IST 26500 - Enterprise Systems

This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the theoretic and practical issues related to the application of Enterprise Systems within organizations. The main focus of this course is to demonstrate how Enterprise Systems integrate information and organizational processes across functional areas, and global operations, with a unified system comprised of a single database and shared reporting tools. Example software will be used to illustrate how Enterprise Systems work.

Preparation for Course
P: IST 16000 or BUS 32100.

Cr. 3.
Student Learning Outcomes
1.   Understand the fundamentals of Enterprise Systems and issues associated with their implementation.
2.   Learn to evaluate the costs and benefits of implementing an Enterprise System.
3.   Understand how enterprise systems integrate functional areas into one enterprise-wide information system.
4.   Learn to explain how “best practices” are incorporated in Enterprise Systems.
5.   Learn to recognize how an organizational process often spans different functional areas.
6.   Learn to describe the role of Enterprise Systems in carrying out processes in an organization.
7.   Learn to integrate key concepts from functional-oriented courses, such as accounting, marketing, and organizational behavior, to promote the development of integrative skills.
8.   Learn to explain how integrated information sharing increases organizational efficiencies.
9.   Learn to identify, describe, and evaluate the major Enterprise System software providers and their packaged systems.
10.  Understand current trends related to Enterprise Systems.