Instructor:

Geraldine Klonarides

Phone:

N/A send emails please

Office:

AC 2 Room 130

Office Hours:

By appointment

E-mail:

geraldine.klonarides@gmail.com

Businesses use information systems to increase profitability, gain market share, improve customer service, and manage daily operations.  For an organization to thrive in today's business environment, managers and functional specialists in all areas - accounting, finance, marketing, production and operations management, and human resources - must perform their jobs effectively, efficiently, and ethically. Information technology provides the tools that enable all organizational personnel to solve increasingly complex problems and to capitalize on opportunities that contribute to the success of organizations as they deal with intense global competition, a heightened focus on the bottom line, and an increasingly rapid pace of change.

After completing this course students will be able to:

·       Describe the various types of computer-based information systems in an organization

·       Discuss ways in which information technology can affect workers in all functional areas and all hierarchical levels of an organization

·       Discuss how information technology can be used to enhance customer service and inter-organizational relationships

·       Discuss how information technology can be used innovatively to provide competitive advantage

·       Identify positive and negative social effects of the prevalence of information technology

Students should contact the instructor by email. 

If you have a disability and need assistance, please contact the Disability Resource Center (University Park: GC190; 305-348-3532) (North Campus: WUC139, 305-919-5345). Upon contact, the Disability Resource Center will review your request and contact your professors or other personnel to make arrangements for appropriate modification and/or assistance.

The University's policy on religious holidays as stated in the University Catalog and Student Handbook 

will be followed in this class. Any student may request to be excused from class to observe a religious

holy day of his or her faith.

The College of Business cares about the quality of your education. More on the College's commitment to Assurance of Learning can be found at the following link:

http://businessonline.fiu.edu/course_addons/Learning_Commitment.pdf

       Assignments from the text and other resources are listed below for each class session. Students are

      expected to pace their learning according to the posted course assignments.

      It is expected that interactive learning and teaching will enrich the learning experience of all students, and that

each student will work in partnership with the professor to create a positive learning experience for all. Student engagement is a necessary condition for an effective learning experience, and includes contributions to debate and discussion (if any), positive interactive learning with others, and an enthusiastic attitude towards inquiry. Everyone is expected to be a positive contributor to the class learning community, and students are expected to share the responsibility of teaching each other.

Statement of Understanding between Professor and Student

Every student must respect the right of all to have an equitable opportunity to learn and honestly demonstrate the quality of their learning. Therefore, all students must adhere to a standard of academic conduct, demonstrating respect for themselves, their fellow students, and the educational mission of the University. As a student in the College of Business taking this class:

·        I will not represent someone else's work as my own

·        I will not cheat, nor will I aid in another's cheating

·        I will be honest in my academic endeavors

·        I understand that if I am found responsible for academic misconduct, I will be subject to the academic misconduct procedures and sanctions as outlined in the Student Handbook

Failure to adhere to the guidelines stated above may result in one of the following:
Expulsion: Permanent separation of the student from the University, preventing readmission to the institution. This sanction shall be recorded on the student's transcript.
Suspension: Temporary separation of the student from the University for a specific period of time.

By taking this course I promise to adhere to FIU's Student Code of Academic Integrity. For details on the policy and procedure click here.

NOTE: Intensive Auditing of the course will be conducted to prevent academic misconduct.

Students will:

·                 Be prompt and attend all classes

·                 Complete all exams on day and time they are scheduled. - No make-up exams.

·                 Complete and submit group work on time.- No extra credit work.

·                 Submit HW by the deadline. – No late work will be accepted.