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Course Catalog 1999/2000


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 LITERATURE
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 the academic year 1999/2000.

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