MIS Course

Lesson 1 • IS and Organisational Strategy

Links IS investment to competitive advantage using value chain and Porter's Five Forces. Students connect technology choices to strategic outcomes.

Lesson 2 • Roles and Stakeholders in MIS

Identifies CIO, IT staff, end users, and business analysts as key MIS actors. Clarifies accountability structures students will encounter in practice.

Lesson 3 • Types of Information Systems

Surveys TPS, MIS, DSS, EIS, and expert systems by function and user level. Builds a classification map students apply throughout the course.

Lesson 1 • Emerging Data Storage Models

Contrasts relational databases with NoSQL, columnar, and cloud-native stores. Prepares students to select appropriate storage for varied data workloads.

Lesson 2 • Data Modelling Fundamentals

Introduces entities, attributes, and relationships through ER diagrams. Provides the conceptual foundation for physical database design.

Lesson 3 • SQL for Data Retrieval

Covers SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY, and subqueries for business reporting. Students write queries that answer real organisational data questions.

Lesson 4 • Database Administration Essentials

Addresses backup, recovery, user access control, and performance tuning. Connects database operations to organisational reliability requirements.

Lesson 1 • Hardware and Infrastructure Components

Covers servers, routers, switches, and storage arrays as business assets. Students map hardware choices to capacity and availability requirements.

Lesson 2 • Cloud Computing Models

Distinguishes IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS and their deployment models. Students evaluate cloud options against cost, control, and scalability criteria.

Lesson 3 • Network Architecture Basics

Explains LAN, WAN, and the OSI model layers with practical examples. Gives students a structural vocabulary for all infrastructure discussions.

Lesson 4 • Virtualisation and Containerisation

Introduces hypervisors, virtual machines, and container platforms as efficiency tools. Connects these technologies to modern DevOps and cloud practices.

Lesson 1 • Risk Assessment and Management

Teaches qualitative and quantitative risk analysis, risk registers, and treatment options. Students produce a risk assessment for a sample organisation.

Lesson 2 • Cybersecurity Threat Landscape

Catalogues malware, phishing, ransomware, and insider threats with real impact examples. Establishes threat awareness as the starting point for security planning.

Lesson 3 • Regulatory Compliance and Privacy

Covers data privacy principles, compliance obligations, and audit readiness. Students align security programmes with organisational compliance requirements.

Lesson 4 • Security Controls and Frameworks

Applies preventive, detective, and corrective controls within recognised security frameworks. Students map controls to specific threat categories.

Lesson 1 • ERP Systems and Integration

Explains ERP architecture, core modules, and cross-functional data integration. Students trace a business transaction across finance, HR, and supply chain modules.

Lesson 2 • Supply Chain Management Systems

Addresses procurement, inventory, logistics, and supplier collaboration in SCM platforms. Students evaluate SCM system features against supply chain KPIs.

Lesson 3 • Business Process Fundamentals

Defines processes, workflows, and process owners using BPMN notation. Provides the process lens required to evaluate enterprise system fit.

Lesson 4 • Process Improvement and Automation

Applies Lean, Six Sigma, and RPA concepts to enterprise process optimisation. Students identify automation opportunities within an ERP-supported workflow.

Lesson 1 • BI Architecture and Data Warehousing

Explains ETL pipelines, data warehouses, and data marts as BI foundations. Students diagram a BI architecture for a multi-source reporting scenario.

Lesson 2 • Data Visualisation and Dashboards

Covers chart selection, dashboard layout principles, and storytelling with data. Students build an interactive dashboard for a business scenario.

Lesson 3 • Predictive and Prescriptive Analytics

Introduces regression, classification, and optimisation models for forward-looking decisions. Students interpret model outputs and communicate recommendations.

Lesson 4 • BI Governance and Data Quality

Addresses data stewardship, metadata management, and quality measurement frameworks. Students establish data quality rules for a sample BI environment.

Lesson 1 • IT Project Management Essentials

Applies scope, schedule, cost, and risk management to IT projects. Students build a project plan with a WBS, Gantt chart, and risk register.

Lesson 2 • Requirements Engineering

Teaches elicitation, documentation, and validation of functional and non-functional requirements. Students produce a requirements specification for a sample system.

Lesson 3 • Systems Development Life Cycle

Compares waterfall, iterative, and Agile SDLC models by phase and deliverable. Students select an appropriate model for a given project scenario.

Lesson 4 • Testing, Deployment, and Maintenance

Addresses unit, integration, and user acceptance testing plus deployment strategies. Students plan a test cycle and deployment approach for a sample project.

Lesson 1 • IT Strategy and Business Alignment

Links IT strategic planning to business objectives using alignment models. Students draft an IT strategy statement tied to organisational priorities.

Lesson 2 • Digital Transformation Leadership

Examines digital transformation drivers, roadmaps, and organisational change requirements. Students evaluate a transformation initiative using a structured framework.

Lesson 3 • IT Governance Frameworks

Applies governance frameworks to define decision rights, accountability, and performance metrics. Students map governance structures to organisational contexts.

Lesson 4 • IT Investment and Value Measurement

Covers TCO, ROI, and benefits realisation for IT investment decisions. Students build a business case with financial and non-financial value metrics.