ST.

PAUL UNIVERSITY DUMAGUETE

Graduate School

Management Control and Information Systems

Course Syllabus
For Online Class

Instructor : Romario P. Ybañez, DPA,DOP

Email Add. : drbhongybz@spud.edu.ph
bhongybz08@gmail.com for requirements
CP No. : 09276117855

Google Classroom : MIS-for graduate studies in business

Class Code : mk2dl73

Overview

This syllabus contains all relevant information about the course: its objectives and
outcomes, the grading criteria, the texts and other materials of instruction, and of
weekly topics, outcomes, assignments, and due dates.

Consider this your roadmap for the course. Please read through the syllabus carefully
and feel free to share any questions that you may have. Please print a copy of this
syllabus for reference.

Course Description (3 Credit units)

This course introduces the various information and communications technologies.

Students will research and practice using modern productivity applications. Students
will examine how information systems are used to solve problems and make better
business decisions and apply these concepts to analyze business cases.

Course Outcomes
At the end of this course, students should be able to:

1. Integrate into business situations and analysis, and evaluate both theory and
practice relevant to Management Information Systems.

2. Fully explain the relationship among and between information systems and
management, analyze how technology can be used to synthesize complex data to
make sound business decisions.

3. Fully understand how cloud computing will change all aspects of MIS from hardware
and software to the hiring of technology personnel and managers. Prepare processes,
in conjunction with technology personnel, to use MIS for competitive advantage.

4. Ascertain and be cognizant of the ramifications of management information systems on

personal privacy.

5. Employ several methods of organizational change theory and methodology to implement

new or replacement management information systems through understanding and
evaluating how resistance to change can affect MIS implementation

Bloom: Creating, Evaluating, Synthesizing and Analyzing

Course Materials

Text :
Laudon, KC and Laudon, JP, Management Information Systems: Managing the Digital
Firm 11th Ed., Pearson/Prentice-Hall, ISBN-13: 978-0133898163
ISBN-10: 0133898164 or Any MIS books.

Readings are listed for each week.

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Requirements:

1. After the required readings per week answer the 6 assignments.

2. For the final requirement, prepare an annotated webliography on MIS issues,

trends, privacy, business practices, cloud computing and other aspects of this field.

Weekly Schedule
Week 1

Management Information Systems: In the Global

Main Topic
Business Chapter 1 (by. Laudon)

Set a foundation from which to discuss management information

systems.
Analyze various information systems as a means of strategically
solving organizational problems.
Examine how database processing and components of a database
Outcomes system can be used most efficiently in an organizational setting.
Both analyze and then be able to evaluate new systems and
procedures necessary because of the potential disruption to the
management of information systems, processes and personnel as a
result of cloud computing
Bloom: Evaluation, analysis, knowledge

Cloud computing Google

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylBLVZykjgM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36zducUX16w

Systems Thinking http://www.infed.org/thinkers/senge.htm

Information Systems, Organization and Strategy Chapter 3 (by.
Laudon)
IT Doesn't Matter http://www.nicholasgcarr.com/articles/matter.html
Readings download the article and read several of the commentaries on it
Does Nick Carr Matter (pdf)
Business Driven Technology (pdf)
Future of Cloud Computing –Pew Foundation (pdf)

Think of a current process at work or in your personal experience

Assignment 1 where hardware and software need to be purchased, stored, upgraded
(200 words) now.
How will Cloud Computing affect, if at all, that process?
What is meant by „firms as value systems'? Use examples from the
Assignment 2 readings and your experience as well as by bringing to the discussion
(200 words) additional suggestions of readings that support your point.
Bloom: Synthesis

Week 2
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 Week 3
Main Topic Business Intelligence Systems, CRM, and Competitive Advantage
Education Management Systems in Nigeria (pdf)
State of the Art in e-Tourism (pdf)

Porter's Five Forces (see week 2)

Building IT Infrastructure for Strategic Agility
http://www.ics.uci.edu/~wscacchi/Tech-EC/EC-EB-Infrastructure/IT-
strategy-infrastructure-invest-SMR-2002.pdf

The Long Tail

Online Mats http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/chris anderson of wired on techs
long tail.html
Week 4

Main Topic Managing Technology-Driven Change

Outcomes Compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages

Outsourcing of information systems' management and resources.

