Information Systems

Code:

EIC0040

Acronym:

SINF

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Information Systems

Instance: 2008/2009 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Industrial Engineering and Management
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Informatics and Computing Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIEIC	90	Syllabus since 2006/2007	5	-	6	56	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Bloom's Taxonomy
Knowledge: enumerate and identify the information systems in business environments and describe their role in the organization
Understanding: explain the value of introducing a system of information in the organization, recognize the functional entities of the company concerned and involved in the process, to identify which stages of the engineering of the business and functional entities that are involved in the introduction / replacement / discontinuation of an information system.
Application: Building a value proposition of an information system component for the company;
Summary: Presentation of the proposed value of a component of an information system to manage the company

Program

- Enterprise Integration
- Information Systems (IS) in the Enterprise: the major types of SI, the SI functional perspective, a first introduction to business applications
- The Electronic Business and Electronic Commerce: Integration intra-and inter-business (B2B e-commerce); New business models and value propositions, a new "information economy"; Opportunities, Challenges and Solutions
- The Enterprise Engineering Life Cycle : using the Purdue Enterprise Reference Architecture " we handle the enterprise engineering life cycle, placing information systems in the organization and in his life story. In this context we analyse the interrelationships between the SI and other functional entities of the company.
- ERP - Enterprise Resource Planning: in this context is still discussion of integrated systems of SCM (Supply Chain Management)
- CRM - Customer Relationship Mangement
- Information Systems and Value Creation
- Value of Information Systems for the company (The perspective of a Financial Manager)

Teaching methods and learning activities

Active learning

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Eligibility for exams

50% attendance

Calculation formula of final grade

20% attendance (P + T) - can miss 2 classes
30% Final exam
50% 3/4 Weekly reflections. (random evalutions of weekly delivered reflections)

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

40% Final exam
60% 3/4 weekly reflection (in case students are able to attend the classes) OR (Final reflection on the whole course contents with the maximum of 10 pages)

Classification improvement

Continuous Evaluation:
Not applicable.

Final Exam:
The final mark is calculated as follows:
- 50% Exam
- 50% Classification obtained from the previously evaluated the weekly reflections)