Management Information Systems

Systems definition, the role and place of MIS in organization. Three ways of management system development: logic architecture complication, functional integration, the extent and form networks. E-commerce state and development. E-banking and e-payments foundations. The chosen methods of IT assessment – websites evaluation. Introduction of the main concepts of effective use of IT in organization, Enterprise architecture, IT governance IT portfolio management, Technology management – typical concepts. Analyzing of data inputs to ERP systems on chosen examples (RFID technology).

The thematic scope of the lecture includes:

1. The role and prospects for the development of management information systems (basic concepts in the field of management information technologies, types of information systems and their application in the enterprise),

2. Methodology of research on the quality of websites for design purposes, objectives and procedure of project implementation

3. Characteristics of management information technologies according to the development of logical architecture:

2.1 Transaction Processing Systems,

2.2 Management Information Systems

2.3 Decision Support Systems, Management Information Systems and Management Support Systems,

2.4 Expert Systems, Artificial Intelligence Systems, BI Systems,

4. Characteristics of information technologies by the degree and scope of integration - enterprise business systems (IC, MRP, MRP II; ERP, ERP II - CRM, SCM, eERP

5. Characteristics of information technologies according to network development: private networks, commercial networks, Internet network:

5.1. The place and role of the network in economic development

5.2. e-Business - definitions, typology, tools and development

5.3. e-Banking - definitions, typology, tools and development, electronic payment systems,

6. Databases, data warehouses, data warehouse service and multidimensional business analyzes in IT systems

7. IT infrastructure and new technologies (evolution of IT infrastructure, cloud computing era, main factors of development, virtualization, open source software),

8. Competitive advantage obtained thanks to IT (IT versus Porter's value chain model)

9. Corporate architecture and IT management

10. Building management information systems

11. Problems of security of information management systems

12. Statistics on the development of information technologies in Poland and in the world

Main references:

1. Turban E., at al: Information Technology for Management: Advancing Sustainable, Profitable Business Growth, 11th Edition, Published by Wiley & Sons, 2017,

2. Laudon K. C., Laudon J. P.: Management Information Systems: Managing the Digital Firm, Pearson Education Inc., Prentice Hall, NY, 15-th ed. 2015 or next editions.

Supplementary literature:

1. Chmielarz W.: Information Technology Project Management, Wydawnictwo Naukowe WZ UW, Warsaw, 2015,

Turban, E., Outland, J., King, D., Lee, J.K., Liang, T.-P., Turban, D.C. Electronic Commerce 2018, A Managerial and Social Networks Perspective, John Wiley and Sons Inc., 2017,

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

– demonstrate an understanding of the ways of MIS development,

– identify challenges facing the development of MIS,

– analyse the relationship between MIS and organization,

– differentiate between types of demonstrate types of MIS,

– assess the possibility of implementation given type of MIS in different organizations,

– assess quality of different kind of MIS,

– interpret results of MIS evaluation for organization,

– analyse of usefulness of MIS,

– understanding of the methods of MIS evaluation and differences between them,

– identifying place and role of MIS in organizations,

– demonstrate functionality of integrated systems – case of IFS Applications

The final form of passing the exam is a one-choice test preparing at the platform eNauka, (an active student account is required in the IT infrastructure of the Faculty of Management at the University of Warsaw) and a presentation of the project carried out in groups.

To pass the course student have to obtain a minimum of 51% of the test and a positive assessment of the presentation (40% of the presentation grade + 60% of the test grade is the final grade)

Rating scale: 3 (51% -60%), 3+ (61% -70%), 4 (71% -80%), 4+ (81% -90%), 5 (91% -100%)