GREENSHEET
Business 188 (Business Systems)
Spring Semester 2008 T/W 3PM
1. Course
Information:
Instructor:
Jeffrey Gaines
Department: Management
Information Systems
Spring Semester, 2008
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Course Title: |
Business Systems |
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Course Code: |
BUS188 |
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Section: |
T-08, W-10 |
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Class Hours & Location:
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T/W 1500-1745 – BBC202 |
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Office Hours: |
T/W 1300-1430 |
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Office Location: |
BT261 |
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Office Phone: |
(408) 924-3531 during
office hours (415) 987-3086 other hours
(cell) |
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E-mail: |
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Preferred Contact: |
Email |
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Department Fax: |
(408) 924-7793 |
2. Course Description:
a. Course Overview and Description:
This
course is designed to provide you with an introduction to information systems
and technology infrastructure including terms, concepts, capabilities, and
impacts on business organizations.
b. Prerequisites:
Successful
completion of Business 91L and Business 100W (Please provide proof of
completion by the second class meeting.
I prefer you see me during office hours, but you may bring it to the
second class meeting if required).
c. Required and recommended texts, readers, or other
reading materials:
e. Student learning objectives for the course:
Your
background from this course should enable you to understand/discuss the
following:
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Describe the methods used
establishing an IT strategy and the common methods used in developing and
implementing business applications
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Evaluate an industry’s competitive
environment and a high level processes
as a participant in that industry
·
Identify the common functional,
cross functional systems, and enabling technologies used across an
enterprise
·
Identify the four components of an
IT infrastructure
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Identify the business models,
technology components, and impact of ecommerce on business
·
Identify the existing and emerging
technologies and techniques used in organizational decision support and process
automation
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Identify the technologies and
techniques used to secure information systems
·
Identify special issues in the
implementation and use of information systems
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To analyze complex, unstructured
qualitative and quantitative problems, using appropriate tools including
information technology
3. Course requirements:
a. Exams:
All
exams will cover information in the text readings, case studies, laboratory
exercises, and class discussions. Exams
can contain true/false, multiple choice, word fill-in, matching, and essay
elements. Exam 1 & 2 (mid-term) will
cover any information covered up to Exam 1 or 2. The final exam will have two parts. Part 1 will cover information covered since
Exam 2, and Part 2 will be cumulative covering key elements from the entire
course content.
b. Group Activities
We will form groups in class for performing group activities including
case analysis. These activities will
require pre-class preparation by each individual and then the group will work
together on each the assignment in class. I will throw out the lowest score or
a blank if you missed class for one of the activities when calculating your
grade.
c. Individual Technology
Activities
We
will experiment with technology based individual activities outside of class.
You will be expected to complete five tasks throughout the semester from a list
provided at the second class meeting. The tasks will include but are not
limited to: authoring a blog, contributing to a web 2.0 site, creating a social
networking site, subscribing to a blog and providing feedback, etc.. This exercise is designed to get you familiar
with various technologies and developing your resource base for business. You will turn in a portfolio of your
tasks-sc. Schedule to be determined.
c. Quizzes:
I will give up to ten quizzes at anytime during the
semester to ensure the preparation of the class. Each quiz will account for 1% of the total
grade (based on ten quizzes). If less
than ten quizzes are given, I will divide the total number of quiz points by
the number of quizzes and allocate. If
more are given I will allocate appropriately.
The quizzes will cover materials in the readings and cases and will be
given at the beginning of the lecture or case discussion periods. I highly encourage everyone to keep up with
the reading to ensure we spend our time in class discussing the application of
these materials and not lecturing directly from the book.
d. Lab Assignments:
e. Class Participation:
Class
participation is highly encouraged and will be used to determine if you may be
increased when near a grade level cutoff for your final grade. Each student is
expected to have read the assigned readings, attempted answering the review
questions, and studied the specifically assigned chapter discussion items in
preparation for class discussions. If
you don’t come to class prepared, don’t expect to receive participation
points. I will evaluate your
preparation and participation in class and your participation in the beginning
the of semester survey when determining your level of participation
f. WebCT
WebCT will be the primary source of information and
communication between students in a group.
The second week of class you will also be asked to fill out a survey in
WebCT. THIS SURVEY IS REQUIRED AND WILL NEGATIVELY AFFECT YOUR FINAL GRADE IF
NOT COMPLETED BY WEEK 3 OF CLASS.
The survey is designed for me to collect information about the overall
demographic of my classes and gives me an opportunity to evaluate your
interests and needs and also how I may contact you in the event of an
emergency. Throughout the semester I will
be posting updates from discussions in class.
You may also access your current grade status at anytime using this
tool.
