David Schuff

Here is a very good reference for Entity Relationship Diagrams (ERD) (click here).

Assignment 1: Case Study in Business Intelligence
Slots, Tables, and All That Jazz: Managing Customer Profitability at the MGM Grand Hotel (HBS 9-106-029)

To access the case, follow the directions on the […]

What is a ‘multi-valued attribute? Give examples. Why is it not preferable to have multi-valued attributes in a table?

Look up ‘referential integrity’ on the internet. How does a foreign key in a table help maintain referential integrity?

Think for about 100 seconds what you learnt in class during week 1 and summarize your thought here.

Does a team need to assemble the best players to win a championship? Or can it ‘mathematically’ pick a set of average players to increase your probability of winning the game? Watch Moneyball to find the answer (<a […]

Refer to the in-class exercise from 9/1/2011 (click here for a copy). Here is a question to consider:

Is there any information which we’d like to have that we can’t get from Facebook alone? If so, how would we […]

This is election season, and quite a few of us are following the campaigns. Political campaigns are increasing using data analytics to make decisions on how reach out to voters, raise money, and mobilizing people […]

Refer to the in-class exercise for week 1 (click here for a copy).

Here is a question to think about: what is the value of data to online companies such as Facebook or LinkedIn?

List examples of how companies are using data to achieve a competitive advantage (give examples of specific companies and mention how they use data).

Hi All,

The MIS department has a policy on repeating a course. Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with this policy, and contact Joe Allegra (Joseph.Allegra@temple.edu) if you have any questions.

A […]

Click here for a copy of the presentation slides. We will cover this in weeks 1 and 2.

In this lecture, we will provide an overview of database modeling, as well as construct an entity relationship diagram […]

Click here for a copy of the presentation slides. We will cover this in week 1.

In this lecture, we will discuss how data is organized within organizations, and also provide a map of how this course maps the […]

Click here for a copy of the presentation slides. We will cover this in week 1.

In this class, we’ll provide an introduction to use of data in organizations, and also discuss examples of companies using data to […]

Here are a few articles from the Economist highlighting the opportunities and challenges of data.

1. Data, data everywhere

2. The data deluge

3. Leveling the playing field

Hey All,

Here are some tips to follow while posting on the course blog:

1.Participation mainly consists of writing a comment on a blog post (such as lecture materials, news articles, and questions)

2. […]

Hi All,
This is Sunil and I’ll be your instructor for MIS2502. I would like to take this opportunity to welcome all of you to the course, and hope that you enjoy your time in this class while learning about the […]

Radhika Santhanam

Gatton Endowed Research Professor

Decision Sciences and Information Systems Area

Gatton School of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky

May 11, 2012

Speakman Hall […]

Gwanhoo Lee

Associate Professor, ITM

Director of the Center for IT and the Global Economy

Kogod School of Business, American University

April 27, 2012

Speakman Hall 200, 1000am – […]