mca Syllabus

Management Information Systems
Code: IT 602
Contacts: 3L
Credits: 3
Total Lectures: 45L

1. Introduction(2L)
Definition of management, its definition, purpose, elements of science, patterns of
management analysis.
Functions of managers.

2. People & organization. (6L)
People: psychological factors, worker’s skill & abilities.
Organization:Organizational characteristics, Organizational behavior, corporate
culture, power inter-group conflict, intra-group dynamics, the MIS function in
organization, MIS personal, computer operation personal, MIS management.

3. System & models. (6L)
System: components of a system, environment, open Vs Closed systems.
Models: modeling systems general vs specific models, levels of models, types of
models. Models of organizational systems. A general model of organization and its
internal environment. Strategic planning models.

4. Management & decision making (5L)
Management: labels of management, managerial role, planning & control,
Managerial styles,
Managerial decision making: characteristics of types of decision

5. Decision making process. (3L)
Intelligence, design, soln evaluation & choice.

6. Evaluating decision making.(2L)
Effectiveness vs efficiency

7. Transaction processing & management reporting systems.(5L)
A management information systems frame work:
----- Transaction processing framework
----- Management reporting system
----- Decision support system.
----- Knowledge based systems
----- Office systems

8. Transaction processing.(2L)
• nature
• function
• role of IT in transaction processing
• processing cycles
• Transaction processing subsystem.

9. Management reporting system. (2L)
Evaluation of management reporting system, types of reports, structuring report
content.

10. Decision support system (DSS). (3L)
Component of DSS
DSS development
DSS products
DSS development tools
User interfaces
Executive information system (EIS)
Executive roles & decision making.
Executive decision making environment

11. MIS in the functional areas of business. (3L)
Financial information system,
Marketing MIS
Manufacturing MIS

12. Enterprise resource planning (3L)
Materials Requirement planning (MRP)
Closed loop MRP
Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP – II)
ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING
Functional architecture of ERP
Benefits of ERP
Business Process Reengineering and ERP
ERP implementation

13. Supply chain management (1L)
Introduction
Definition of SCM
Features of SCM
SCM Stages

14. Cases in MIS (2L)
Case study method
Analytical Case
Issue Case
Written Case Analysis
Illustrations

Text Books:
1. Davis, MIS, TMH
2. rles Parker, Thomas Cage, MIS strategy & action (Management Info System) – McGraw-Hill.
3. Kelkar, Management Information Systems- A concise study, PHI.
4. Post & Anderson, Management Information System, TMH.
5. Dr. Milind M.Okha, Management Information Systems, Everest Publishing House

Reference:
1. Laudon & Laudon, Management Information Systems, Managing the digital firm, PHI.
2. Leon, Enterprise Resource Planning, TMH.