M I S 523: Manage r i al De c i si on Suppor t Sys t em s and Expe rt Sys t em s

Credit Hours: 3 Term Year: SP 2013 M523 B, Online Instructor: Office: Office Hours: Phone: Email: Fax: Xiaoqing Li UHB 4024 Online 217 206-7862 xli1@uis.edu 217 206-7543

Course Description This course covers a variety of related Decision Support Systems topics. It gives participants a flexible definition of DSS technology and introduces some principles of DSS design and use. This course equips students with fundamental concepts and techniques of expert systems. Special emphasis is placed in this course on microcomputer-based decision support systems. Access to the Internet is required. Course Objectives 1. To introduce Decision Support Systems (DSS) and Expert Systems (ES) technology and applications 2. To provide a set of practical ideas for cost-effective, productive DSS design, selection, use and evaluation.

Prerequisites
MIS 513 or equivalent, and One Semester of Production Operations Management.

Reasonable accommodations are available for students who have a documented disability. Please notify the instructor during the first week of class of any accommodations needed for the course. Late notification may cause the requested accommodations to be unavailable. All accommodations must be approved through the Office of Disability Services (ODS) in the Human Resources Building (HRB), Room 80, 217-206-6666. Page 1 of 7 Last Edited on January 11, 2013

Learning Outcomes This course has been designed to achieve the following cognitive and behavioral learning outcomes; a) Cognitive outcomes: At the end of this course, student must be able to: 1. Demonstrate understanding of the concepts and related issues of various Management Support Systems (MSS) and their support of managerial decision-making. 2. Demonstrate understanding of the development methodologies and apply those to develop a basic DSS or ES 3. Demonstrate understanding of the organizational, technological, legal, and social impacts of MSS 4. Demonstrate understanding of the future directions of MSS in light of new technologies b) Behavioral outcomes
At the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. develop and improve small-group collaboration and leadership skills in virtual team work environments 2. improve writing communication skills by using online discussions, group assignments and group project 3. improve skills in literature retrieval from UIS online library and other Internet sources by doing term project. Course Calendar or Schedule Week Week 1 Jan. 14 20 Week 2 Jan. 21 27 Week 3 Jan. 28-Feb. 3 Week 4 Feb. 4-10 Course Content & Assignment Course Introduction Explain Syllabus Student expectation CH1 CH2 CH3 Learning Outcome

Understand Decision Support and Business Intelligence Understand Decision Making, Systems, Modeling, and Support Understand Decision Support Systems Concepts, Methodologies, and Technologies

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Week 5 Feb. 11-17 Week 6 Feb. 18-24 Week 7 Feb. 25 - Mar. 3 Week 8 Mar. 4- 10 Week 9 Mar. 11-17 Week 10 Mar. 18-24 Week 11 Mar. 25-31 Week 12 Apr. 1-7 Week 13 Apr. 8-14 Week 14

CH4 CH5 CH 6 CH 7 Spring Recess Mid Term Exam (Ch 1,2,3,4,5,6,7) CH 8 CH 9

Understand Modeling and Analysis Understand Data Mining For Business Intelligence Understand Artificial Neural Networks for Data Mining Understand Text and Web Mining

Understand Data Warehousing Understand Business Performance Management Understand Collaborative ComputerSupported Technologies and Group Support Systems Understand Knowledge Management Understand Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems Understand Advanced Intelligent Systems Understand Management Support Systems: Emerging Trends and Impacts

CH 10 CH 11 CH 12

Apr. 15-21 CH 13 Week 15 CH 14 Apr. 22-28 Week 16 Apr. 29-May 5 Week 17 Topic Presentation Due Final Exam (Ch 8,9,10,11,12,13,14) Responses to Topic Presentation Due

May 6-11 * Tentative for MIS 523, this schedule is subject to revision if necessary.

