on
September 7)
- Types of Software
- Types of Programming Languages (1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th generations)
September 7
- Exercise due
- UNIX
operating system commands
- Assigned Exercise: UNIX (due in class on September 14)
- Types of Software / Programming Languages, continued
- Readings due:
September 9
- Dr. Manns will be at a conference in Illinois
September 14
- Exercise due
- Creating and editing a file in UNIX
- Assigned Exercise: Create and edit a file (due in class on September
21)
- Review Types of Software
September 16
- Classes cancelled due to the weather
September 21
- Exercise due
- Topic of the Week #2 due
- Creating a web page with HTML commands
- Assigned Exercise: Create a web page (due in class on September 23)
- Databases
September 23
- Exercise due
- Databases, continued
- Readings due (on electronic reserve at UNCA library):
- Database Management: Managing Data Resources
- What's in it for me?
September 28
September 30
October 5
- Building a report file with MS-Access
- Handout #2:
Database Assignment
- Further instructions for the database assignment will be given in this
class
October 7
October 12
- Artificial Intelligence
- Reading:
October 14
- Topic of the Week #4 due
- Artificial Intelligence, continued
- Readings:
October 19
- Database assignment due
- More Examples of 4th Generation Software Tools
- Geographical Information System (G.I.S.)
- Enterprise Resource Planning (E.R.P.)
- Customer Relationship Management (the strategy & the software)
- Business Intelligence Software
October 21
- Topic of the Week #5 due
- 4th Generation Software Tools, continued
((Dr Manns will be in Canada at a conference on October 25-29))
October 26
October 28
- Time to work on web pages
November 2
- View web pages in class
- How to put images and other files (such as PowerPoint) on your web
page
November 4
- Topic of the Week #6 due
- Knowledge Management
November 9
- Knowledge Management, continued
- Readings:
- General instructions for simulation on November 11
November 11
- Class simulation!!!! It is very important that you attend this
class.
There is no other opportunity to make up this simulation.
November 16
- Project retrospective. It is very important that you attend this
class. There is no other opportunity to be involved in the project
retrospective for the simulation.
Handout #3:
Simulation Report
November 18
- Topic of the Week #7 due
- Change Management: Introducing Innovations into Organizations
November 23
- Simulation Report Due
- Change Management, continued
November 30
- Change Management, continued
December 2
- Final versions of web page due
- Change Management, continued
December 7