Sir Padampat Singhania University

Udaipur

Lesson Plan

Program

B.Tech

Semester

VII

Session

2015-16

Subject Code

CS 462

Subject Name

Management Information System and E-Commerce

Credits

3 (L) + 0 (T) + 0 (P) = 3

Prepared by:
Dr. Avinash Panwar

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

Evolution Criteria for the students:

Mid-term Examination I 25 marks
Mid-term Examination II 25 marks
End-term Examination 100 marks
Total Marks 150, Total Credit 3
Learning Objectives:
This course familiarizes students with the basic concepts of MIS and E-Commerce with
special emphasis on their application rather than technical aspects.

This course demonstrates how information technologies can give

business a strategic advantage.

To understand basic operational, tactical and strategic applications of IT in

modern organizations.
To learn and appreciate the importance of information systems in business for
competitive situations.

The second track exposes students to some fundamental issues in the e-commerce
environment from security, legal, ethical, and international perspectives. With regard to
security issues, students learn about desirable properties for a secure E-commerce
setup.

Topic
Management Information Systems - Need,
Purpose and Objectives
Contemporary Approaches to MIS
Business processes and Information
Systems
Information systems function in Business
Use of Information Systems for competitive
advantage
MIS as an instrument for the organizational
change: Management issues
Types of Business Information Systems
Enhancing Decision Making: Information,
Management and Decision Making

Activities/exercises
Examples:
Finnacle : the Banking Solution

MIS in FMCG Industry

No of
Classes
2
2
2
2
1
1

Information System in
Manufacturing

1
1

Models of Decision Making - Classical,

Exercise/Role play on:
Administrative and Herbert Simon's Models
Types of information, Attributes of

Decision making
information and its relevance to Decision
Making
Decision Support Systems - Group Decision
Support Systems Executive Support
Systems
E-commerce: Introduction, Definition of e- Case Studies on :
commerce,
emergence
of
Internet,

Ngpay
commercial use of Internet, history of ecommerce, advantages and disadvantages
of e-commerce
Business models for e-commerce: B2C,

Levis
B2B, C2C, C2B, brokerage model,

Amazon
aggregator
model,
info-mediaries,
communities,
value-chain
model,
manufacturer model, advertising model,
subscription and affiliate model
Enabling technologies: Internet Client server

Samsung
applications, networks, Uniform Resource

Nokia
Locator (URL), search engines, software
agents, Internet Service Providers(ISP),
broadband technologies, Electronic Data
Interchange(EDI).
E-marketing: characteristics, methods, eSAP
marketing value-chain, site adhesion,
browsing behavior model, e-advertising, ebranding, e-marketing strategies

E-security: Security risks, risk management

issues, legal and ethical issues, security
mechanisms, encryption, digital signature,
digital certificates

E-payment systems: token-based system,

card-based system, e-cash. E-cheque, ebanking, risks, data protection

Note : Periodically assignments

would be given which will
culminate
with
a
class
presentation

2
2
3

Total no of Sessions : 40
Recommended Books:
1. Management Information Systems, Laudon and Laudon, 7th Edition, Pearson
Education Asia
2. P.T. Joseph, S.J. E-commerce: An Indian Perspective, Prentice HallIndia, Second
Edition, 2007

Evaluation Method:
There will be a continuous evaluation of students at all levels. Each credit will carry 50
marks. Hence a 3 credit course will have total of 150 marks. Each course component
will be evaluated. This means that a course will be evaluated for lectures. For lectures
marks will be divided between mid-terms and end term examinations.
3 0 0 (3 credit course) will be evaluated for 150 (3 x 50) marks for lectures.
Maximum duration for final examination should be 3 hours.
The evaluation pattern for theory examination will be as follows:
Credit Mid-term-I Mid-term II End-term
Total
Final Total
3
25
25
100
150
150

Signature of the faculty:

Signature of the HOD: