COURSE PLAN 2012-13

SUBJECT: Information Technology for Management I MBA

Engaged by:

Prof. Rita Mallik, Prof. Ramakrishnan N, Prof. Ghadially Zoher,

Prof. Lakshmi Iyer, Prof. Sirish C V

3 Hours / Week

Syllabus
Unit
UNIT 1

Topic- Break up

Hrs

Week

Introduction to Information
Technology

First

Impact of IT on business

Transformation from Old to

Digital Economy
Trends in Information
Technology
UNIT 2

UNIT 3

2 Credits

Business Applications of
Information System
Functional & Enterprise
Systems
Role of Hardware in IT

Overview Of Hardware
Industry in India
Storage Devices & Storage
Systems
Hardware Generations &
Hierarchy

Second

Third

Role of Software in IT
Overview Of Software

Reading
s
IT in
different
sectors
NASSCO
M report
on IT
projection
2012-13

Class
discussion
Class
Project
Presentati
Based
Presentatio on
n
Presentati
ons

Groups

Case
Study
discussion
Lecture

Case
Study Toyota

Reading

Interactive
discussion
Lecture

IT at work

Interactiv
e
Informal

Fourth

Interactive
Session

Fifth

Group
presentati
ons

Latest
trends

1
3

CIA I
UNIT 4

Assignm
ents
Case
study
Frito Lays

Class
discussion

Information as a Key
Business Resource
Information System in
different Sectors
CBIS

Teaching
Method
Lecture

Lecture
Interactive

Moodle
Quiz
Latest
updates
Gartner

Industry in India
Operating Systems
Programming languages
Intro to cloud computing,
Saas
Mid term exam
Role of
Telecommunications and
Network in IT
Networking technology

UNIT 5

UNIT 6

1
1
2

Sixth

Eighth

Session
Lecture
Lecture

presentati
on

Ninth

Interactive
discussion

Information technology
applications

Tenth

Lecture

Internet, Internet2, Internet

Governing bodies

Interactive
discussion

CIA - II

Case
study Super
bowl

Case
Study Second
Life

Research
on
network
penetrati
on
Reading

Discussio
n pros
& cons
Reading

Oral
class
presenta
tions/Art
icle
review
2

Eleventh

Impact of IT on Society
Security & Ethical Issues
Unit 7

discussion
Collect
info on
updates

Lecture/ppt

Application of IT in terms of
Networking (India and Global)

DSS, AI, BI, EFT, EDI

website

Impact of IT on
Organizations,
Individuals and Society
IT impact on Health, Safety 1
and Society
1
Cyber Laws

Twelfth

PPT &
lecture
lecture
Classroom
discussion

Interactive
Session
Lecture

Reference Books:
1. Lucas, Information Technology for Management
2. Turban Efraim., Leidner Dorothy, McLean Ephraim, Wetherbe James,
Information Technology for Management.

Latest
updates
With live
cases

3. James A OBrien, George M Marakas, Ramesh S Behl, Management

Information Systems

Additional Reading materials

1
http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_20646685/apples-data-centerwill-be-completely-green-by
2.

www.thinkgrid.com/docs/computing-whitepaper.pdf - Research paper

3.
http://www.promeng.eu/downloads/training-materials/ebooks/businessinformation-systems.pdf
Evaluation Criteria
1. CIA I Moodle Test (MCQ, Fill in the blanks,True/False)

(20 marks)

2. CIA II Oral Group Presentation (Article Review/ Case/Topic) (20 marks)

3. Attendance

(10 marks)

4. Mid Trimester Test

(50 marks)

5. End Trimester Examination

(100 marks)

Brief description on CIA I & II:

Objective type CIA tests the conceptual knowledge of the students.
Oral/group presentations test the presentation skills, communication skills and
analytical skills.
Article Review tests the analytical skills and bent of mind towards research.