What You Should Expect to Learn in MIS 300

1. User Skills

    What information does for you in business
    How to determine what information you need
    How to evaluate information
    What kind of information processing is useful to you
    When an information processing system is working to your satisfaction
    What to do if it isn't working to your satisfaction
    What you are expected to do with information
    Who has what responsibilities with regard to information use in business
    What technical people are actually doing when they create systems for you
    What your rights as a user are
    What you should expect of technical IT people
    What technical IT people should expect of you
    When to say "no".

2. Management Skills

    How to use information to help a business achieve its goals
    The role of information in management and decision making
    How an organization uses information
    What management information systems are
    How to carry out information responsibilities
    How to work with information systems people
    How to get what your company or department needs from IS vendors and people
    When to say "no".

3. Career Skills

    Using information to plan
    Judging which information skills you need to succeed
    Living your job through a screen
    Information technology as a tool for career advancement
    Deciding how much IT skill you need for success
    Relating to the IT industry
    Building an IT portfolio
    Whether a career as an IT technical person is for you
 
4. Life Skills

    Buying an information system or two
    Owning an information system or two
    Maintaining an information system or two
    Where information systems are going in the future
    How to manage a database of your own information
    Information and ethics