Information & Organizations
The term information is broadly understood and used to include anything that can be digitally encoded. But this is a highly abstracted notion that presupposes important and intimate relationship between the digitized content and the infrastructure that complement its significance. This course discusses the value of Information Systems (IS) and explores a variety of issues such as costs, benefits and contexts of information technologies (IT) in organizations. The practical component of the course considers typical tools associated with IT usage such as productivity software and network related services.
Objectives
- Identify and describe core principles of Information System (IS).
- Identify and describe computer concepts and the framework of technology use in organizations.
- Identify and describe the role IS plays in organizations.
- Identify and describe the changing role of the IS professional.
- Strengthen critical skills including general problem solving skills and logical thinking through the use of computer tools.
Approach
This course is organized to introduce students to fundamental IS principles that benefit everyone who works for, or with businesses and organizations. Although the IS technology and discipline undergo rapid change, there is basic core of guiding IS principles essential to making informed decisions and solving problems in practice. This course will encourage students to acquire a comprehensive vocabulary of IS terms and concepts for conversing and considering issues facing organizations clearly and coherently.
Basic Web publishing: HTML concepts and coding techniques will be applied to producing assignments uploaded/published as Web page presentations on the York student Web server.
Grades Breakdown:
- 10% Assignment #1
- 10% Assignment #2
- 40% Midterm Exam (In-class)
- 40% Final Exam (Exam Period)