Course Description Syllabus (pdf, 432KB)
This course provides an introduction to information-communication literacy, system literacy, and business information technologies. It emphasizes the relationship between Information Technology (IT) and business processes and the importance of aligning business information systems with business strategy. By interacting with integrated enterprise system(s), this course helps students understand the modern IT-driven business value chain and business process integration (BPI). The role of IT in organizational change and business transformation, IT history, and IT cultural issues are discussed. Team/individual class projects are used throughout the course.

Class meets: Tuesday, 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm, 2145 Schneider Hall UPDATED!

Course Objectives
After successfully completing this course, the student should be able to:

• Explain and demonstrate information and communication technologies in business and their various functions and cross-functions.
• Understand Information Systems (IS) driven business decision making.
• Understand the role of IT in a modern business organization.
• Recognize how an integrated enterprise system improves business process integration.
• Recognize IT-related cultural values and concerns in the modern business environment.

Content Integration:
BUS2700 is more concerned with what information and communication technologies do in a business than how they are programmed or constructed. It is assumed that CIS1020/1100 courses provide background in computer literacy; therefore issues of computer hardware and software are marginally covered in BUS2700. However, business-driven information technologies are rigorously covered, adding an additional level of complexity to modern business enterprises introduced to students in BUS1750. In addition, computer skills that students develop in CIS1020/1100 are essential to the team/individual projects in BUS2700. BUS2700 provides the information technology context of business process and decision-making techniques for BUS3750.

Prerequisites: (CIS1020 or CIS1100 or CS1050 or CS1000 or FCS2250 or MUS3860 or HPER1490 or SOC1820) and (BCM1420 or ENGL1050 or IME1020).

Required text:

Business Driven Technology (Customized WMU Edition)
Baltzan & Phillips. ISBN-13: 978-0-07-741397-2 (ISBN-10: 0-07-741397-0)
(available at WMU and University Bookstores)

Business Driven Information Technology Casebook (Spring 2012 Edition)
WMU ISBN: 9780840036315
(available at University Bookstore ONLY)

Optional:
Business Driven Technology, 4th Edition. Baltzan & Phillips.
Print: ISBN-13: 9780077359355 (ISBN-10: 0077359356) (Publisher's Online Resources)