BUS1MIS Management Information Systems

Semester 1, 2012

Week 1 Lecture 1

Successfully managing a business is like a game of ……

Management Information Systems

Management Information Systems

To survive, a business needs to keep up with the competition or operate with an advantage.

Recently, many of the competitive advantages developed by successful businesses have involved information systems (IS) and information technology (IT).

For example:

Let’s go back to Apple in 2003

How would you respond to the following statements:

1.The iTunes Music Store is a classic example of an IT-driven competitive advantage.

2.The iTunes Music Store is a Management Information System.

3.While most competitive advantages are temporary, the iTunes Music Store continues to provide Apple with a competitive advantage.

4.Macs are better than PCs.

Management Information Systems

Business

Information Systems

Information Technology

To learn about MIS, we need to learn about …

•Business

•Information Systems

•Information Technology

Learning Objectives

• Demonstrate an understanding of the way MIS contributes to the functioning of an organisation

• Explain the purpose of the key MIS Systems used in organisations

Learning Objectives

• Illustrate how key MIS Systems impact the effectiveness of organisations

• Describe the key Ethical and Legal issues associated with the use of MIS systems in organisations

Learning Objectives

• construct a flexible spreadsheet for a business, and conduct a what-if analysis

• develop a web page using HTML and Dreamweaver and understand the role of the internet in e-Business

• develop a database and to understand its role in a business

To be able to:

MIS Web Site• Lecture and tutorial schedule• Lecture overheads• Assessment details• Files • Contact

MIS is divided into 2 related parts.

1. Theory

1 x Lecture – Monday 9am1 x Tutorial – Thursday

2. Practical

1 x Lecture – Thursday 1pm1 x Tutorial – next Tuesday or Wednesday

The parts are related in that the practical material is used to illustrate the theory.

• Theory tutorial questions• Practical tutorial instructions• Assessment requirements –

tutorial assessment, online quizzes

• Assignment • Plagiarism, special

considerations, etc.

MIS Subject Learning Guide

Which Tutorials?

• OASIS - online tutorial registration

   https://www.latrobe.edu.au/oasis/campus.asp

Online Quizzes

Tutorial Assessment (3 marks)

You are to show your tutor in one of your tutorial classes that you have completed the following by the date due :

1) The completed Excel spreadsheet for the Orchids Shade House case study

2) The bar graph of annual expenses against annual income.

DATE DUE: Week 7 Tutorial 1

Assignment

Date Due: 4.00 PM Tuesday 24th April – Week 8 Total Marks: 20% of total assessment

Wayne’s Watersport World is a business planning to hire out watersport equipment to tourists.

You have been hired to do a projection of their finances for the next 4 years (2012 – 2015).

Text book

http://mhhe.com/au/baltzan

Examples of IS and IT in Business

This movie contains some great examples of companies that have used IT and IS to gain a competitive advantage.

You can access the movie through the web site that accompanies your textbook. Check inside the cover of the textbook for instructions on how to access the web site.