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Course Catalog 1998/99


Business Adm and Social Science

IEI305 Management Information Systems Theory 7.5 ECTS credits

TIMEPERIOD:
Q IV

LANGUAGE:English

EXAMINER
J. Donald R. de Raadt Prof


PREREQUISITES
General competence

COURSE AIM
The aim of the course is to give the student - a broad framework to understand the role of information and information systems in organisations - a special attention to the management of modern social systems

CONTENTS
The studies are following two guidelines. One is describing organisations and information from a cybernetic point of view. The other one describes information for management. Cybernetic view of organisations and information - operational systems - coordinator systems - management functions - planning and design - top management Management information - multimodal view of information - reductionism - multimodal view of organisation - information and organisation stability - dis-information - organisational learning and information - information filters - interdependence and uncertainty - foundations of systems design

TEACHING
Teaching will take the form of lectures, tutorials and laboratory work

EXAMINATION
Examination will take the form of written exam and tutorial papers. Grades awarded: Fail, Pass and Pass with Distinction
COURSE GRADE SCALE: U, G and VG

ITEMS/CREDITS
Laboratory work 1.50ECTS
Written exam 3.00ECTS
Seminars 3.00ECTS

COURSE LITTERATURE
Raadt, J D R de; A New Management of Life, Edwin Mellen Press, 1997 Raadt, J D R de; Information and Managerial Wisdom, Paradigm, 1991 Additional literature will be provided during the course

Valid for school year 1998/99.
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