INFO0076-1 : Computing in management engineering

Study Programmes 2015-2016

INFO0076-1

Computing in management engineering

Duration :

40h Th, 15h Pr

Number of credits :

Bachelor in business engineering		5

Lecturer :

Michael Schyns

Language(s) of instruction :

French language

Organisation and examination :

Teaching in the second semester

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Course contents :

Information! No company can survive nowadays without a good management information system. Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are the key of the success. Amazon, Google, Facebook... are obvious succesfull stories confirming the importance of Information, but it is also true for any other companies, from the smallest one to the largest one.
A manager muste be able nowadays to collect, analyse, handle huge volume of data in order to answer managerial questions.
More specifically, an Engineering Manager is better suited to this task. The tools that he will have to consider to answer these questions are generally based on quantitative and scientific methods.
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) - e-commerce project
Programming (Java) - decision aid tool
[Data bases and DBMS (Access & MySQL)]

Learning outcomes of the course :

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

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

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 »

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

Learn by doing!
Each lecture will be given in a computer room. Theory and practice are mixed.
Project for the end of the year.