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University of Washington Michael G. Foster School of Business Dept. of Information Systems & Operations Management Spring 2014

I S 300: Introduction to Information Systems

Course SLN: Time: Location: Instructor: Email: Office: Phone: Fax: Office Hours: Class Website: Lab Session: Location: Class TA: Email: Office: Office Hours: 15042 (IS 300 C) Tuesday and Thursday, 1:30 PM – 3:20 PM PCAR (PACCAR Hall) 291 Shaosong Ou, Ph.D. shaosong@uw.edu PCAR (PACCAR Hall) 521 (206) 543-0153 (206) 543-3968 Tuesday and Thursday, 3:20 PM – 4:20 PM Or by appointment https://canvas.uw.edu/ Friday, 12:30 PM – 1:20 PM (CA) Friday, 1:30 PM – 2:20 PM (CB) PCAR (PACCAR Hall) 191 Benjamin Chow is300cb@uw.edu PCAR 546 Thursday, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Or by appointment

Course Description and Objectives Modern information technology (IT) has dramatically transformed the way consumers transact their daily activities and firms conduct businesses. Nowadays over 50% of capital expenditures made by firms are IT-related. Understanding the strategic role of IT is critical for firms to provide a competitive advantage in today’s competitive environment. Knowing how to effectively manage IT is a lifetime learning prerequisite for successful business managers and CIOs/CEOs. This course is intended to be an important step towards building your IT knowledge base on the road to becoming a successful manager. The course consists of both lecture and lab sessions. The lecture will teach you the vocabulary, key concepts, and frameworks for the management of Information Systems (IS). You are expected to gain a good understanding of the strategic value of IT/IS as well as their applications in today’s business environment. You will also be able to develop basic IT project management skills such as systems analysis and design, project planning, implementation and testing. The lab sessions emphasize using computers to analyze, coordinate, and solve organizational decision-making problems by providing a...