MS 491

491 Seminar in Management Information Systems (3:3:0)., Prerequisites: MIS 201, 310; degree status. Analysis of selected topics that highlight the latest developments in the information resource management field, including contemporary research findings and case studies of information systems in business and other organizations.

Chris Gordon <cgordon4@gmu.edu>

Course Objectives

Use Web Hosting as an focal point for a discussion of modern information systems. Discussions will include overviews and discussions of the the various contemporary technologies that enable e-commerce including the strengths and limits of those technologies. Those topics will be used to support and provide background for discussions of business in the "internet age."

Specific objectives include the understanding of:

• The various client side and server side technologies.
• The physical and logical layout of large web sites.
• Various web hosting options available.
• Factors affecting the success or failure of business in the "internet age."
• Overview of several business internet focussed business models and other factors affecting them.

Course Information

Class Topics (Note: One item for each class meeting.)

1. Client Side Technologies
2. Server Side Technologies
3. Network Technologies
4. Lab I (See News and Syllabus sections for updates.)
5. Web-Hosting I
6. Web-Hosting II
7. Midterm
8. Business Models on the Internet I
9. Business Models on the Internet II
10. Lab II
11. Organizational Management in "Web Time"
12. Customer Service in the Internet Age
13. Course Review
14. Final Exam