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| INFO2039-2 | Management Information Systems
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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| Credits/ECTS : |
| Master in Management Sciences, in-depth approach, 1st year | | First semester | | 5 |
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| Master in Management Sciences, didactic approach, 1st year | | First semester | | 5 |
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| Master en sciences de gestion, à finalité spécialisée en banking and asset management, 1st year | | First semester | | 5 |
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| Master in Management Sciences, professional Focus in Entrepreneurship, 1st year | | First semester | | 5 |
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| Master en sciences de gestion, à finalité spécialisée en financial analysis and audit, 1st year | | First semester | | 5 |
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| Master in Management Sciences, professional Focus, 1st year | | First semester | | 5 |
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| Master en sciences de gestion, à finalité spécialisée en management humain et organisation, 1st year | | First semester | | 5 |
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| Master in management Sciences, professional focus in management, 1st year | | First semester | | 5 |
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| Master en sciences de gestion, à finalité spécialisée en management des entreprises sociales, 1st year | | First semester | | 5 |
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| Master en sciences de gestion, à finalité spécialisée en intelligence stratégique et marketing, 1st year | | First semester | | 5 |
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| Master in Management Sciences | | First semester | | 5 |
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| Master in Management Sciences | | Toute l'année | | 3 |
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| Holder(s) : | Alain Dubois, Wilfried Niessen |
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| Coordinator : | Alain Dubois |
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| Language : | English language |
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| Course contents : | This course is a "survival kit" for the manager in the IT war : what must he know to take part efficiently in IT projects if he's no computer scientist ? It will attempt to answer these questions :
- What's an information system (IS), a computer system, a business process ?
- Why integrate IS ?
- How can we represent (model) IS from a dynamical point of view ?
- How is it possible to implement or maintain an IS : in-house development, standard packages, ERP, ... ?
- What's a system development cycle ? How can we manage an IT project (plans, budgets, quality) ?
- How do we evaluate the return on investment of an IS ?
Content
- Information systems
- Computer systems and information technology
- Business process modelling
- Information systems integration
- Software packages and ERPs
- Discovery of an ERP
- Methodology and software development life cycles
- Information systems ROI
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| Course objective : | At the end of this course, students will be able to
- Define the concepts of information systems, business process, ERP, development life cycle,
- Understand an array of current and important information technologies,
- Draw business process models specifying their conceptual and functional aspects, by using a simplified BPMN 2.0 notation,
- Understand the stakes of ERPs,
- Evaluate the potential an ERP solution to manage a small or medium enterprise.
- Identify situations where a methodical and phased approach is indispensable in an IT project,
- Contribute, as a knowledgeable user or manager, to the development of an information system, mainly in the analysis and test phases,
- Evaluate the profitability of an information system.
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| Prerequisites : | Essential principles of programming and databases taught in mandatory courses INFO2043-1 « Maîtrise de l'outil informatique (http://lola.hec.ulg.ac.be/claroline/course/index.php?cid=INFO2043_1 » et INFO0074-1 « Informatique en sciences économiques et de gestion : partim II ».) |
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| Organization : | Activities :
- Theoretical courses : short lectures about concepts, techniques and set tools. Traditional course in class room; individual work. [1,5 ECTS]
- Case studies corresponding to the reality of a small organization. Start-up and debriefing of exercises in class; groups work between classes . [1 ECTS]
- Exercises : discovery of a software modelling tool, a standard software package and an ERP. Monitored work in computer labs. [0,5 ECTS]
- Conference : presentations by business practitioners and domain specialists. [0,5 ECTS]
- Final project : set case, based on an existing enterprise, demanding the application of acquired competences and proposed by the professors. Completely autonomous group project. A written analysis report is handed out and presented during the simulation of a decision meeting at the end of preliminary analysis. [1,5 ECTS]
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| Written notes : | Various documents, exercises, software on Lol@. |
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| Assessment : | June :
- Theory : individual written examination (MCQ). [30 %]
- Final project : group oral examination. [50 %]
- Other activities : evaluation based on a portfolio (solutions of case studies and exercises). [20 %]
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| Contacts : | Alain Dubois, N1, office 203, alain.dubois@ulg.ac.be,
Wilfried Niessen, Wilfried.Niessen@ulg.ac.be |
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| Visit the on-line course on the e-Learning platform Lol@ : http://lola.hec.ulg.ac.be/claroline/course/index.php?cid=INFO2039_2 |
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