Microcomputer Applications in Business II

This course is a survey of issues and alternatives in CIS that will give students with some knowledge of technical issues a better appreciation for the non-technical aspects of business problems. The course provides an overview of microcomputer aspects of database, networks, and computing in organizations. The context of the course is micro applications development and management. Topics include evaluation of hardware and software, planning CIS, total quality management, organizational re-engineering, and end user computing. Students have the opportunity to integrate all of their previous business and computer experience by building a personal decision support system and by discussing the technical and organizational impacts of such applications. Students cannot receive credit for both CIS 4367 and CIS 4800.