College of Industrial Management
Department of Accounting and Management Information Systems
COURSE SYLLABUS
MIS 490: Information Ressources Management
Spring Semester 2012-2013 (121)
Instructor
Name: Dr. Amine Nehari Talet Office: 24/235 Phone: 860-3450
Rank: Associate Professor E. Mail: nehari@kfupm.edu.sa
Class Time: Section 01 - 10:00 AM-11:15AM
Location: 24/ 114
Office Hours: Sunday / Tuesday 11.30 -1.00 PM
Web Page: http://faculty.kfupm.edu.sa/MISAC/nehari/
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Course Description:
Theories and practices in the management of organizational information resources. Frameworks for introduction, evolution, and assimilation of information systems into an organization. Role of IT and roles of people using, developing, and managing systems. Global concepts of IT. Societal and ethical issues related to IS design and use.
Course Objectives:
After completing the course, students will be able to: 1. Explore critical issues related to managing organizational information resources. 2. Study the roles of people using, developing and managing information systems. 3. Analyze the roles of information systems in organization. 4. Identify global, societal and ethical IS issues.
Textbook:
McNurlin, B.C and Sprague, R.H (2009), Information Systems Management in Practice, 8th Edition, Prentice-Hall, Inc. Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458, USA.
Additional Readings: 1. Groysberg, B; Kevin Kelly, L and MacDonald B; “Are you ready for the big job? How the road to the top is shifting- and changes lie a heard” March 2011 Harvard Business Review 2. Parent, M.; Reich, B: “.GOVERNING INFORMATIONTECHNOLOGY RISK Published by: University of California, Berkeley (2009) in "California Management Review" 3. McAfee,