Identifying Data 2023/24
Subject (*) Management Information Systems Code 611507011
Study programme
Mestrado Universitario en Dirección e Administración de Empresas (2013)
Descriptors Cycle Period Year Type Credits
Official Master's Degree 2nd four-month period
First Obligatory 6
Language
Spanish
Galician
Teaching method Face-to-face
Prerequisites
Department Empresa
Coordinador
Fernández Rodríguez, María Teresa
E-mail
m.fernandezr@udc.es
Lecturers
Aranda Vasserot, Adolfo
Fernández Rodríguez, María Teresa
E-mail
adolfo.aranda@udc.es
m.fernandezr@udc.es
Web http://moodle.udc.es
General description A materia pretende formar os coñecementos e desenvolver as competencias básicas relativas á aplicación das tecnoloxías da información e as comunicacións (TIC) nun contexto empresarial, adoptando unha perspectiva de xestión

Study programme competencies
Code Study programme competences
A1 CE01 - Asumir como profesional e cidadán a importancia da revisión crítica das actuacións sociais e ambientais das empresas.
A2 CE02 - Comprender a incidencia da contorna na actividade empresarial: dispor de coñecementos adecuados para interpretar e elaborar estratexias de actuación social e ambiental da empresa.
A7 Saber realizar un diagnóstico estratégico del sector en el que se encuentra ubicado la empresa u organización.
A9 CE09 - Preparar informes económicos-financeiros que satisfagan as necesidades dos usuarios.
A10 CE10 - Ler e interpretar estados financeiros.
A11 CE11 - Deseñar estratexias corporativas, competitivas e políticas de empresas.
A21 CE21 - Deseñar sistemas de información para a empresa.
A22 CE22 - Manexar ferramentas informáticas para a xestión de empresas.
B1 CB6 - Posuír e comprender coñecementos que acheguen unha base ou oportunidade de ser orixinais no desenvolvemento e/ou aplicación de ideas, a miúdo nun contexto de investigación
B2 CB7 - Que os estudantes saiban aplicar os coñecementos adquiridos e a súa capacidade de resolución de problemas en contornas novas ou pouco coñecidos dentro de contextos máis amplos (ou multidisciplinares) relacionados coa súa área de estudo
B3 CB8 - Que os estudantes sexan capaces de integrar coñecementos e enfrontarse á complexidade de formular xuízos a partir dunha información que, sendo incompleta ou limitada, inclúa reflexións sobre as responsabilidades sociais e éticas vinculadas á aplicación dos seus coñecementos e xuízos
B4 CB9 - Que os estudantes saiban comunicar as súas conclusións e os coñecementos e razóns últimas que as sustentan a públicos especializados e non especializados dun modo claro e sen ambigüidades
B6 CG1 - Organizar e planificar a xestión empresarial.
B7 CG2 - Resolver problemas empresariais.
B8 CG3 - Tomar decisións na empresa de forma efectiva.
B9 CG4 - Compromiso ético na dirección empresarial.
B10 CG5 - Aplicar coñecementos á xestión empresarial
B11 CG6 - Aprender novas técnicas de dirección de empresas.
B12 CG7 - Adaptarse a novas situacións e xerar novas ideas no mundo empresarial.
B14 CG9 - Entender a importancia da cultura emprendedora.
C1 CT01 - Saber manexar as fontes de información relevante e o seu contido
C2 CT02 - Valorar críticamente o coñecemento e a tecnoloxía.
C3 CT03 - Valorar a importancia da aprendizaxe ao longo de toda a carreira profesional.
C4 CT04 - Traballar en equipo e desenvolver un espírito lóxico e creativo.
C5 CT05 - Capacidade de análise e síntese
C6 CT06 - Comunicación oral e escrita.
C7 CT07 - Capacidade crítica.
C8 CT08 - Capacidade de liderado
C9 CT09 - Habilidade para traballar de forma autónoma.
C10 CT10 - Capacidade para comunicarse con expertos doutras áreas.
C11 CT11 - Utilizar as ferramentas básicas das tecnoloxías da información e as comunicacións (TIC) necesarias para o exercicio da súa profesión e para a aprendizaxe ao longo da súa vida.

Learning aims
Learning outcomes Study programme competences
Comprende-lo papel das TIC nas organizacións empresariais AJ1
AJ2
AJ21
AJ22
BJ1
BJ2
BJ3
BJ4
BJ6
BJ7
BJ8
BJ9
BJ11
BJ12
CJ1
CJ4
CJ5
CJ7
CJ9
CJ10
CJ11
Relaciona-las TIC coa competitividade e o desempeño empresarial AJ2
AJ7
AJ11
BJ1
BJ2
BJ3
BJ4
BJ6
BJ7
BJ8
BJ10
BJ11
BJ12
BJ14
CJ1
CJ2
CJ6
Comprende-la dinámica financeira dos investimentos intensivos en TIC AJ9
AJ10
BJ3
BJ4
BJ6
BJ7
BJ8
BJ10
CJ1
CJ2
CJ4
CJ5
CJ6
CJ7
Saber avaliar invesvimentos, proxectos ou empresas intensivas en TIC AJ7
AJ9
AJ10
AJ21
BJ1
BJ2
BJ3
BJ4
BJ7
BJ8
BJ9
BJ10
BJ12
BJ14
CJ2
CJ3
CJ5
CJ6
CJ11
Fomenta-lo interese e o sentido crítico en relación á innovación e ó progreso da tecnoloxía BJ11
BJ12
CJ1
CJ2
CJ3
CJ4
CJ5
CJ6
CJ7
CJ8
CJ9
CJ10
CJ11

