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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

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

Application Systems Implementation: All phases of getting a system in place,

not just the implementation/conversion phase of the development lifecycle;
Structured Design Technigues: Information Algebra, SOP, ADS, ISDOS, TAG, etc.

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

MANAGEMENT 8 ORGANIZATION

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

MIS Management: Administration of MIS function, project management.

G) Data Management: Data Base Administration, library functions, etc.

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

HARDWARE/ SOFTWARE
Distributed Systems: Hardware, software, management

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

Computer Languages: Compilers, assemblers, translators and languages.

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

EVALUATION

Value of Information/Information Systems: Cost/Benefit analysis, value of
information, for humans value of systems for organizations, econometrics,
chargeback, ete.

Auditing of Systems: In a broader sense than in accounting, data integrity,

systems integrity, guality control, etc.,
OTHER

Computers and the Law: Legislation and laws, court cases, antitrust, etc.

The Computer Industry:

Decision-Making:
General: All other general research issues.

History, manufacturers, software houses, etc.

DSS, Human cognitive factors, mental processing, etc.