Bachelor
2024/2025
Introduction to information systems
Type:
Compulsory course (Digital Product Management)
Area of studies:
Business Informatics
Delivered by:
Department of Business Informatics
Where:
Graduate School of Business
When:
2 year, 2 module
Mode of studies:
offline
Open to:
students of one campus
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
4
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The subject of information systems includes a rather broad set of topics and issues. The concerns we will address here certainly go beyond a narrow focus on technology – that is a subject that might be better studied under the heading of ‘computer science’ or ‘computer engineering’. Rather, this subject, and this course, investigates what we do with this particular technology in the world, why we choose to use it, who is affected or interested in its uses and how we organise ourselves to be able to get the best from it.
Learning Objectives
- Provide students with an appropriate balance of technical and organisational perspectives to serve as the basis for further study in the field of IS
Expected Learning Outcomes
- debate the relevance of the sociotechnical approach and demonstrate this through the study of a number of practical business and administrative information systems within real organisations
- demonstrate, through project work, understanding of the analysis and design of small projects using database and spreadsheet programs, and the ability to write brief but informative reports on such work.
- describe and justify a range of professional roles in information systems development activity, and their changing nature, reflecting in part changes in technology use in and between organisations
- describe fundamental principles that can be applied to ensure that security and personal privacy is respected in information systems
- discuss the social, organisational, legal and economic context of computer use and be able to debate the significance of information and communications technologies on the economy and society
- explain fundamental assumptions made in studying information and communications technologies in organisations as sociotechnical systems in contrast to purely technical or managerial views
- explain the tasks required when undertaking the establishment of a new information system and be able to contrast alternative approaches to development
- explain the various functions of systems and network software and various classes of businessoriented application packages
- express a logical understanding of how the technical parts of computer-based information systems work, their principal structures and components, including contemporary technologies for information storage, processing and communications
- Understand and explain the general concept of systems and its application to information systems analysis.
- Define and describe the systems development life cycle (SDLC) model.
- Explain the relationship between Information Systems and business processes.
- Define Unified Modeling Language (UML) and its purpose in information system design and documentation.
- Identify and explain the inherent vulnerabilities of information systems, including their susceptibility to destruction, errors, and abuse.
Course Contents
- Introduction
- Concepts underlying information systems
- System structure and business values
- Systems development life cycle
- Business Processes and System Classification
- BI, Databases and UML
- Securing Information Systems
Assessment Elements
- Tests on the seminarsTest with questions related to lectures and subject-related theory. The student is asked to answer multiple choice or open questions. Test mark is showed in % and transferred in 10-points based system. Final % for all tests is a final mark which is transferred in 10-points based system by dividing % by 10. Number of points for the question differs from 1-4 depending on the complexity of the question
- Written examinationThe exam is taken written.
- EssayThe structure is determined by the requirements: • the author's thoughts on the problem are presented in the form of short theses (T); • the idea must be supported by evidence - therefore, the thesis is followed by arguments (A). Arguments are facts, phenomena of public life, events, life situations and life experience, scientific evidence, references to the opinion of scientists, etc. It is better to give two arguments in favor of each thesis: one argument seems unconvincing, three arguments can "overload" a presentation made in a genre focused on brevity and imagery. Thus, the essay acquires a circular structure (the number of theses and arguments depends on the topic, the chosen plan, the logic of thought development): 1. introduction 2. thesis, arguments 3. thesis, arguments 4. thesis, arguments 5. conclusion When writing, it is also important to consider the following points: • The introduction and conclusion should focus on the problem (in the introduction it is put, in the conclusion - the author's opinion is summarized). • It is necessary to highlight paragraphs, red lines, establish a logical connection of paragraphs: this is how the integrity of the work is achieved. The volume 4 pages written in the 14th font Times New Roman
- Practical works at seminarsStudents are required to rely on their-own knowledge and they should provide answer according to the lectures and additional theoretical materials.
Interim Assessment
- 2024/2025 2nd module0.3 * Essay + 0.2 * Practical works at seminars + 0.2 * Tests on the seminars + 0.3 * Written examination
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Human resources information systems : a guide for public administrators, Valcik, N. A., 2021
- Information Systems for Business - CCBY4_039 - David T. Bourgeois - 2022 - Open Educational Resources: libretexts.org - https://ibooks.ru/bookshelf/390559 - 390559 - iBOOKS
- Information Systems for Business and Beyond - CCBY4_040 - Ly-Huong T. Pham, Tejal Desai-Naik, Laurie Hammond, & Wael Abdeljabbar - 2022 - Open Educational Resources: libretexts.org - https://ibooks.ru/bookshelf/390560 - 390560 - iBOOKS
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Applying theories for information systems research, Iyamu, T., 2022
- Information systems : process and practice, , 2018