MIS6319-002 Enterprise Resource Planning
Professor
Dr. Lou Thompson
Term
Spring 2014
Meetings
Thursday, 4:00 - 6:45 PM, JSOM 1.110
January 9, 2014
Professor’s Contact Information
Office Phone
972-883-2558
Other Phone
None
Office Location
SOM 3.813
Email Address
Please use e-mail via eLearning for MIS6319
Office Hours
3:00 – 4:30 on Tuesday or by appointment TA Name Akshat Kumar TA Hours TBA
General Course Information
Pre-requisites, Co-requisites, & other restrictions
Openness to learning and thinking.
Course Description This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the practical use of enterprise resource planning systems in modern business. Specifically, the course has the following objectives:
1. To provide students with an understanding of integrated business processes in ERP systems
2. To provide students with hands on transaction experience with SAP ERP modules
3. To provide students with an understanding of ERP development methodologies
4. To provide students with an understanding of ERP based project management
This is an introductory course! Students must put in their time learning the system in order to be very successful in the course.
A windows based laptop is required for use in the classroom.
Learning Outcomes
1. Students will be able to describe the basic structure of an Enterprise Resource Planning system.
2. Students will be able to describe the integrated business processes in SAP ERP.
3. Students will obtain a working knowledge of using SAP ERP business transactions.
4. Students will be able to maintain master data sets the enable SAP ERP business transactions.
5. Students will develop a competency for participating in SAP ERP implementation projects.
Required Texts
"Integrated Business Processes with ERP Systems 1st Edition" (ISBN 978-0470-478448)
“Enterprise Systems For Management 2nd Edition ” (ISBN 978-0-13-214576-3)
Class Model During the class session, there will be movies, discussions,