4. Grades:
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Midterm 1 |
15% |
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Midterm 2 |
15% |
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Group Activities |
15% |
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Individual Activities |
5% |
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Quizzes |
10% |
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Lab Assignments (5 labs) |
20% |
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Final Exam |
20% |
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Total |
100% |
a. Grading Breakdown:
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94% and above |
A |
76% - 74% |
C |
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93% - 90% |
A- |
73% - 70% |
C- |
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89% - 87% |
B+ |
69% - 67% |
D+ |
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86% - 84% |
B |
66% - 64% |
D |
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83% - 80% |
B- |
63% - 60% |
D- |
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79% - 77% |
C+ |
below 60% |
F |
b. Extra credit options, if available:
No extra credit is available
except in extraordinary circumstances approved by the instructor.
c. Penalty (if any) for late or missed work:
Late
work will not be accepted except by previous arrangement or under extraordinary
circumstances approved by the instructor.
d. Makeups
Make ups
for missed or late quizzes, exams, papers, or other class exercises will not be
given unless they are approved prior to the due date of the assignment by the
instructor. Make ups will only be
authorized in the event of very extraordinary circumstances.
e. Course Policy Statements
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If
you require course adaptations or accommodations because of a disability, or if
you have emergency medical information to share with me, or if you need special
arrangements in case the building must be evacuated, please notify me as soon
as possible or see me during office hours.
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Students
are responsible for adhering to all Federal, State, Local, University and
Department laws, regulations, policies, and guidelines. Failure to comply will be addressed as
prescribed under such law, regulation, policy, or guideline. This includes but is not limited to alcohol
and drug use, cheating, plagiarizing, disruptive behavior in class, etc..
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Please arrive to class on
time, prepared to begin promptly at the appointed hour. Students arriving more than 5 minutes after
the scheduled start of class will not be allowed to take the quiz. Please plan ahead with regard to traffic,
parking, etc..
·
All
assignments and papers are due at the beginning of class.
·
All
worked that is handed in for a grade must be typed and/or prepared
electronically with a word processing and or graphical tool (diagrams) such as
Lotus Freelance or Microsoft PowerPoint.
Work that is not typed will not be graded.
·
It
is recommended that you make copies of all assignments, including homework
exercises, before submitting them. It protects you from accidental loss on my
part and allows you to continue working while the assignment is being graded.
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Please communicate all
individual or personal matters to me during scheduled office hours, through
email, by phone, or by appointment as necessary. It is difficult to give these issues
appropriate attention during class time.
5. Tentative course calendar including
assignment due dates, exam dates, date of Final exam: (Please note that the course calendar is
“subject to change with fair notice”)
See
website for current schedule: www.cob.sjsu.edu/gaines_j
6. University, College, or Department Policy Information:
a) Academic integrity statement (from
Office of Judicial Affairs):
“Your
own commitment to learning, as evidenced by your enrollment at
b) Campus policy in compliance with the
Americans with Disabilities Act:
“If
you need course adaptations or accommodations because of a disability, or if
you need special arrangements in case the building must be evacuated, please
make an appointment with me as soon as possible, or see me during office hours.
Presidential Directive 97-03
requires
that students with disabilities register with DRC to establish a record of
their disability.”
c)
Please check the url at http://www.cob.sjsu.edu/cob/5_STUDENT%20SERVICES/cobpolicy.htm
To
ensure that every student, current and future, who takes courses in the Boccardo Business Center, has the
opportunity to experience an environment that is safe, attractive, and
otherwise conducive to learning, the
Eating:
Eating
and drinking (except water) are prohibited in the
Cell
Phones:
Students
will turn their cell phones off or put them on vibrate mode while in
class. They will not answer their phones in class. Students whose
phones disrupt the course and do not stop when requested by the instructor will
be referred to the Judicial Affairs Officer of the University.
Computer
Use:
In
the classroom, faculty allow students to use computers only for class-related
activities. These include activities such as taking notes on the lecture
underway, following the lecture on Web-based PowerPoint slides that the
instructor has posted, and finding Web sites to which the instructor directs
students at the time of the lecture. Students who use their computers for
other activities or who abuse the equipment in any way, at a minimum, will be
asked to leave the class and will lose participation points for the day, and,
at a maximum, will be referred to the Judicial Affairs Officer of the
University for disrupting the course. (Such referral can lead to
suspension from the University.) Students are urged to report to their
instructors computer use that they regard as inappropriate (i.e., used for
activities that are not class related).
Academic
Honesty:
Faculty
will make every reasonable effort to foster honest academic conduct in their
courses. They will secure examinations and their answers so that students
cannot have prior access to them and proctor examinations to prevent students
from copying or exchanging information. They will be on the alert for
plagiarism. Faculty will provide additional information, ideally on the
green sheet, about other unacceptable procedures in class work and
examinations. Students who are caught cheating will be reported to the
Judicial Affairs Officer of the University, as prescribed by Academic Senate
Policy S04-12.
The
7. APPENDIX:
• “In addition to my specifically posted office hours,
I am available on daily by arrangement. During
off hours you can reach me by email or by phone at 415 987-3086.
• “You are responsible for understanding the policies
and procedures about add/drops, academic renewal, withdrawal, etc. found at http://www2.sjsu.edu/senate/S04-12.pdf
• Expectations
about classroom behavior; see Academic Senate Policy S90-5 on Student Rights and
Responsibilities.
• As
appropriate to your particular class, a definition of plagiarism, such as that
found on Judicial Affairs website at http://www2.sjsu.edu/senate/plagarismpolicies.htm
• “If you would like to include in your paper any
material you have submitted, or plan to submit, for another class, please note
that SJSU’s Academic Integrity policy S04-12 requires approval by instructors.”
• The name and contact information for
the librarian liaison.
Diana Wu - (Diana.Wu@sjsu.edu)
• Evacuation
plan for the classroom.