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IS208: Analysis of Information Organizations and Systems

Text Information &  Schedule (Spring 2001)


Texts & Software

Required:

Alan Dennis & Barbara Haley Wixom, Systems Analysis and Design (John Wiley, 2000). (This link is to the textbook web site.)

A course reader with many of the assigned articles is available at Copy Central.

Recommended:

SPSS 10.0 for Windows, Student Version  (Prentice-Hall, 2000).  (Do not purchase before obtaining additional information at the first class.  A shared version of SPSS is available on the SIMS network.)

Other useful software:

  1. Microsoft Project (Microsoft has a CD-ROM with a 60-day trial version for $6.75 plus tax.)
  2. VISIO Pro (Microsoft has a CD-ROM with a 60-day trial version for $1.55 plus tax.)

(Both are available in the lab; you may want to acquire your own copies, but this is completely optional.)

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Topics and Schedule

This is a tentative list. Last updated 4/7/2001. 

TOPIC

PROFESSOR

Introduction: Information Technology, Organizations and Innovation

Peter Lyman

Impact of Networks on Organizations

Peter Lyman

Business Models: Digital Business Infrastructure.

Peter Lyman

Systems & Systems Analysis

Yale Braunstein

Systems & Projects

Yale Braunstein

Project Management-1

Yale Braunstein

Project Management-2

Yale Braunstein

Quantitative Methods

Peter Lyman

Qualitative Methods

Peter Lyman

Intro. to Statistical Analysis

Yale Braunstein

Statistical Analysis - 2

Yale Braunstein

Statistical Analysis & SPSS

Yale Braunstein

Business Planning

Peter Lyman

Business Planning 2

Peter Lyman

Cost Analysis

Yale Braunstein

Budgeting for Non-profits

Peter Lyman

Flow Charts

Yale Braunstein

Data Flow Diagrams

Yale Braunstein



Spring 2001