MCA-20-45(ii): Information Systems
Type: Elective
Contact Hours: 4 hours/week
Examination Duration: 3 Hours
Mode: Lecture
External Maximum Marks: 75
External Pass Marks: 30(i.e. 40%)
Internal Maximum Marks: 25
Total Maximum Marks: 100
Total Pass Marks: 40(i.e. 40%)
Instructions to paper setter for End semester examination:
Total number of questions shall be nine. Question number one will be compulsory and will be consisting of short/objective type questions from complete syllabus. In addition to compulsory first question there shall be four units in the question paper each consisting of two questions. Student will attempt one question from each unit in addition to compulsory question. All questions will carry equal marks.
Course Objectives: The objective of this course is to provide an in-depth exploration of how businesses successfully manage information and provide insight into how today’s businesses leverage information technologies and systems to achieve corporate objectives.
Course Outcomes (COs) At the end of this course, the student will be able to:
MCA-20-45(ii).1 gain skills sought after in today’s workplace;
MCA-20-45(ii).2 gain knowledge about IT Infrastructure & Emerging Technologies and their impact on business models and managerial decision-making;
MCA-20-45(ii).3 learn the security issues in information systems and various Enterprise Applications;
MCA-20-45(ii).4 understand, participate in, and eventually lead management discussions and drivedecisions about the firm’s information systems.
Unit – I
Fundamental of Management Information systems: The Fundamental Roles of Information System in business, Trends in Information Systems, Types of Information Systems, Managerial Challenges of Information Technology.
The Components of Information Systems: System Concept, Components of an Information System, Information System Resources, Information System Activities, Recognizing Information Systems.
Unit – II
IT Infrastructure and Emerging Technologies: IT Infrastructure, Infrastructure Components, Software/Hardware Platform Trends and Emerging Technologies, Management Issues.
Foundation of Business Intelligence: Databases and Information Management: Organizing Data in a Traditional File Environment, The Database Approach to Data Management, Using Database to Improve Business Performance and Decision Making, Managing Data Resources.
Unit – III
Securing Information Systems: System Vulnerability and Abuse, Business Value of Security and Control, Establishing a Framework for Security and Control, Technologies and Tools for Security.
Key System Applications for the Digital Age.
Enterprise Applications: Enterprise Systems, Supply Chain Management Systems, Customer Relationship Management Systems, Enterprise Applications: New Opportunities and Challenges.
Unit – IV
Managing Knowledge: The Knowledge Management Landscape, Enterprises-Wide Knowledge Management Systems, Knowledge Work Systems, Intelligent Techniques.
Enhancing Decision Making: Decision Making and Information Systems, Systems for Decision Support, Executive Support Systems (ESS), Group Decision-Support Systems (GDSS).
Text Books:
1. Kenneth C.Laudon, Jane P.Laudon, Management Information Systems: Managing the Digital Firm, Pearson
Education.
2. James A O’Brien, George M Marakas, Management Information Systems, Tata McGraw-Hill.
Reference Books:
1. Laudon & Laudon, Essentials of Management Information Systems, Pearson Education.
2. McLeod & Schell, Management Information Systems, Pearson Education.
3. Jawadekar, W.S., Management Information Systems, Tata McGraw-Hill.
4. Robert G.Mudrick, CoelE.Ross, James R.Claggett,Information Systems for Modern Management.
