Graduate Bulletin
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1996-1997
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Information and Decision Systems
In the College of of Business Administration
Office: Student Services 2411
Telephone: (619) 594-5316
Fax: (619) 594-3675
John M. Penrose, Ph.D., Professor of Information and Decision Systems, Chair of Department
James R. Beatty, Ph.D., Professor of Information and Decision Systems
Milton M. Chen, Ph.D., Professor of Information and Decision Systems (Graduate Adviser)
Marie E. Flatley, Ph.D., Professor of Information and Decision Systems
Richard A. Hatch, Ph.D., Professor of Information and Decision Systems
Alexis Koster, Ph.D., Professor of Information and Decision Systems (Graduate Adviser)
James R. Lackritz, Ph.D., Professor of Information and Decision Systems
Ronald J. Norman, Ph.D., Professor of Information and Decision Systems
Feraidoon Raafat, Ph.D., Professor of Information and Decision Systems (Graduate Adviser)
Robert J. Schlesinger, Ph.D., Professor of Information and Decision Systems
William R. Sherrard, Ph.D., Professor of Information and Decision Systems (Graduate Adviser)
Norman E. Sondak, D.Eng., Professor of Information and Decision Systems
Gretchen N. Vik, Ph.D., Professor of Information and Decision Systems
Theophilus Addo, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Information and Decision Systems
Annette C. Easton, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Information and Decision Systems
George K. Easton, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Information and Decision Systems
William R. Feeney, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Information and Decision Systems (Graduate Adviser)
Carolena L. Lyons-Lawrence, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Information and Decision Systems
Yeong-Ling Yang, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Information and Decision Systems
515. Advanced Programming for Business (3)
Prerequisite: Information and Decision Systems 315 or knowledge of one computer programming language.
Advanced programming for business applications in widely used programming languages. Advanced concepts of data structures used in business programming, control structures, and program structures. Selection of programming languages for particular purposes. Not open to students with credit in Information and Decisions Systems 383 or 384. (Formerly numbered Information and Decision Systems 415.)
609. Management Information Systems (3)
Role of information in organizational management. Typical management information subsystems. Design and management of management information systems.
680. Information Systems Hardware and Software (3)
Prerequisite: Information and Decision Systems 609.
Computer architecture, programming languages, programming systems, and operating systems.
683. Program, Data, and File Structures (3)
Prerequisite: Information and Decision Systems 609.
Program structures and data structures commonly used in business processing. File organization and processing strategies. Improving storage and processing efficiencies.
684. Small Computer Systems for Business (3)
Prerequisite: Information and Decision Systems 609.
Features of small computer systems, microcomputers, minicomputers, peripheral devices for small systems. Programming languages, operating systems, and software packages for small systems.
686. Database Management Systems (3)
Prerequisite: Information and Decision Systems 609.
Applications of database management systems in business. Design and administration of database processing systems applications.
687. Data Communications and Distributed Data Processing (3)
Prerequisite: Information and Decision Systems 680.
Applications of data communications hardware, software, and services in business data processing. Design and implementation of network applications and distributed processing systems.
688. Information Systems in Organizations (3)
Prerequisite: Information and Decision Systems 609.
Organizing and administering the information systems function. Information and its relationships to business decision making. Managing the computer center and information center.
691. Decision Support Systems (3)
Prerequisite: Credit or concurrent registration in Information and
Decision Systems 688.
Design, implementation, and integration of computerized decision support systems into business management. Problem representation, modeling, and simulation.
695. Information Systems Development I (3)
Prerequisite: Information and Decision Systems 609.
System development life cycle. Life cycle methodologies with emphasis on analysis of requirements using structured methodology and automated tools. Feasibility study, developmental strategies, needs management, and prototyping.
696. Seminar in Selected Topics (3)
Intensive study in specific areas of information systems. May be repeated with new content. See Class Schedule for specific content. Maximum credit six units applicable to a master's degree. Maximum combined credit of six units of 596 and 696 applicable to a 30-unit master's degree.
697. Information Systems Development II (3)
Prerequisite: Information and Decision Systems 695.