Integrate system decision support and other theoretical and
methodological approaches into development of effective incident
response Improve and be able to communicate to others an
understanding of risk considerations in MIS implementation and
operation Incorporate ethical consideration into the design of
management information systems Development of rapid response
higher order thinking skills. Bloom: Analysis

Risk Management Guide for Information Systems (pdf)

Why Risk Matters in IT Outsourcing (pdf)
Readings
The Challenges of Security Management (pdf)
Strategic Alignment (pdf)

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 Question One: Look around your office, home, etc. and consider your
own practices regarding the Internet, Facebook, etc. What security
Assignment 5 breaches at work or at home can you easily anticipate? What will you
(200 words) do to make everything more secure?
Bloom:
Application

Week 5
Main Topic Ethical and Social Issues in Information Systems Chap 4-Laudon
Identify the ethical, social, and political issues that are raised by
information systems.
Evaluate the impact of contemporary information systems and the
Internet on the protection of individual privacy and intellectual
Outcomes property.
Assess how information systems have affected everyday life.
Skills. Bloom: Application and synthesis

Readings Philippine E-commerce Law

Much has been written about information technology contributing to

society giving up privacy for convenience. Comment on this situation
using the article Ethical and Social Issues as your starting point.
Assignment 6 Please include other references in your response.
(200 words) Bloom: Understanding

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 Current Issues on MIS (Research on different Business fields)

Webliography- Prepare an annotated webliography on MIS issues,

trends, privacy, business practices, Cloud Computing and other
aspects of this field.
The webliography should include no fewer than 10 sources and no
more than 15 sources. At least half of the sources should be from
Final reputable journals and/or magazines. Wikipedia is not an acceptable
Requirement source.
Annotations should include the source, the author, the URL, the
journal (use APA style), newspaper articles, etc. The bibliography
itself should also follow APA style.
Here is an excellent source describing the formation of an annotated
bibliography:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0Hsnx0l1q4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w8S6xSif4o

Grading and Evaluation

Your grades will reflect the way in which you present and support your topics and
positions in the various learning activities used in this course. The grades will be based
on the quality and quantity of your comments and responses in the various activities.
The grades for the course will be based on an accumulation of points throughout the
course. The various graded activities are weighted as follows:

Course Element % of Grade

Assignments\Cases 60
Annotated 40
Bibliography
Total 100%

Please refer to the rubrics provided in the course for specific grading criteria. The final
course grading criteria is described in the table below.

Online Class Guidelines

http://blog.online.colostate.edu/blog/online-teaching/5-discussion-ground-rules-for-
the-online-classroom/

About the Professor:

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Dr. Bhong Ybañez was an Associate Professor 2 of Business Management & Public
Administration in SPUD and a member of the graduate faculty since 1995.  He was the
former Director of Research and Research Publications, acting dean of the Graduate
School, program chair of Graduate studies in Business and Public Administration
whom he oversees these two offices to meet the school’s Vision and Mission. He joined
SPUD in 1991 after taking the two Bachelor’s degrees in Business Management and
Computer Science. He also holds a Master in Business Administration, Master of Arts
in Religious Education and a Doctorate Degree in Public Administration and
Organizational Psychology. He holds three special courses, Urban Planning and Regional
Development, Research and Development, and Public Governance from the University of
the Philippines, Diliman, and Quezon City.

An active researcher and consultant, Professor Ybañez interests include (ISO) Quality
Audit, electronic commerce strategies, grant writing, organizational development, urban
planning and development, and technology transfer.  An active member of the
Philippine Statistical Association, Philippine Association of Public Administrators and
Asian University Digital Network. Currently, he is the BOD Chairman, St. Catherine
Family Helper Project Inc. an NGO based in Dumaguete City.

Dr. Ybañez has published more than fifty (50) researches, advised more than a hundred
(100) dissertations, thesis, and feasibility studies. The results of his research have been
presented to audiences during National and International Research Conferences.  In
addition, he has worked collaboratively with dozens of colleagues and students to expand
knowledge in his discipline. He currently works as grant writer of Heroic Media based in
Texas, U.S.A., a part time faculty of Negros Oriental State University.

He is married to Louela Bangay Taganile and has two kids Ravi Roi and Lekeisha.

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