About IS & MIS

• Source: devx.com/ebook, Guide to Managing an IT Staff, whitepaper, pdf, Read more.
• Source: devx.com/ebook, The CIO’s Guide to Hiring an IT Staff, Sponsored by IBM, whitepaper, pdf, Read more.
• Source: devx.com/ebook,:Choosing the Right Server, sponsored by HP, whitepaper, pdf, Read more.
• Source: devx.com/ebook, Rethinking the Datacenter, sponsored by APC, whitepaper, pdf, Read more.
• Source: devx.com/ebook, Managing the Modern Network, sponsored by HP, whitepaper, pdf, Read more.
• Source: wps.prenhall.com, Author Tutorial Videos; Kroenke’s short video presentations for each of his MIS syllabus.
• Source: bus.iastate.edu/mennecke/server/courses, Management Information Systems Resources, Data Warehouse Resources. Bill Inmon’s Business Intelligence Network · Datawarehouse.com · The Data Warehousing…
• Source: wsulibs.wsu.edu, Washington State University Libraries Management Information Systems, another link blog.
• Source: search.techrepublic.com.com/search/information+management+and+information+system, Information Management and Information Systems Resources at TechRepublic. I am a member of this agency.
• Initial source: wikipedia, July 14-th, 2008 about MIS, Source: bls.gov, Computer and Information Systems Managers (U.S. Department of Labor).
• Source: lamp.infosys.deakin.edu.au, Index of Information Systems Journals.
• Source: bournemouth.ac.uk/library/resources/, MIS Web sites (Bournemouth University).
• Source: chris-kimble.com/Courses/mis, MIS Links (University of York).
• Source: users.cs.york.ac.uk/~kimble/ak/, Executive Information Systems: Minimising the risk of development.
• Source: highered.mcgraw-hill, James A. O’Brien, Introduction in Information Systems, 7-th edition. Online Learning Center, student view:
  http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072472642/student_view0/.
• Source: en.wikipedia, What means: Information Technology, Information Systems, Decision Support Systems, Management Information Systems. Inside of each terms you’ll find out about a lot of other terms as follows: information technology (computers, computer software, data management, computer networking, computer engineering, software design, relational databases, and so on), information systems [computer security, information security, computer insecurity, many companies have created a position of Chief Information Officer (CIO) that sits on the executive board with the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Chief Technical Officer (CTO), and so on].

 Some “MIS and IS syllabus” examples

My own observations:

• Not all entries are of the same knowledge calibre !

• Some links are from my “directory of bookmarks” hosted by free.fr (deleted now). It covered a wide range of IT&C topics. A page was dedicated to MIS syllabus.

IS section

• Source: usfca.edu, Information Technology and Telecommunications, Graduate-level. Syllabus. By Alev M. Efendioglu, University of San Francisco. Visit these two ressources: MBA619 Course Materials (graduate) and BA401 Course Materials (undegraduate), 2008. Protected access by user name and password.

• Source: cit.gu.edu.au, Another point of view related to Introduction to Information Systems (australian too; but at the technical level): http://www.cit.gu.edu.au/teaching/1004INT/mod2info.html., last edited 2008.

• Source: ouhk.edu.hk, a Hong Kong vision about Information Systems Management, author : The course developer is Dr Wan Hak-man, Assistant Professor in the School of Business & Administration of the Open University of Hong Kong, 2008.

• Source: wps.prenhall, see this Companion Website from the Publisher, Pearson/Prentice-Hall Publishing House, 2007, ISBN: 0-13-143372-5, by David Kroenke.

• Source: cs.usyd.edu.au/~comp5206/, Introduction to Information Systems (University of Sydney, Australia). See this generic link http://www.cs.usyd.edu.au/~comp5206/ and the course outline http://www.cs.usyd.edu.au/~comp5206/comp5206_outline.pdf, 2006.

• Source: albany.edu, Albany Univ., Information Systems, instructor: Jinwon Ho, 2005.

• Source: njit.edu, New Jersey Institute of Technology, CIS677-102/4: Information Systems Principles, professor Bieber, College of Computing Sciences, Spring 2005.

• Source: ebusiness.mit.edu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management : 15.561, Information Systems, and this; some chapters are obsoleted, or this url: From Information Infrastructure to Networked Corporation, 2003.

MIS section

• Source: faculty.bus.olemiss.edu, The University of Missippi, MIS Syllabus, by Brian J. Reithel, PhD, CDP, Professor of Management Information Systems, Spring 2008.

• Source: eiu.ngarrett.org, MIS 5105, Electronic Commerce, Eastern Illinois University; see this Dr. Garrett’s Course Webpage, School of Business, 2008.

• Source: massey.ac.nz,
  Department of Management and International Business Massey University, Auckland, 2008.

• Source: students.gsm.ucdavis.edu, Harvard Business School, Boston, Management Information Systems MGT/P 207 Syllabus for Fall 2006, Professor Hemant K. Bhargava, more anchored, 2006- 2007.

• Source: students.gsm.ucdavis.edu, Management Information Systems syllabus, MGT/P 207, prof. dr. Hermant K. Bhargava, Graduate School of Management, Harvard Business School, Fall 2006.

• Source: cgu.edu, Management of Information Technology, syllabus, instructor Ricardo Teitelroit, Ph.D, Fall 2006.

• Source: athabascau.ca, CMIS, Computers and Management Information Systems, syllabus, G. Zahara, Athabasca University, March 2006.

• Source: utexas.edu, Introduction to Management Information Systems, Computer and information systems concepts, some of the most popular software tools currently available. Syllabus. Calendar. Assignments. Links to related materials. By David J. Albert, University of Texas – Austin, 2006.

• Look at this 1999 syllabus focusing the Introduction in MIS.

As you can see, there are differences between a MIS and an IS syllabus knowledge from year to year. The technology and the computing network evolved dramatically. Each instructor (teacher) should insist on some aspects. It is impossible to cover all aspects. But it is an instructor’s duty to have a complete syllabus accessible to a particular group of students.