MIS 440 Telecommunications and Distributed Data Systems Networking

Course syllabus for MIS 440 Telecommunications and Distributed Data Systems Networkin

MIS 370 Management Information Systems

Course syllabus for MIS 370 Management Information Systems Course description: Provides an overview of business data processing and management information systems. Covers introductory concepts of systems analysis techniques, nature of computer applications in business, problem solving, and discusses the future of computer technology. Includes an introduction to and use of database software in business related problems, and the integration of applications software

Writing a needs assessment to determine the needs of the adult graduate student

The purpose of this thesis project is to review theory and research on adult learners in order to a) combine theories for a new perspective for graduate school administration, and b) devise a needs assessment for newly enrolled adult graduate students

The provision of health information to stroke patients within an acute hospital setting: What actually happens and how do patients feel about it?

This preliminary study describes how health information is provided to stroke patients in an acute hospital and describes their perceptions of health information provision. A further aim was to determine if patients with aphasia were disadvantaged in their receipt of information. Seven stroke patients were observed in hospital for an average of 102 minutes each and then interviewed using a semi-structured interview. When communication occurred, only 17.5% of communication time was spent providing information. Patients with aphasia received information for less time and on fewer topics. Implications regarding approaches to information provision for patients with and without aphasia are discussed

Implementation Strategies for a Graduate eCommerce Curriculum

This paper examines the strategies used in the implementation of DePaul University\u27s pioneering master\u27s degree in E-Commerce Technology. These strategies emphasize curriculum development, technical support, faculty staffing, marketing, industry partnership, and organization support. The lessons learned from DePaul\u27s implementation experience during this first year will offer other schools unique insights for introducing their e-commerce curriculum

Table of Contents and Prologue

Editorial board, Table of contents, and Prologue, an introduction to volume

Differing Impact Levels from Risk Factors on Virtual and Co-Located Software Development Projects

Although software development projects increasingly incorporate virtual team members they still fall prey to risks which produce challenges as do co-located projects. Most research performed on project risk was conducted on projects using traditional co-located team members. This paper reports on the results of a survey of over 150 Information Technology (IT) practitioners. One goal of the survey was to identify differences in the degree of impact between risk factors on virtual software projects and those on co-located software projects. Out of fifty-five surveyed risk factors, seven risk factors showed significant differences in impact on the successful completion of projects in these two types of project environments. Additionally, the results showed a greater impact for each of the seven risk factors on virtual rather than co-located software projects. These results can be useful to practitioners who are managing in a virtual environment and need to correctly identify potential risks