91-802 Information Systems for Managers
12 units, Carnegie Mellon University
Computerbased information systems are ubiquitous in todays society and managers can expect to have frequent contact with them. Skills in using information systems are an advantage today and will become a necessity in the future. These skills include understanding the capabilities and limitations of an information system base on its design knowing how to effectively use the information within the information system facility in specifying new information systems and unique applications the ability to interact with the system implementers Databases are central to most organizations information systems strategies and will therefore be the focus of this course. We will thoroughly cover the modern relational database model using a 5050 mix of lectures and handson lab work. Throughout the course we will use the Microsoft Access database package to test the database theories learned in class. We start by introducing filebased systems and discussing their limitations. Then the relational database is introduced along with the entityrelationship modeling technique. Standard query methods are covered as is the process of normalization. Finally students will complete a database design and implementation project from an initial study of the operations goals and processes of an organization culminating with the actual implementation of the designed database and a graphical interface to the data. a hrefhttpwww.heinz.cmu.eduacademicresourcescourseresultscoursedetailsindex.aspxcid188...Read Morea
Prerequisites: none listed
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