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Sistemas de Informação para Indústria© António Grilo 2013Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica e Industrial

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Class 1

Introduction.Informations Systems in

Organizations

Ano 2013

Sistemas de Informaçãopara a Indústria

António GriloProf. Auxiliar FCT-UNL


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OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE

By the end of the course, is envisaged that the student:

- Understands the role of information systems in today’s competitive business environment

- Know how to define and characterize an information system

- Be aware about what industrial engineers and managers need to know about information systems

- Understand how information systems are transforming organizations and management

- Comprehend how Internet and Internet technology is transforming business

- Be ready to address the major management challenges to building and using information systems in organizations


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OUTLINE PROGRAMME

Part 1 - Information Systems Characterization

Part 2 - The Internet Revolution

Part 3 - Information and Data Modeling

Part 4 - Planning of Information Systems


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DETAILED PROGRAMME

Part 1 – Information Systems Characterization

• How the world is changing and the enabler role of Information Systems

• Definition of Information Systems

• The Impact of IS on the Organization

• Information Systems Typologies

• Business applications


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DETAILED PROGRAMME

Part 2 – The Internet Revolution

• The Internet

• e-business & e-commerce

• Social Networks and web analytics

• Mobile computing (smartphones, tablets)

• Cloud Computing

• Content Management Systems and Portals

• Digital Business Models


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DETAILED PROGRAMME

Part 3 – Information and Data Modeling

• Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN)

• Unified Modeling Language

• Class Diagram and Sequence Diagram

• Relational Model

• Tables and Databases modeling

• Access Database set-up


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DETAILED PROGRAMME

Part 4 – Planning of Information Systems

• Strategic Planning of Information Systems

• Business Case Elaboration

• IS / Software Engineering (Cascate and Scrum)

• Requirement Analysis and Description

• Information Systems Project Planning


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EVALUATION

Students will be evaluated based on 2 criteria:

Continuous evaluation - based on the contribution of each student to the discussions, comments, and enrichment of the web site. The individual contribution of students will be rated between 0 and 2 values, which is added to the assignment scores.

Assignments evaluation - four group assignments will be delivered and evaluation of each assignment will be according to three sub-criteria: Oral presentation (35%); Multimedia Presentation (15%); and Written Report (50%).

First assignment will be scored from 0-3; Second assignment will be scored from 0-5;Third assignment will be scored from 0-6;Fourth assignment will be scored from 0-4.


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LECTURERS

António Grilo, Assistant Professor DEMI FCT-UNL

Aneesh Zutshi, PhD Candidate DEMI FCT-UNL


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EVALUATION

The master book for the course is:

"Management Information Systems (12th Edition)", by Kenneth C. Laudon and Carol Guercio Traver, Prentice Hall, ISBN-10: 0132142856.

However there will be available across the course plenty documents, references, links, videos, etc. that are able to fully address the content of the book and thus it is not mandatory to have the book to reach the objectives of the course.


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http://www.unidemi.com/sii/


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HOW THE WORLD IS CHANGING AND THE ENABLER ROLE OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Four powerful worldwide changes that have altered the business environment:

1.Emergence of the Global Economy 2.Transformation of Industrial Economies 3.Transformation of the Business Enterprise 4.The Emerging Digital Firm Political, economic, cultural, societal and tecnology changes have turned the "world flat" (Friedman, 2004)


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EMERGENCE OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMY

• Management and control in a global marketplace

• Competition in world markets

• Global work groups

• Global delivery systems


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TRANSFORMATION OF INDUSTRIAL ECONOMIES

• Knowledge- and information-based economies

• Productivity

• New products, services and business models

• Knowledge: a central productive and strategic asset


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TRANSFORMATION OF THE BUSINESS ENTERPRISE

• Time-based competition

• Shorter product life

• Turbulent environment

• Limited employee knowledge base


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THE EMERGING OF THE DIGITAL FIRM

• Digitally-enabled relationships with customers, suppliers, and employees

• Core business processes accomplished via digital networks

• Digital management of key corporate assets

• Rapid sensing and responding to environmental changes


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THE WORLD IS BECOMING FLAT...

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