Minutes+MIS

= = =Minutes of Meetings of MIS Course Presentations=

Minutes of August 26, 2009
1. The course MIS401 ISM to be replaced by MIS4xx Social Computing [This was approved in the Academic Board held on 29/8/09.] __ACTION: Dr. Zaheerudin Asif requested to get appropriate course code assigned in CMS. [DONE].[It is MIS406]__ 2. OTM: There should be more emphasis of Technology Management, especially as related to innovation. 3. Mr. S. Asim Ali suggested including innovation using technology in OTM. However it was recommended that we may need a new and separate course in the future for innovation using technology. 4. All the MIS electives should be searched for their prerequisities. __ACTION: Course Leads to ensure that prereqs are clearly specified in the RCO page.__ 5. IISCS (Info Ind. Structure & Comp. Str.) F09: The topic project management was droppped in favour of "portfolio approach to projects". Pre-requistes for IISCS to be also revised. __ACTION: Dr. Asif to change RCO accordingly.__ 7. IISCS to be integrated with the new MIS504: Strategic Analysis of ICT course. __ACTION: Dr. Asif to create a new RCO for MIS504 accordingly, for offering in Fall 2010.__ 8. For the BBA program, the //MIS104: Introduction to System Administration// course was and has been replaced by the //MIS105: Introduction to Computer Administration,// and it may be partially conducted in the lab. [SG]. (Based on recent experience this course should be conducted fully in the lab). 9. Right now there are two course MIS105 Intro. to Computer Administration (2,1,3) and MIS344 Introduction to System Administration (3,1,4), [this code is not yet present in CMS- SG] implying a lab component for both. This semester MIS105 will be taught. __ACTION: RCO for MIS344 to be developed by Faisal Iradat.__

Minutes of October 03, 2009
The following course were discussed:
 * Introduction to Computer Applications
 * Introduction to Computer Administration
 * Business Process Modeling and Simulation
 * Datawarehousing
 * Social Computing
 * Decision Support Systems

1. Faculty Member Waseem Arian presented the RCO for Introduction to Computer Applications. 2. The objectives of the course include giving students hands on experience of MS personal productivity applications along with some other packages, e.g. Microsoft Office, IBM lotus Notes, Front Page, Tidley spaces, Google Docs, wiki technology etc. 3. The course is entirely lab based, therefore it is suggested that its exams should also be lab based, except for quizzes. 4. It was indicated that in the current semester the students faced many lab problems. 5. it was noted that most of the PCs do not work properly, some have keyboards stuck, some have mouses stuck, some keep rebooting, some take a long time processing a single request. __ACTION: Waseem Arian to coordinate with Director ICT to improve lab conditions.__

6. Faisal Iradat presented the RCO for Introduction to Computer Administration. 7. The main discussion was is it different from system administration? The conclusion was that system administration is more technical, includes topics such as queueing theory, optimization, linux internals, system architecture etc. On the other hand computer administration is less technical, and meant for business or MIS students. e.g. it may include a discussion on MS Windows control panel, seting up of a firewall, etc. 8. It was noted that in the past there was an overlap of this course with MIS102. __ACTION: Faisal Iradta will look into the RCO for MIS version o fthe course as well as the RCO for ICAp. The objectives should be dovetailed.__

9. Dr. Wasim A. Khan presented RCO for CSE443 Modeling & Simulation. 10. The main discussion was about what to teach MIS and what to teach CS students. 11. It was noted that there are actually two similar courses, one for CS and another for MIS students (MIS 304). 12. It was also noted that since MIS students' programming skills do not match those of BS students there should be two for RCOs 13. Dr. Khan informed that they have added queuing theory, modeling of production systems, and a tutorial of matlab in CSE443. 14. The difference between OR and BPM was also discussed. Dr. Khan clarified that the application of OR is BPM. BPM is basicallly menat to allow students to take an organization and model it, model large organizations, and improve processes. However, they need to know about OR and simulation. 15. Some of the modeling tools available include UML, DFD's, Imagine it, Documentum by EMC etc. __ACTION: Dr.Khan will develop two RCOs - one for CS and another for MIS students__

Datawarehousing 16. It was noted that the students' database concepts were very weak. ACTION: Data warehousing teacher to coordinate with database teacher

Social Computing 17. Dr. Zaheeruddin Asif presented Social Computing course outline. 18. It was mentioned that it was the first time this course is being offered, therefore some experimentation will be carried out. 19. The course is being taught in a new paradigm of peer-to-peer learning ACTION: Dr. Zaheeruddin Asif is report the results at the end of the semester

DSS 20. There was a suggestion to add a modeling tool in the last semester 21. This suggestion has been implemented 22. There was a suggestion to have a combined guest speaker session ACTION Ms. Erum Abbasi was requested to record the lectures.

Looked at HRM vs SM closely. Decided to offer HRM for BBA-MIS, without necessarily going thru any approval process, as it had been in practice and also in prospectus of 2007 and 2008. Never was both MP and SM taught (as these are completely overlapping courses. However this mistake had been appearing in prospectus for several years, but never implemented). -Sayeed Nov. 3 2009

MBA MIS 4 students to be advised to take Corporate Strategy as an business elective.