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
Información e toma de decisións (I)rracionalidade
Datos, información e coñecemento
O sistema de información Sistemas vs. tecnoloxías da información
As TIC en perspectiva histórica
A organización como un entramado de fluxos de información
A dimensión interna Procesamento de transaccións
Sistemas de xestión e para a toma de decisións
A dimensión externa Comercio electrónico
Cambios estruturais: nube, inteligencia de negocio, inteligencia artificial, analítica avanzada
Aspectos de xestión Avaliación de investimentos en TIC
Intanxibles e competitividade

Planning
Methodologies / tests Competencies Ordinary class hours Student’s personal work hours Total hours
Case study A1 A2 A7 A9 A10 A11 A21 A22 B14 B12 B11 B10 B9 B8 B7 B6 B3 B2 C11 C10 C9 C8 C7 C6 C5 C4 C3 C2 C1 6 12 18
Supervised projects A2 A9 B10 B11 B12 C2 C4 C6 C9 C10 C11 15 52 67
Problem solving A7 A11 A21 A22 B1 B2 B3 B6 B7 C2 C3 C11 15 30 45
Guest lecture / keynote speech A2 A7 A9 A10 A11 B1 B2 B3 B4 B6 B7 B8 B14 C1 C2 C3 6 12 18
 
Personalized attention 2 0 2
 
(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies Description
Case study Critical analysis of real cases. They will be practical activities through the use of information and communication technologies and spreadsheets. Discussion is sought in small groups of the contents.
The student can intervene: a) on their own initiative, after asking for a turn to speak; b) at the initiative of the teacher, who will expressly request the intervention of the student
Supervised projects Medium-length tasks on specific topics or issues, related to information management and data processing, within the field of interest of the subject
Problem solving 1. Preparation, presentation and solution of practical examples that the student, as part of a work group or individually, has to carry out throughout the course.

2. There will be exercises and/or readings to be done by the student in non-contact hours or autonomous work. In subsequent face-to-face hours, the following will be done:
a) a review of the exercises in which the student can intervene in the terms described in point 3 and b) of the readings, the corresponding question time will be opened in order to clarify those aspects that the student raises about the content of the same .

3. The student can intervene: a) on their own initiative, after asking for a turn to speak; b) at the initiative of the teacher, who will expressly request the intervention of the student.
Guest lecture / keynote speech Session General presentation of work topics, and group coordination

Personalized attention
Methodologies
Guest lecture / keynote speech
Problem solving
Supervised projects
Description
1. In the guest lectures and keynote speechs the student can participate, after being given the floor, to ask, clarify or explain his or her point of view about the issues being dealed with in the moment of his participation.

2. In the problem solving classes and supervised projects the student can participate as described in the Methodologies section.

3. In the tutorials, the student (including those with partial attending or with attending exemption) can ask about the doubts arisen in the preparation of the subject. Although it is not compulsory, the student can ask about the doubts and the data and time -inside the tutorials schedule- in which he or she wants to be received, thus improving the tutorials effectiveness and management.

4. If the questions dealed with in the individual tutorials are of a general interest, from the point of view of the teacher, they could be published in Moodle, together with their answers, to allow other students a better preparation of the subject. The name of the person who made the question will never be published

Assessment
Methodologies Competencies Description Qualification
Case study A1 A2 A7 A9 A10 A11 A21 A22 B14 B12 B11 B10 B9 B8 B7 B6 B3 B2 C11 C10 C9 C8 C7 C6 C5 C4 C3 C2 C1 The cases will consist of preparation, presentation and discussion of activities related to the specific contents of the subject at the proposal of the teachers 20
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Problem solving A7 A11 A21 A22 B1 B2 B3 B6 B7 C2 C3 C11 The problems will consist of individual and/or group exercises using spreadsheets containing data related to business management and decision making.
It will be valued i) the degree of participation; ii) creativity and level of assertiveness; iii) the ability to diagnose the situations raised and make valuable contributions; iv) the quality of the proposed solutions; v) the content of the report or memory presented; and vi) the ability to support the conclusions with arguments based on the financial, organizational and competitive logic of the company.
In the case of group tasks, the qualification can be individualized according to these criteria.
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Supervised projects A2 A9 B10 B11 B12 C2 C4 C6 C9 C10 C11 Autonomous group work in which each group will choose a database that must contain qualitative and/or quantitative variables and will prepare a report in Word that will include the following sections:
- Characteristics of the chosen information system
- Structure of the information system
- Sources of information and type of data used
- Analysis and Visualization of data through spreadsheets, any Statistical tool or "Business Intelligence" The report will explain the steps followed to carry out the corresponding analysis and will be accompanied by the work files used.
- Decision making and conclusions
Additionally, each group will make a presentation and present the analysis and results obtained in the Team Project, including a reflection on the difficulties encountered (for example: inaccurate data, available information, purpose of the analysis, analytical skills) and the lessons learned.
The presentation of the work will be carried out and will have a maximum duration of 10 minutes. After the presentation, each team will have to answer the questions or clarifications raised by their classmates or the teacher.
All team members must participate in the oral presentation.
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Assessment comments

A) EVALUATION
REGULATIONS:

Assessment conditions:
It is forbidden to access the exam room with any device that allows
communication with the outside and / or storage of information. Cheating on the
assessment tests or activities, once confirmed, will result in a falling grade
(a 0, as numeric mark) in the corresponding convocatory and both in the first
and in the second oportunities. If needed, the mark in the first oportunity act
will be altered.

Student identification:
The student must prove her personality in accordance with current regulations.

B) TYPES OF RATING:

Qualification of not
presented: Corresponds to the student, when he only participates in evaluation
activities that have a weighting of less than 20% on the final qualification,
regardless of the qualification achieved.

Students with
recognition of part-time dedication and academic waiver of attendance exemption:
Except for the dates approved in the Faculty Board for the final objective
test, for the remaining tests a specific calendar of dates compatible with
their dedication. For this reason, the student must contact the teacher of the
subject in the first ten days of the semester in which the subject is taught,
in order to set the aforementioned calendar. The tests will have the same
format as for full-time students.

C) ASSESSMENT
OPPORTUNITIES:

1. First opportunity:
The evaluation criteria previously indicated in this section will be applied.

2. Second opportunity:
The evaluation criteria are the same as in the first opportunity.

3. Early opportunity: It
will be evaluated through a mixed test that will account for 100% of the final
grade.

D) OTHER EVALUATION
OBSERVATIONS:

1. In general, without
prejudice to what is indicated for students with recognition of part-time
dedication and academic exemption from attendance exemption, class attendance
is required to qualify for the part of the grade corresponding to continuous
evaluation, both first chance and second chance. At the end of the evaluation
period corresponding to the first opportunity, students who have yet to pass
the subject may be proposed activities that allow them to recover the part of
the grade corresponding to the continuous evaluation for the second
opportunity, which they must request. to the teaching staff of the subject at
least ten days before the date of the second chance exam.

2. The scoring criteria
for each of the tests will be announced at the time of the test and will be
supplied with the statement of the test


Sources of information
Basic Andreu, R. (1996). Estrategia y sistemas de información. Madrid: McGraw - Hill
Hirschheim, R. et al. (2002). Information systems outsourcing: enduring themes, emergent patterns, and future directions. New York: Springer Verlag
Alter, S. (1996). Information Systems. A Management Perspective. Menlo Park, California: Benjamin Cummings
O'Brien, J. (2006). Management information systems. Boston: McGraw - Hill
Cardona, J. (ed.) (2011). Sistemas de información empresarial: casos y supuestos prácticos. Granada: GEU
Gómez Vieites, A. (2009). Sistemas de información: herramientas prácticas para la gestión empresarial. Madrid: Ra-ma
Robson, W. (1994). Strategic management and information systems an integrated approach. Londres: Pitman
Li, F. (1995). The geography of business information. Chichester: Wiley

A busca e análise de fontes é unha das metodoloxías desenvolvidas durante o curso e un dos seus obxectivos formativos; neste sentido, a bibliografía aportada debe entenderse como unha reseña básica e xeral, que se completa con referencias específicas para cada capítulo.

Complementary


Recommendations
Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before

Subjects that are recommended to be taken simultaneously

Subjects that continue the syllabus

Other comments
  • 1. The delivery of the documentary works carried out in this subject:

    • It will be requested in virtual format and / or computer support
    • It will be done through Moodle, in digital format without the need to print it

    2. The importance of ethical principles related to sustainability values in personal and professional behavior must be taken into account.

    3. Work will be done to identify and modify prejudices and sexist attitudes and the environment will be influenced to modify them and promote values of respect and equality. Actions to fix gender discrimination, when detected, will be proposed.

    Según se recoge en las distintas normativas de aplicación para la docencia universitaria se deberá incorporar la perspectiva de género en esta materia. Se trabajará para identificar y modificar prejuicios y actitudes sexistas y se influirá en el entorno para modificarlos y fomentar valores de respeto e igualdad. Se deberán detectar situaciones de discriminación por razón de género y se propondrán acciones y medidas para corregirlas.

    4. The full integration of students who, for physical, sensory, psychological or sociocultural reasons, experience difficulties to an adequate, equal and profitable access to university life will be facilitated.



(*)The teaching guide is the document in which the URV publishes the information about all its courses. It is a public document and cannot be modified. Only in exceptional cases can it be revised by the competent agent or duly revised so that it is in line with current legislation.