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Instructor: Dr. Martin Hepp Office: Academic III, Room
152 Office Hours: Wednesdays, 2:00 – 5:00 and by appointment Course Website: http://ruby.fgcu.edu/courses/mhepp/crn80109.htm Class
Times and Classroom: Wednesdays,
6:30 – 9:15 p.m., Reed Hall 146 |
Turban/McLean/Wetherbe: Information Technology for Management. Transforming Organizations in the Digital Economy. 4th Edition, Wiley 2004.
The goal of this course is to present the necessary
skills to make decisions about the computing architecture on an enterprise-wide
scale. Students will learn the core challenges and limitations that make this
task difficult, as well as the current solutions for the respective task.
Students will understand the
transformation of the business world currently in progress and look behind the
buzzwords. A special focus will be on the role of Enterprise Resource Planning Systems
(ERP) and the integration of multiple systems.
One has not understood a matter until one is able
to apply the knowledge. Thus, it is my personal goal to empower you to use the abstract
concepts contained in the textbook for current and future real-world scenarios.
This overall goal determines both the way of instruction in the classroom and
the character of all exams and assignments. Very frequently you will need to
explain concepts with your own words or apply them to a case study. This requires that you ask questions in
class if you are not sure whether you have understood a specific topic.
The final grade will be determined by your
performance in
-
2 midterm exams (40 %),
-
homework assignments (30 %), and
-
your participation in class (30 %).
For the
assignments and exams, the following grades are given.
|
Grade |
A |
A- |
B+ |
B |
B- |
C+ |
C |
C- |
D |
E |
|
Numerical
Value |
4 |
3.75 |
3.25 |
3 |
2.75 |
2.25 |
2 |
1.75 |
1 |
0 |
With regard to the participation grade, you may
receive between 0 (no show) and 4 (excellent contributions) points per week.
According to the grade weights as outlined above
(40 / 30 / 30 %), the final grade will be determined using the following
formula:
Final
Score = (Exam_Average*4 + Assignment_Average*3 +
Participation_Average*3)/10
The final
score will be transformed into the final grade using the following table:
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Score Range |
Final Grade |
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4.0 - 3.76 |
A |
|
3.75 - 3.51 |
A- |
|
3.50 - 3.16 |
B+ |
|
3.15 - 2.88 |
B |
|
2.87 - 2.51 |
B- |
|
2.50 - 2.16 |
C+ |
|
2.15 - 1.88 |
C |
|
1.87 - 1.51 |
C- |
|
1.50 - 0.75 |
D |
|
0.74 - 0 |
E |
This is a graduate course. Thus, your participation and contributions are extremely important, because we will all learn from each other during the course. Attendance is mandatory. Please take into account that the participation grade will determine 30 % of your final score!
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Class |
Topic(s) |
Read before class |
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1 |
08-25 |
Course Overview: Business
Integration as the core goal |
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2 |
09-01 |
Information
Technology in the Digital Economy Information
Technologies: Concepts and Management |
Chapters
1 and 2 |
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3 |
09-08 |
e-Business
and e-Commerce |
Chapter 5 and additional materials
given in class |
|
4 |
09-15 |
e-Procurement
and Product Data Management |
Material
given in class |
|
5 |
09-22 |
Structured
Data Exchange using XML |
Material
given in class |
|
E1 |
09-29 |
Exam 1 |
Relevant
units: 1 – 5, see study guide 1 |
|
6 |
10-06 |
Transaction
Processing, Functional Applications, |
Chapter
7 |
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7 |
10-13 |
Web
Services |
pp.
32, pp.75-76, pp.650-653, and
additional material given in class |
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8 |
10-20 |
Online Unit: Transaction Processing and
ERP Systems (see below) |
Chapter 8 |
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9 |
10-27 |
Barcodes
and Transponder: The Power of Auto-ID |
pp.
279 – 280 and
additional material to be distributed by e-mail |
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10 |
11-03 |
No
classes as per student request |
(will be made up on November 17) |
|
11 |
11-10 |
Online Unit: SAP Business Software |
Chapter 8 (review) |
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12 |
11-17 Begins early |
Knowledge Management and the
Semantic Web
Mobile, Wireless, and Pervasive
Computing
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Chapter
6 , Chapter 10, and
additional material given in class |
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11-24 |
No
classes (University Days) |
|
|
13 |
11-29 |
Putting it all together: The e-Enterprise
of the future
|
Material
given in class |
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E2 |
12-01 |
Exam 2
|
Relevant
units: 6 – 13, see study guide 2 |
(Slides used in class and other materials
will be posted on a weekly basis after class)
Unit 1:
PowerPoint Slides (PDF file; requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
NEW: Online Unit TPS and ERP (October 13):
a)
Slides with Audio
Narration ERP & TPS
b)
Online Article: The
ABCs of ERP by Christopher Koch
A
PDF version of the slides is available here suitable for
printing (not a substitute for the narration!).