IST 305 (Sec. 2) – IT for Competitive Advantage
Spring 2009 (Tuesday and Thursday)
1: 00 pm to 2: 15 pm, BU 106
Cleveland State University
Instructor: Sanchita Mal-Sarkar
Office location: BU 345
E-mail:
Web page:
Office phone number: (216) 523 7524
Office Time: 2:30 pm - 3:45 pm, (M/T/W/TH), other time by appointment.
Prerequisites:CIS 201 and CIS 202 or IST 203
Course Objective:
This course introduces concept of information technology and its changing role in organizations, covering both hardware and software. Contents include basic computer hardware, groupware, electronic commerce, data warehousing and mining. Students are expected to use personal productivity software such as spreadsheets and statistical analysis tools to solve business problems.
Text:Baltzan, P. & Phillips, A. Business Driven Information Systems, 2008 (1st Edition), McGraw-Hill.
Grading Scheme:
Your course grade is based on your overall performance through the entire semester.
The relative weights for the final grade are the following:
Project I
(Presentation) / 100 / 20%
Project II
(Presentation & paper) / 100 / 30%
Midterm I / 100 / 25 %
Midterm II / 100 / 25 %
Grading Scale
Points / Grade900 - 1000 / A
800 - 899 / B+, B, B-
700 - 799 / C+, C
600 - 699 / D
Less than 600 / F
Last day to drop: ( Without W grade) Friday, Jan. 30, 2009 ( at 8:00 pm)
Last day to withdraw: ( With W grade ) Friday, Apr. 3, 2009 (at 8:00 pm)
Examination Policy:
All examinations are closed book and closed notes.
Assignments/Projects:
All projects/assignments are due at the beginning of a class on the specified date. All assignments must be individually and independently completed and must represent the effort of the student turning in the assignment. If two or more students submit substantially the same solution or program, in the judgment of the Instructor, the solution will be considered a group effort. Both or all involved in a group effort will receive a zero for that assignment. A student submitting a group effort assignment more than once will automatically receive an "F" for the course.
All assignments are to be completed by computer - handwritten assignments will not be accepted. Each assignment must have a cover page indicating your name, due date, and a listing of the assignment components. You will lose points if you do not include a cover page.
Late Assignments:
Aproject/assignment is to be turned in at the beginning of the class period in which it is due. An assignment turned later than the due date and time will be penalized 10% of the total points attained for that assignment, for each day late. No late assignment will be accepted after three days of due date.
Make-Up Exams:
Make-up exams will be given only in the case of serious need and only when the instructor is notified PRIOR to the exam time. In case of a missed exam, valid reason must be provided along with supporting document (e.g. doctor's note). The doctor's note MUST state that you were unfit to take the exam, not just that you visited the doctor that day. Without proper documentation, no marks will be given for a missed exam.
Course Schedule:
The tentative schedule of topics and their order of coverage is given in the table below.
Date / Topic / Special DaysTues 1/20/2009 / Introduction
Thurs 1/22/2009 / IT Architectures (Ch – 5)
Tues 1/27/2009 / IT Architectures (Ch – 5)
Thurs 1/29/2009 / Databases and Data Warehouses (Ch – 6)
Tues 2/3/2009 / Databases and Data Warehouses (Ch – 6)
Thurs 2/5/2009 / Networks, Telecommunications and Wireless Computing (Ch - 7)
Tues 2 /10/2009 / Networks, Telecommunications and Wireless Computing (Ch - 7)
Thurs 2/12/2009 / Info. Sys. in Business (Ch - 1) / Project I starts
Tues 2/17/2009 / Info. Sys. in Business (Ch - 1)
Thurs 2/19/2009 / Strategic Decision Making (Ch – 2)
Tues 2/24/2009 / Review for Midterm I
Thurs 2/26/2009 / Midterm I / Midterm I
(Ch 1, Ch 5, Ch 6, Ch 7)
Tues 3/3/2009 / Strategic Decision Making (Ch – 2)
Thurs 3/5/2009 / E-Business (Ch – 3)
Tues 3/10/2009 / E-Business (Ch – 3)
Thurs 3/12/2009 / Ethics and Info. Security (Ch – 4)
Tues 3/17/2009 / No Class / Spring Recess
Thurs 3/19/2009 / No Class / Spring Recess
Tues 3/24/2009 / Supply Chain Management (Ch – 8)
Thurs 3/26/2009 / Customer Relationship Management (Ch – 9)
Tues 3/31/2009 / Enterprise Resource Planning and Collaboration Systems (Ch – 10)
Thurs 4/2/2009 / Systems Development (Ch – 11)
Tues 4/7/2009 / Project Management and Outsourcing (Ch – 12)
Thurs 4/9/2009 / Review for Midterm II
Tues 4/14/2009 / Midterm II / Midterm II
(Scope: will be discussed in class)
Thurs 4/16/2009 / Project Discussion
Tues 4/21/2009 / Project Presentation / Project II starts
Thurs. 4/23/2009 / Project Presentation
Tues 4/28/2009 / Project Presentation
Thurs 4/30/2009 / Project Presentation
Tues 5/5/2009 / Project Presentation
Thurs 5/7/2009 / Project Presentation