MBA
611
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Systems
Development Life Cycle
Organizations can anticipate and respond to problems through
innovative uses of information technology.
By learning to conduct an audit of a business process,
benefits can result from adding value during the process of
creating, producing, or supporting a product or service. The
analysis and design of an information system is based on
one's understanding of the organization's
objectives, structure, and
processes as well as one's knowledge of how to exploit
information technology for advantage.
MBA
612
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Emerging
Technologies
For many companies, business-to-business electronic commerce
seems like a confusing nightmare. Prices are under pressure.
Channel behavior and acceptance are hard to predict.
Competitors are innovating at unexpected places.
Organizations react sluggishly. Despite
all the effort that is going into electronic commerce, it's
not always clear where the profits are. This course intends
to address how a business can examine itself to determine
how to take advantage of the turbulence in today's
business-to-business trading environment.
MBA
613
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Information Technology and Transformation
This year, more than one trillion dollars will be spent on
information technology. Yet few organizations are confident
of their return on investment. This course examines how
information technology can transform the organization.
Examined is how information technology delivers economic
value to the organization, what best practices have in
common, how to take a
"snapshot"
of the organization's current effectiveness, and how to
choose among initiatives which will deliver value.
MBA
614
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Database Analysis & Design
The course is designed to give students an understanding of
the theoretical and practical issues related to the
management of database systems in a business environment.
This involves learning the role of the databases and
database applications in comtemporary organizations. To
accomplish this the course provides an overall understanding
of database systems, beginning with a study of the
characteristics of relational database management systems
and continuing with structured query language (SQL),
entity-relationship diagrams, dependencies and
normalization, and multi-user systems.
MBA
615
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Project Management
Project Management focuses on Information Systems project
management. However, many of the principles discussed in
this class may be applied to any new complex activity or
project. This course will explore the popular project
management theories and
practices. Students will become familiar with CASE software
tools used in project management.