Information Systems

Course Objectives:

1.     Understand what an enterprise information system is.

2.     Understand the different constitutive dimensions of an IS:
a. Technical dimension
b. Organizational dimension
c. Managerial dimension

3.     Understand the different components of an IS:
a. Management system
b. Decision-making system
c. Operational system

4.     Understand the articulation of the IS with the company’s strategy (IS governance – IS project management).

Course Content

Chapter 1: General Overview

·       Definitions and characterizations of the enterprise (functional and structural aspects).

·       Systemic approach to organizations: General presentation of the three systems (decision system, classification of decisions: by level and by method, a programmable decision technique, decision tables).

·       The information system (functional and structural aspects: concept of workstation, workstation unit, flows, documents).

·       Flowchart.

Chapter 2: Information Representation Techniques

·       Concept of information, forms and manipulation of information, diagramming and coding of information.

Chapter 3: Data Entry and Information Control

·       Different types of information control.

Chapter 4: Methodology for Information System Development – MERISE

·       Information system development process.

·       Levels of abstraction for data and process models.

·       Modeling:

o   Static (Conceptual Data Model – CDM).

o   Dynamic (Conceptual Process Model – CPM).

Assessment Method: Final Exam (60%), Continuous Assessment (40%).