IT1002 INFORMATION SYSTEMS DESIGN B.TECH. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYLLABUS ANNA UNIVERSITY CHENNAI

ANNA UNIVERSITY CHENNAI:: CHENNAI 600 025
CURRICULUM 2004
B.TECH. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
SEMESTER IV

IT1002 INFORMATION SYSTEMS DESIGN 3 0 0 100

AIM
To understand the design, development and management of information systems.

OBJECTIVES
• To know the basics of managing the digital firm.
• To understand the design, development and maintenance of information systems.
• To understand basic issues in knowledge management and information systems.
• To know the ethical and security issues in information systems.

UNIT I MANAGING THE DIGITAL FIRM 9
Why information systems – contemporary approaches to information systems – new role of information systems- major types of systems in organizations – systems from a functional perspective – enterprise applications – organizations and information systems – managers decision making and information systems – information systems and business strategy.

UNIT II DESIGNING INFORMATION SYSTEMS 9
Systems as planned organizational change – business process re-engineering and process improvement – overview of systems development – alternate system – Building approaches – Understanding the business value of Information Systems - The importance of change management in information system success and failure – Managing Implementation.

UNIT III DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS 9
Systems analysis and design – System development life cycle – Limitation – End User Development – Managing End Users – off-the shelf software packages – Outsourcing – Comparison of different methodologies.

UNIT IV KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT, ETHICS AND SECURITY 9
Knowledge Management in the organization – Information and Knowledge base systems – Decision -support systems – Understanding ethical and Social issues packed to systems – Ethics in an Information society – The moral dimensions of Information Systems – System vulnerability and abuse – Creating a control environment – Ensuring System Quality.

UNIT V INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE 9
Defining Information Architecture – why Information Architecture matters – Practicing Information Architecture in the Real world – Information Ecologies – User needs and Behavior – The anatomy of Information Architecture – Organizing Systems – Search Systems.

TOTAL : 45
TEXT BOOKS
1. Lauaon Kenneth & Landon Jane, "Management Information Systems: Managing the Digital firm", Eighth edition, PHI, 2004.[Unit – 1, 2, 4]
2. Uma G. Gupta, "Management Information Systems – A Management Prespective", Galgotia publications Pvt., Ltd., 1998. [Unit – 3].
3. Louis Rosenfel and Peter Morville, "Information Architecture for the World wide Web", O'Reilly Associates, 2002. [Unit – 5].

REFERENCES
1. Steven Alter, "Information Systems – A Management Perspective", Pearson Education, 2001.
2. Uma Gupta, "Information Systems – Success in 21st Century", Prentice Hall of India, 2000.
3. Robert G. Murdick, Joel E. Ross and James R. Claggett, "Information Systems for Modern Management", PHI, 1994.

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