Business information systems design, installation, and implementation as part of the systems development life cycle. Structured design, prototyping, controls, the make vs. buy decision, selection of hardware and software.
700. Artificial Intelligence Applications for Business (3)
Prerequisite: Information and Decision Systems 609.
Applications of artificial intelligence techniques to business. Strategies for representing knowledge. Knowledge engineering, knowledge base and inference. Use of consultation paradigms, languages, tools, and artificial intelligence environment. Developing expert systems for business.
705. Communication Strategies (3)
Prerequisite: Business Administration 654.
Development of advanced written, oral, and interpersonal communication strategies for the business environment.
740. Quantitative Methods for Managerial Decision Making (3)
Prerequisites: Information and Decision Systems 609 and 612.
Mathematical optimization techniques for deterministic systems. Advanced topics in linear programming; nonlinear, dynamic, and integer programming; selected examples of application.
741. Seminar in Systems Assessment and Deployment for Total Quality Management (3)
Prerequisite: Business Administration 662.
Use of systematic approaches in development of total quality management. Failure analysis, system reliability, Taguchi systems and robust design, quality function deployment, process evaluation, benchmarking, and Baldrige assessment.
742. Seminar in Computer Simulation for Business (3)
Prerequisites: Information and Decision Systems 609 and Business
Administration 662.
Computer simulation techniques for analysis of complex decision problems. Implementation of optimization algorithms through use of the digital computer.
743. Japanese Industrial and Production Systems (3)
Prerequisite: Economics 603.
Japanese industrial and production systems addressed holistically to include industrial grouping-Keiretsu system, industrial practices, new product development, production system, quality control and Kanban system, automated production technology, distribution system, integration of production and distribution, and competitive strategies.
744. Seminar in Total Quality Management and Productivity (3)
Prerequisite: Business Administration 662.
Philosophy and technology of total quality management as applied in business and industry. Quality and productivity applications of total quality control (TQC), statistical process control (SPC), and just-in-time (JIT) systems in industrial problems. Cases and examples from the United States, Japan, and other industrialized countries.
748. Seminar in Advanced Data Analysis (3)
Prerequisite: Business Administration 652.
Applications of various statistical techniques and design of experiments for business. Advanced ANOVA and Taguchi designs, multiple regression modeling methodologies, and multivariate techniques, such as factor analysis, judgement analysis, multiple discriminant analysis, multivariate analysis of variance, and canonical correlation.
749. Seminar in Applied Behavioral Measurement (3)
Prerequisite: Business Administration 652.
Measurement procedures useful in analyzing such areas as teamwork, leadership, job satisfaction, attitudes, motivation, total quality management, and customer satisfaction. Development and use of technologies including Likert, Thurstone, Guttman, paired-comparison, forced-choice, semantic-differential, C-E diagrams, and review of existing instruments used in business-related settings.
750. Project Management (3)
Prerequisite: Business Administration 662.
Managing projects. Includes network modeling, defining activities and events, cost estimating and reporting, single and multiple resource allocation and leveling. Computerized project management software will be used.
752. Seminar in Materials Requirement Planning (3)
Prerequisite: Business Administration 662.
Product structure, master scheduling and materials requirement planning (MRP).
753. Global Manufacturing and Service Operations (3)
Prerequisite: Business Administration 662.
Operations management issues related to manufacturing and service delivery in a global context.
754. Seminar in Production and Operations Management (3)
Prerequisite: Business Administration 662.
Integration of manufacturing and operations functions through case studies, plant visits, and class projects. Computerized simulation package used to facilitate student understanding of production scheduling systems.
790. Directed Readings in Information and Decision Systems (3) Cr/NC
Prerequisite: Advancement to candidacy.
Preparation for the comprehensive examination for those students in the M.B.A. program under Plan B.
797. Research (3) Cr/NC/SP
Prerequisite: Advancement to candidacy.
Research in the area of information and decision systems. Maximum credit six units applicable to a master's degree.
798. Special Study (1-3) Cr/NC/SP
Prerequisite: Consent of staff; to be arranged with department
chair and instructor.
Individual study. Maximum credit six units applicable to a master's degree.
