Basic concepts of informatics management; conceptual foundations of informatics management; modern management; systems approach; informatics; history of information management; information managing organizations; information society; information management technologies; human-computer interaction.
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Course Learning Outcomes
Learning Outcomes |
Program Learning Outcomes |
Teaching Methods |
Assessment Methods |
1. A brief understanding of management and its informatics environment. |
8,11 |
1,12,3 |
A,C |
2. Ability to distinguish basic concepts of information. |
7,8 |
1,2,3 |
A,C |
3. A brief understanding of functions and processes related to data and information. |
7,8,9 |
1,12,3 |
A,C |
4. Planning the decision-making process and developing strategies for satisfying user requirements. |
8 |
1,2,3,12 |
A,C |
5. Appreciating the widespread use of information and informatics-related concepts in different fields and studying the differences and similarities between them. |
11 |
1,2,3,12 |
A,C |
6. Understanding the administrative aspects of information management. |
11 |
1,2,3,12 |
A,C |
Course Flow
Week |
Topics |
Study Materials |
1 |
Introduction |
Basics of computer literacy |
2 |
Information Science and the Informatics profession |
Basics of the automatic data processing scene |
3 |
Information and Organizations |
Information about organizations |
4 |
Operational Informatics Management |
Case studies of informatics in business |
5 |
Structuring the informatics infrastructure of contemporary businesses |
Execution of strategies |
6 |
Creation, organization, distribution and control of information |
Importance of information in business opportunities |
7 |
Planning, decision-making, strategy developing |
Different strategies |
8 |
Storage, security and disposal |
Data and network security |
9 |
Midterm Exam |
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10 |
Human Computer Interaction and Resource Management |
HCI and HR practices |
11 |
Determining user needs and resource analysis |
Case Studies |
12 |
Information Systems Analysis and evaluation |
Case Studies |
13 |
Information resources and planning |
Information Processing (ACM 111) |
14 |
Ethical, Social and Political Aspects |
Different values |
15 |
Final Exam |
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Recommended Sources
Textbook |
Laudon, K.C. and Laudon, J.P. (2016): Management Information Systems: Managing The Digital Firm, 14th Ed. Upper Saddle River, N.J. Pearson/Prentice Hall.
Evans, A., Martin, K., and Poatsy, M.A. (2015). Technology In Action, Complete, 12th Ed. USA, Pearson. ISBN-10: 0133949567, ISBN-13: 9780133949568.
Bovee, C. L. and Thill, J.V. (2014). Business in Action, 7th Ed. USA, Pearson. ISBN-10: 0136154085, ISBN-13: 978-0136154082.
Laudon, K.C. and Traver, C.G. (2014). E-Commerce 2014, 10th Ed. Pearson/Prentice Hall.
Motiwalla, L.F. and Thompson, J. (2012). Enterprise Systems for Management, 2nd Ed. USA, Pearson. ISBN-10: 0132145766, ISBN-13: 978-0132145763.
Middleton, Michael (2002). Information Management, A consolidation of operations analysis and strategy. Center for Information Studies, Charles Sturt University, NSW, Australia, ISBN 1-876938-36-6. |
Additional Resources |
LaBerta, Catherine (2012). Computers Are Your Future, 12th Ed. Pearson/Prentice Hall.
Maeder, M., Hädrich, T. and Peinl, R. (2009): Enterprise Knowledge Infrastructures, 2nd Ed., Springer. eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-89768-2. Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-89767-5. |
Material Sharing
Documents | Course slides, additional reading material |
Assignments | Homework |
Exams | Midterm Exam, Final Exam |
Assessment
IN-TERM STUDIES |
NUMBER |
PERCENTAGE |
Mid-term examination |
1 |
40 |
Assignment |
1 |
20 |
Total |
|
60 |
CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL GRADE |
1 |
40 |
CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE |
|
60 |
Total |
|
100 |
COURSE CATEGORY |
Expertise/Field Courses |
Course’s Contribution to Program
No |
Program Learning Outcomes |
Contribution |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
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1 |
Information Systems graduates have the knowledge and the skills to design and develop the complete systems for multi-media visual user interface. |
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2 |
Information Systems graduates have advanced the knowledge and skills to design, develop and install the application systems for multi-media. |
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3 |
Information Systems graduates have the knowledge and the skills to design, develop and apply algorithms and data structures to solve the basic problems of information processing, within the framework of discrete mathematics. |
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4 |
Information Systems graduates have the knowledge and the skills to design and develop computer applications, based on user specified requirements, using modern structured development tools and install them on various hardware platforms and deploy their usage. |
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5 |
Information Systems graduates have the knowledge and the skills to design and develop computer applications, based on user specified requirements, using modern object-oriented development tools and install them on various hardware platforms and deploy their usage. |
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6 |
Information Systems graduates know the logic of computer operating systems, the basic set of system commands, how to control access to system resources by users of different departments and how to monitor the running of jobs in the system. |
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7 |
Information Systems graduates have the knowledge and the skills to design and develop data models serving different requirements, database applications that would access and process data using various types of software, including queries, reports and business applications. |
X |
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8 |
Information Systems graduates have the knowledge and the skills to design and develop business applications that would provide data access, modification and processing for data kept in enterprise database systems. |
X |
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9 |
Information Systems graduates have the knowledge about computer networks, and have the skills to design, develop and monitor computer networks, how to configure them and how to maintain their performance. |
X |
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10 |
Information Systems graduates have the knowledge and the skills to design and develop visual user interfaces for the web, web-based applications for n-tier client/server configurations, how to deploy them in enterprises. |
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11 |
Information Systems graduates, within his/her job responsibilities can communicate the necessary information both written and orally in Turkish, English and another foreign language, respecting the values the societal institutions and establishments, of which he/she has acquired in the program. |
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X |
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ECTS
Activities |
Quantity |
Duration |
Total |
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 15x Total course hours) |
15 |
3 |
45 |
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) |
15 |
3 |
45 |
Mid-term examination |
1 |
18 |
18 |
Homework |
4 |
1 |
4 |
Final examination |
1 |
25 |
25 |
Total Work Load |
|
|
137 |
Total Work Load / 25 (h) |
|
|
5,48 |
ECTS Credit of the Course |
|
|
6 |