Course detail

Information Systems and Technologies

ÚSI-2SBISAcad. year: 2015/2016

The course focuses on the following topics: Historical development of information systems and their categories. Data modelling. Function modelling. Database systems. Computer hardware. Computer networks. Corporate information strategy. Strategic management of information systems. Efficiency of information systems and metric. Information systems development. Planning IS development. IS management. IS security. Subject is focused on the risks. Student will be able identify and analyse risks, evaluate solutions at the companies and institutions from ICT point of view.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will have a clear idea of modern methods of strategic management in the field of corporate IS and will get familiar with the modern information technologies.
They will acquire basic knowledge necessary for creation of an information strategy, for evaluation of IS efficiency, they will be able to define an optimal version of new IS by means of suitable metric and to define Service Level Agreement for outsourcing in the field of IS. They will learn how to actively create corporate security policy in the field of IS and will be able to take an active part in realization of IS implementation projects and their control.

Prerequisites

Competence in MS Office and fundamental knowledge in the field of database systems are expected.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching is carried out through lectures and seminars. Lectures consist of interpretations of basic principles, methodology of given discipline, problems and their exemplary solutions. Seminars particularly support practical mastery of subject matter presented in lectures or assigned for individual study with the active participation of students.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Conditions for obtaining the course-unit credit:
1. Active participation in exercises controlled and assessed by the teacher – max. 12 points.
2. Successful elaboration of semestral work in a pre-set deadline – max. 10 points.
3. Total number of points for obtaining the course-unit credit has to be higher than 15.
Conditions for passing the exam: Knowledge of taught topics and its practical application.
Form of examination: Combined – written test and oral examination.

Course curriculum

1. Historical development of IS, types of IS,
2. Information systems
3. Data modelling
4. Functional modelling
5 .Database systems
6. Architecture of database systems
7. Distributed databases
8. Data warehouses
9. Hardware and computer networks
10. Information Strategies
11. IS strategic management
12. IS effectiveness, evaluation metric
13. Safety policy in the field of IS

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The main objective of the course is to provide students with the fundamental theoretical knowledge necessary for management of corporate IS. It is necessary to understand the trends in IS development, to know the substance of up to-date information technologies and to understand strategic management issues in the field of IS. Students need to understand how the information system may be used to gain a strategic advantages, they have to identify and master solution of questions related to the IS efficiency and its measuring. They also should know how to analyse the suitability of application of different IS types in a company and also to understand fundamental principles of security policy in the field of IS.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Control of results of independent work on specified tasks. In case of excused absence in seminar, the teacher can set an additional condition, if appropriate, usually elaboration of a partial written task.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

KOCH M., ONDRÁK, V.: Informační systémy a technologie, Akademické nakladatelství CERM, s.r.o. Brno, 2004, ISBN: 80-214-2725-6 (CS)
KOCH,M. a kol. Management informačních systémů. Scriptum. VUT FP 2010. (CS)

Recommended reading

MOLNÁR, Z.: Efektivnost informačních systémů, Grada Publishing, spol. s r.o., 2001, ISBN: 80-247-0087-5 (CS)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme MRzI Master's

    branch RSZ , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
    branch REZ , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
    branch RIS , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
    branch RCH , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
    branch RFI , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
    branch RSK , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Exercise

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer