Yuzhu Li, PhD

Fundamental knowledge of business analytics & information visualization combined with extensive opportunities for developing hands-on skills for applying business analytics to managerial decision making. Topics include the major categories of business analytics - descriptive, prescriptive, & predictive analytics. Students will gain experience in designing & evaluating information visualizations, especially dashboards, storytelling & other forms of visual presentation.

Introduction to the strategy and theory of the design, development, adoption, and management of new information technologies. Managing the fast and ever changing IS environment will be a theme throughout this course. Effective technology management requires an understanding of the technology itself, the organizational environment in which it will be developed and applied, and the encompassing society's overall technological flow and absorption processes. Students will also learn, through hands-on experience from an end-user perspective, how to use corporate data resources effectively through enterprise systems.

A comprehensive overview of information technology methodologies which are widely applied in small businesses. Topics include characteristics of small business that are related to the use of information technology, end user computing, small business decision support systems, small business intelligence, social media for small business, cloud computing for small business, and open source software for small business.

Managing projects from an organizational perspective. Introducing project management with an emphasis in Technology. Consistent with the Project Management Body of Knowledge guide, the major topics include aligning the projects with organizational strategies, managing project management process groups, and building project manager's competence. Technological tools of managing projects will be introduced.
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Capstone course in the Management Information Systems program. The course incorporates concepts and skills from throughout the MIS curriculum and introduces concepts in project management and teamwork. Students, working in teams, design and implement information technology-based solutions to real business problems in real companies. More specifically, the course assists the student in developing an understanding of the purpose and benefits of project management by examining the concepts, practices, processes, tools, techniques and resources used by the project manager throughout the project lifecycle. Students will also learn to use project management software.
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Introduction to the management and use of information systems (IS) in organizations. Topics such as functional information systems, enterprise information systems, e-business, system design, implementation and evaluation, and ethical issues related to information systems will be covered. In addition to concepts and theories, students will develop an Access database project to enhance their understanding of information systems in general and get familiar with database technology in particular.
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Introduction to the management and use of information systems (IS) in organizations. Topics such as functional information systems, enterprise information systems, e-business, system design, implementation and evaluation, and ethical issues related to information systems will be covered. In addition to concepts and theories, students will develop an Access database project to enhance their understanding of information systems in general and get familiar with database technology in particular.
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Managing projects from an organizational perspective. Introducing project management with an emphasis in healthcare. Consistent with the Project Management Body of Knowledge guide, the major topics include aligning the projects with organizational strategies, managing project management process groups, and building project manager's competence. Technological tools of managing projects will be introduced.
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Introduction to the management and use of information systems (IS) in organizations. Topics such as functional information systems, enterprise information systems, e-business, system design, implementation and evaluation, and ethical issues related to information systems will be covered. In addition to concepts and theories, students will develop an Access database project to enhance their understanding of information systems in general and get familiar with database technology in particular.
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Fundamental knowledge of business analytics & information visualization combined with extensive opportunities for developing hands-on skills for applying business analytics to managerial decision making. Topics include the major categories of business analytics - descriptive, prescriptive, & predictive analytics. Students will gain experience in designing & evaluating information visualizations, especially dashboards, storytelling & other forms of visual presentation.
Register for this course.