Business Management Systems

This required course provides a broad view of information systems management function. The emphasis is on information systems management, with particular emphasis on planning, organizing, and controlling user services and managing the computer information systems development process. Attention is also focused on the relationship systems planning process to overall business goals, policies, plans, management styles and industry conditions. Topics include the means of selection of systems projects, assessing an organization's current information needs; determining processing, staffing, software, hardware and financing approaches.

Students will learn how the components of an information system (hardware, software, data, procedures, and people) are used to collect information, manage information, and use information to make business decisions.