CIS9.2/BUS 31.3 Management Information Systems

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• Information Systems in Business
      Conversation with Michael Porter on the Five Forces (Video)
      The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy by Michael E. Porter
• How Zara Uses Technology To Stay Competitive
      How Zara Stocks Its Shelves (Video)
• Globalization - How Technology Has Flattened The World
      The World Is Flat, Thomas Friedman Video lecture at MIT
• Strategic Decision Making
       Excel Goal Seek, Solver and Pivot Tables
         Goal Seek spreadhseet     Solver spreadhseet      Pivot Table spreadhseet
• E-Business
• Databases & Data Warehouses
• Networks, Telecommunications & Mobile Technology
•    The Networked World: Are We Ready For It? Lou V. Gerstner Video lecture at MITWorld
• Systems Development & Project Management
•    Project Managament - Critical Path Determination
• Enterprise Resource Planning

Additional Material

• Decision Making Using Excel (pdf document)
• Basic Skills & Tools Using Access (pdf document)
• Problem Solving Using Excel - Pivot Tables(pdf document)

HW 5 Due May 12th:

1. Read the article When Bad Things Happen to Good Projects Write a 1-2 page summary of the article describing the major reasons for failure in HP's implemenation of an ERP system and what lessons can be learned from their expereince?
2. Read the The Experience Trap and summarize in 1-2 pages why experienced managers stop learning from their experience and what can be done about it.