TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Compulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	4
SEMESTER	Seventh Term (Fall)
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	5
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Professor Türksel Kaya Bensghir Assistant Professor Gizem Öğütçü Ulaş
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Explain the Concept of Knowledge and the Importance of Knowledge for Organizations. 2) Explains the discipline of management information systems, Information Systems and Information Resources. 3) Explains the Tools Used in Providing, Organizing and Serving Information in Organizations. 4) Explains Information Management and its processes. 5) Networked Information Systems Counts Networks, Features and Tools. 6) Internet and Information Access: New Trends convey information on Information Seeking Behaviors. 7) Explains Organization of Internet Information Resources, Personalization of Information Services and Standards. 8) Makes comments on the Use, Protection, Ethics and Legislation of Corporate Information Resources. 9) Explains the analysis, design, installation and maintenance of Information Systems. 10) Explains Information Systems, Security Disaster Planning, Digital Signature, Firewalls and Proxy Servers. 11) Explains management information systems, decision support systems and expert systems. 12) Makes comments on the organizational and managerial effects of ICT and IS.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	The course introduces the students to the fundamental concepts of information systems. These include: systems theory; management information; conceptual models of information in organizations; MIS; decision support systems; enterprise resource planning systems; information systems planning; organizing for information systems projects; IS Project lifecycle models; IS development and maintenance principles; organization, management and control of IS; IS outsourcing.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week The Data, Information, Knowledge, Wisdom concepts and their importance 2nd Week MIS discipline, IS and IS sources 3rd Week The information management flow 4th Week Knowledge management proceses 5th Week Network, tools, models 6th Week Internet, search and achive to information 7th Week The Internet, protocols, standarts 8th Week Midterm 9th Week IS sources, security and ethics issues 10th Week IS analysis and design, install, maintenance 11th Week IS recovery and disaster management, Digital signature, Proxy, firewalls 12th Week MIS, DSS and ES 13th Week The impacts of IT/IS on organization and procedures 14th Week Recap
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Charles Babcock; Management StrategiesfortheCloudRevolutionHow Cloud Computing Is Transforming Business andWhyYouCan'tAffordto Be LeftBehind, McGrawHill, April 16, 2010, KennethLaudon, J. Laudon, Management Information Systems, Pearson, 2010. Türksel Kaya Bensghir, Bilgi Teknolojileri ve Örgütsel Değişim, TODAİE Yayın No. 274, 1996. Hadi Gökçen, Yönetim Bilişim sistemleri,Analiz ve Tasarım, 2011
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Case Study,Questions/Answers
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 40 Project 1 10 Total(%) 50 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 50 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 50 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 1 1 1 Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work 14 3 42 Preparation for Final exam 1 20 20 Course hours 13 3 39 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 16 16 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 1 1 Homework Presentation (including preperation) 2 10 20 Total Workload 139 Total Workload / 30 4,63 ECTS Credits of the Course 5
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No