IS 425 Enterprise Information
Class Topics & Reading Lists
Class                 Topics                     (Tentative) Readings & Assignments

Class 1 3/30 Introduction
Course: Objectives &Assignment
Student Survey 
Enterprise Information Needs I
Value Chain & Profit Paradigm 



Turban et al. section 3.3


Wells & Sevilla chapter 1
Class 2 4/6 Enterprise Information Needs II
Process versus Function
Homework/Quiz #1


Turban et al -- sections 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.5, 2.6

skim 1.2, 1.3 2.3, 2.4
Class 3 4/13 Software Methods
Software Development
Security Issues
Albin: chapter 1 & 2
Anderson: chapter 1
Turban: sections 15.3, 15.4
Class 4 4/20 HCI and Usability
Data Analysis



Rosson & Carroll: chapter 1
Kudyba & Hoptroff : chapter 2
chapter 1 - skim
Class 5 4/27 Database Networks

Distributed Systems


Homework/Quiz #2

Turban et al.: T3 and T4
Class 6 5/4 Enterprise Systems 

Wells & Sevilla: chapter 4
Individual Paper Due
**Adam & Sammon The Enterprise Resource Planning Decade (2004) Chapter 1
Class 7 5/11 E-Commerce Systems 

McCormick & OByrne : chapter 1
Treese: E-commerce value chain chapter on the DL course site document link
Class 8 5/18 Sourcing Decisions and Risk Management

Lientz & Rea: chapter 14

Class 9 5/25 Project Management and Team Endeavors

Homework/Quiz #3
Lientz & Rea : chapter 2-3 skim chapter 6-7


Flamholtz Leadership
Effectivness Framework

Class 10 6/1 Team Debate

Homework/Quiz #4

Class 11 6/8 Team Debate

Team paper due.

Extra Credit Due




Last Updated: February 24, 2005.