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Required Text Book: Turban, Efraim, Ramesh Sharda, and Dursun Delen. Decision Support and Business Intelligent Systems, 9th ed., Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2010, ISBN: 0-13-978-013-610729-3; ISBN-10: 013610729X Course Format: The course format is lecture and discussion. There will be a midterm and a final exam. The midterm will cover the chapters assigned preceding the exam. The final exam will cover only the chapters between the midterm and final exam. Both exams will be in class. In addition, opportunities for individual research and presentation will be provided. Students should take advantage of every opportunity to contribute to the learning environment of the class. This includes coming to class prepared to discuss any and all assigned materials. The instructor reserves the right to routinely call on students in order to engage in enlightening discussion of relevant materials Course Requirements 1. All students are required to obtain a NetID and learn how to use Blackboard. 2. Students are advised to carefully prepare for each session by reading the assigned chapter and/or readings. 3. Each student should participate in class discussions and group activities. 4. Be sure to keep backups of all your work! 5. Any late assignments will be subjected to a significant point reduction. Likewise, all students are expected to take/submit each exam on the scheduled day and time. Any exception requires the prior consent of the instructor. 6. Any form of plagiarism is strictly prohibited. Also submitting the same work to different classes is not allowed. Students will submit an electronic version of all assignments. UIS now has several comprehensive tools to detect plagiarism. Violation will be subjected to 'no credit' for the paper or 'no credit' for the course. Please contact the instructor if you have any questions. 7. Participation in Blackboard discussions. This course requires participation in Blackboard discussions, primarily through the Discussion Board. Discussions will be incorporated as part of the weekly assignments. Quantity of contributions is important, but quality is more important. 8. The online chat sessions will be optional but should prove useful to students who have problems with the course material. All online chat sessions will be archived and will be available for viewing by the class. 9. An 'Incomplete' grade will be granted only for an emergency reason. Anyone who receives 'Incomplete' must fulfill the requirement of the course within one year; otherwise your grade will turn into a provisional grade. 10. The syllabus may be revised during the semester to accommodate the instructional needs of the class Blackboard Please, make yourself familiar with basic functions on the Blackboard. The following are the primary content areas:

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1. Announcements: All weekly announcements and important messages from the instructor will be posted in this area. 2. Course Information: Basic course information, such as the syllabus and course schedule will be posted here. 3. Course Documents: Course outlines, surveys, chapter quizzes, and other course-related documents. 4. Assignments: This area includes all assignments and their instructions. 5. Communications: Includes Discussion Board, Virtual Classroom and Group Pages. 5A. Communications Discussion Board: This is the general purpose MIS 523 Discussion Section. 5B. Communications Virtual Classroom: This will be the area for online Chat Sessions, scheduled by the instructor. 5C. Communications Group Pages: These conferences are created specifically for group assignments. Quizzes Online quizzes are for your own practice. You can take the quiz as many times as you want. Scores obtained from the quiz will not be counted toward the final grade. Case Study (Discuss questions from cases) Each chapter will have one case study from the required texts. Each class participant is expected to review the assigned case, participate in online discussion and generally, contribute to the teaching and learning process. Online Discussions (Discuss questions from chapters) Chapter(s) from the required texts or articles are scheduled for each class according to the course outline. Many class sessions will have discussion topics. Each class participant is expected to review the text and other course material, participate in online discussion postings, and generally, contribute to the teaching and learning process. Exams Both the midterm and final exams will be in-class or proctored. The midterm exam will cover the first half of the semester. Final exam questions will be selected from the topics covered in the last half of the semester. Topic Presentation: You can choose to do the assignments individually or with a group. The number of group members is <=3. Each student will select a topic from following list and do a literature survey from Journals, or the Internet. Prepare a summary (>=1500 words) and present

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PowerPoint slides (>=15 slides) using Camtasia Relay on the blackboard. The tutorial of using Camtasia is posted at: http://www.uis.edu/informationtechnologyservices/iss/camtasiar.html . Everyone is encouraged to make comments and share knowledge with each other. You need to respond at least two postings from others. Recommended Topics: 1. Decision Support Systems 2. Business Intelligence 3. Group Decision Support Systems 4. Expert System 5. Knowledge Management 6. Data Mining 7. Data Warehousing 8. Virtual Communities 9. Personality and decision making 10. Human Computer Interaction 11. E-Commerce 12. Model Management 13. EIS 14. OLAP 15. Brain Storming 16. Artificial Intelligence 17. Distance Learning 18. Simulation 19. Prototyping 20. Knowledge Acquisition Assignments: The five assignments can be individual or group assignments. This course encourages solving a problem and making a decision as a team. In this course, you need to organize your study group by yourself. I will create a forum called Finding Group Members for you to find your study group. The number of group members is <= 3. The objective of assignments is to investigate and discuss the development and application of various MSS software applications. Grading: Case Study: Online Discussion: Topic Presentation: Assignments Mid Term: Final Exam: Grading Scales: 10% 10% 10% 20% (4 points for each) 25% 25%

A: 100-93; A-: 92-90; B+: 89-87; B: 86-83; B-: 82-80; C+: 79-77; C: 76-73; C-: 72-70; F: 69-0

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Academic Integrity Statement I support the UIS policy on Academic Integrity, which states, in part: Academic integrity is at the heart of the University's commitment to academic excellence. The UIS community strives to communicate and support clear standards of integrity, so that undergraduate and graduate students can internalize those standards and carry them forward in their personal and professional lives. Living a life with integrity prepares students to assume leadership roles in their communities as well as in their chosen profession. Alumni can be proud of their education and the larger society will benefit from the University's contribution to the development of ethical leaders. Violations of academic integrity demean the violator, degrade the learning process, deflate the meaning of grades, discredit the accomplishments of past and present students, and tarnish the reputation of the University for all its members.

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