ManagementInformationSystems

PROF:CHIARAFRIGERIO;PROF.ALESSANDROCEDERLE
COURSE AIMS

The course aims at acquiring new skills and competences for understanding,
managing and leading the adoption of information systems in companies. The
availability of information in organizations has changed both the decision and
operating processes, allowing companies to react and lead the change. Thus, valued
information systems have started to change the way people live, work, interact, and
communicate within and among organizational settings. In this scenario, the course
aims at transferring the right knowledge to understanding the main topics in
dealing with such innovations from a managerial point of view.
The course is divided into two main knowledge areas (modules): the first is
dedicated to the fundamentals of the management of information systems, such as
classifications, innovation life cycles, its governance and management. The second
area is oriented to transfer knowledge about the most recent big innovations on
information systems (such as big data, cloud computing, network organization,
mobile, etc) in order to comprehend the potential impacts on strategies, life and
contexts.
Students will recognize the features of such innovations and comprehend the main
impacts and managerial implications of them. Accordingly to the main
international business syllabi, the course aims at transferring both theoretical and
practical knowledge through case studies, practitioners experience, as well as
group applied project works.
COURSE CONTENT
FIRST MODULE: Knowledge Area #1. Fundamentals of information systems and its

management (Prof. Chiara Frigerio)

Definition and classification of information systems.
Information systems in action: adoption and use dynamics.
Decision support systems.
Innovation life cycle.
Information systems and its governance.
Managing users demand.
The value of information systems: performance, return on investments, etc.

SECOND MODULE: Knowledge Area #2 Innovations in action (Prof. Alessandro

Cederle)

Open source.
Cloud computing e outsourcing.
BIG data, DW, data mining , OLAP, etc.
Mobile devices, mobile strategy.
Social media social network marketing.
E-commerce.
How to implement innovation through organizational change.

READING LIST
Forbothattendingandnonattendingstudents:
1. K.E. PEARLSONC.S. SAUNDERS, Strategic Management of Information Systems, 5th ed.
International Student Version, ISBN: 9781118322543, Paperback and Ebook
version.
a. Capp.7,10,11shouldnotbestudiedbyattendingstudents.
b. Nonattendingstudentsshouldstudyallthehandbook.
2. Readings and other course materials available electronically via Blackboard online
system.
TEACHING METHOD
Throughout the course a variety of teaching methods is used to encourage active
learning.Wecombineformalteachingwithprojects,roleplays,simulations,casehistories,
managersandentrepreneursspeeches.Blackboardonlinesystemwillbeintensivelyused
forinteractingwithstudents.
Specificcourseworkassignmentsandagroupprojectworkarerequestedtoattendees.
ASSESSMENT METHOD
Fornonattendingstudentsthefinalexamiscomposedbyanindividualwrittentest.
Whileforattendingstudents, assessment is through a combination of individual written
examination,aswellasgroupprojectwork,aimingatverifyingthepersonalcomprehension
ofcontentsanditspracticalapplication.