Please see above, detailed under "Online format".

The course covers the following areas:

• Information Systems  - The purpose and benefits in a digital enterprise
• Information Systems, Organizations and Strategy
• IT infrastructure - Hardware components, Cloud computing, Servers etc.
• Telecommunications, the Internet and Wireless Technology
• Enterprise applications - ERP, Supply Chain Management Software, CRM software 
• Common roles in the IT department I.: The IT Analyst - Development process models, requirement engineering
• Common roles in the IT department II: The Test Manager - Test cycles, functional and non-functional test methods 
• IT Security - Threats, tools, management and financial aspect of security
• Social issues of Information systems - Ethical and moral dimensions of IS
• The Hype cycle

Course book: selected chapters from Laudon, Jane P., Laudon, Kenneth C. (2017). Management Information Systems: Managing the Digital Firm, 15th or 16th Global Edition. Pearson Education Limited. 

WU library has a few hard copies and it is also available for download through the WU library website. Talk to the library staff if you need help with the download. 

After completing the course, students should be able to:

• Understand what an information system is and how it can help organizations 
• Understand the interaction effects of information systems and organizations
• Understand the basics of the most important hardware, software and operating systems used in a business context
• Understand the concepts of the software life cycle and the associated quality assurance
• Know the fundamentals of computer networks including the Internet
• Know the positive and negative effects of Information systems on the society  
• Know the common IT threats and about protective measures
• Know current trends of IT with the help of Gartner's Hype cycle

Offline and online format:

80 %. Participation is necessary at the first lecture to secure your spot. Lectures are held as Zoom webconferences available from within Learn under Communication/Webconference. 

 

Offline format: 

Lectures, video cases, written case studies, student group presentations in lecture halls.

Online format:

​​​​Lectures as conference calls, individual and group home assignment, presentation in groups

Offline format:

4 closed book assignments during lectures (4x15 points)

Group home assignment (20 points)

Group presentation (20 points)

Active participation in lectures (10x1 point)

Online format:

• Video summaries of the topics (45 points)

With the help of your selfie camera, record a video in which you summarize one of two lectures of the week (free choice). Summaries should be based on the online lectures, book chapters and slides, please include answers to the video case questions to be found at the beginning of the slides (topic 6 has no video case). Do not include information about written case studies. Maximal length: 8 minutes (hard limit). Evaluation is based on free speech (do not read), content – effective summary of the topic including answers to the video case, length requirement. Deadline: every week on Sunday, 23:59. Please use the file transfer tool that is supported by WU. It is called ACOnet FileSender. https://filesender.aco.net/. Recipients: peter.virag@wu.ac.at and jakob.mossgoeller@wu.ac.at

• Group home assignment (20 points)
• Group presentation (20 points)

This course is part of the SBWL Information Management and Control.

Students need to first enroll into this SBWL successfully and then into this course.  

Please see the website of the SBWL: https://www.wu.ac.at/en/imc/teaching/sbwl/