UMKC Bloch School of Management

MIS 5503 "Management Information Systems"

Course Announcement for Spring 2014 1st Half

Bloch Heritage Hall 101

2:30 – 5:15 P.M. Thursdays or 7:00 - 9:45 P. M. Tuesdays

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Professor: Roger Alan Pick
Office:
Bloch 237
Phone: +1 (816) 235-2336
FAX: +1 (816) 235-6560
E-Mail:
pickr@umkc.edu

Hours: by drop-in and by appointment.

 

Textbooks:

·         A custom course book containing cases must be purchased from Harvard Business School Publishing for about $24 (credit or debit cards accepted) and then downloaded.  For an additional charge, you may have a printed, bound coursepack shipped to you.   The link is as follows: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/access/22937248.   If you have problems reaching the download site, try again in fifteen minutes.   If the problem repeats, contact Harvard Business Publishing Customer Service at 800-545-7685 or custserv@hbsp.harvard.edu.  All students are expected to purchase and read these materials, consisting of the following cases:

o    Robert D. Austin, Jeremy C. Short, IPremier Co. (A): Denial of Service Attack, #609092

o    F. Warren McFarlan, Robert D. Austin, Caregroup, #303097

Overview: This course will survey a variety of topics concerning information technology management in the twenty-first century. Our main concerns will be the processes of the information technology group and how the technologies influence the roles and techniques of general managers.    There is a bias towards addressing issues that concern senior executives at large firms. Nearly all of our case studies come from actual administrative situations. Instructional techniques will include lectures and case discussions.