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COURSE TOPICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY

Management Information Systems is a broad multifaceted discipline. In
order to provide some structure for examining the research being conducted
within the field the research has been classified into five broad categories;
design, management and organization, hardware and software, evaluation and
other. The following eighteen subcategories have been identified within these
categories:

MIS RESEARCH TOPICS

I, DESIGN

1. Information Reguirements Analysis: Definition of user reguirements via.
interviews, observation, prototyping, and documentation of existing system.

2. Application Systems Implementation: All phases of getting a system in place,
not just the implementation/conversion phase of the development lifecycle.

3. 'Structured Design Technigues: Information Algebra, SOP, ADS, ISDOS, TAG, etc.

4, User-System Interface: Focus on man machine interace, human engineering, €.8.
dataentry/output, color-graphics, natural language, inguiry, menus of report
options, etc.

LI. MANAGEMENT 6 ORGANIZATION

5. (Computing Operations Management: DP Management, use of performance monitors,
operations personnel, "production" focus,

6. MIS Management: Administration of MIS function, project management.
7. Data Management: Data Base Administration, library functions, etc.

8. Impact of Computer Technology on Organizations: Impact on structure of organi-
zations, on jobs, sociotechnical issues.

III.  NHARDWARE/SOFTWARE |

9. Distributed Systems: Hardware, software, management

10. Software Engineering: Software documentation, structered programming, proof
of programs, efficiency of programs, high level macros.

1l. Computer Languages: Compilers, assemblers, translators and languages.

12. CTelecommunications: Digital-analog conversion, transmission over a mile, net-
working, error rates in lines, etc.

IV, EVALUATION

13. Value of Information/Information Systems: Cost/Benefit analysis, value of

information, for humans value of systems for organizations, econometrics,
chargeback, etc.

14. nAuditing of Systems: Ina broader sense than :n accounting, data integrity,
systems integrity, guality control, etc.,

V. OTHER
Legislation and laws, court cases, antitrust, etc.

15. Computers and the Law:
16. The Computer Industry: History, manufacturers, software houses, etc.

17. Decision-Making: DSS, Human cognitive factors, mental processing, etc.

18. General: All other general research issues.