ASSIGNMENT | In Week 1, we will discuss the management of the digital organization, including collaborative planning, forecasting, and replenishment customized for companies, customers, and suppliers.

HERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE COURSE: Management Information Systems (MIS) have been developing and changing nearly as quickly as technology changes. And while there are many areas of IS management that overlap with traditional management concepts, there are a number of terms and concepts that are unique to MIS.

In Week 1, we will discuss the management of the digital organization, including collaborative planning, forecasting, and replenishment customized for companies, customers, and suppliers. We will also discuss IS operations in an organization and the role of strategy in the management of IS.

In Week 2, we will discuss how e-business and e-commerce have created sweeping changes in the digital integration of enterprises and ethical and social issues.

In Week 3, we will discuss hardware and software used in the digital enterprise, the management of data resources by designing customized databases based on entity-relationship diagrams, and telecommunications and wireless networks.

In Week 4, we will discuss how the Internet has changed the world. We will focus on business process integration, including supply chain management (SCM) systems, enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, customer relationship management (CRM) systems, and enterprise portals.

In Week 5, we will discuss how knowledge is managed and several levels of management decision-making is enhanced in the digital organization. We will also discuss how an organization is redesigned by using Web-based executive support systems (ESS) and enterprise application integration (EAI) software. Lastly, we will discuss the business value of IS and the importance of IS security and control.