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| INFO0076-1 | Computing in management engineering
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| Duration : | 40h Th, 15h Pr |
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| Lecturer : | Michael Schyns |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| All year long |
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Course contents :
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| In their daily and professional life, managers are overwhelmed by data and information. They will gain a competitive advantage if they can collect, transmit efficiently and manipulate those data to transform them into useful information. ITC (information and communication technologies) can help us reach that goal. The younger generations, born within a digital environment, know that very well and even better after the course «Mastering IT tools» where they learned to use powerful tools but after which, they could be under the illusion that all management problem can be solved with spreadsheets.
Learning to know the possibilities and constraints of those technologies, their potentialities for organisational change and dehumanisation risks, is a major challenge. This study implies the mastery of elementary concepts in management information that we will try to make tangible by abusing of various software and devoting considerable time to Web 2.0 «do-it-yourself».
There is a strong link between this course and the course "Management Information System" in 3rd year.
Content
- Management Information System notion (MIS)
- Web Interfaces (XHTML)
- Basic programming concepts (PhP language)
- Algorithmic: modelisation of management problems and efficient methods of resolution
- Programming on the web (PhP) - project
- Programming (Java) - project
- Data bases and DBMS (Access & MySQL)
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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- able to analyse and model management problems
- able to design efficient methods to better inform the manager and help him to take good decisions
- able to develop tools for basic problems and to interact with specialists for larger ones
- learn to discover emerging information technologies and evaluate their organisational potential
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| Usage of a computer and standard software (operating system, mailing software, browser, office suite). These prerequisites are taught in mandatory course INFO2043-1 « Mastering IT tools » |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Learn by doing!
Each lecture will be given in a computer room. Theory and practice are mixed.
Real cases to solve during the lectures and in between.
Project for the end of the year. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Teaching notes published by the University of Liege
Various documents, exercises, software on Lol@ |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| June :
Examination on computers
Homeworks
Project
September :
Exam on computer |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| Professor:
M. Schyns, N1, M.Schyns@ulg.ac.be
Teaching Assistant:
S. Handerek, N1, sara.handerek@ulg.ac.be |
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