Steven L. Johnson to speak on Strategizing Social Media at the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, November 9, 2011. He will also be speaking on Future Trends in Social Media at the SocialMediaPlus summit, November 16, 2011.
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Professor Pavlou proposes new directions for research on information privacy
Professor Paul Pavlou assesses the state of research on information privacy and applies an integrative perspective to propose new research directions in a forthcoming article. The new directions include improving the tools to implement privacy, creating measures of privacy that incorporate multiple levels of thinking and analysis, and identifying strategies and concepts that influence willingness to share information.
The article proposes a multi-disciplinary approach to future research that goes beyond definitions and individual beliefs and addresses important outcomes such as business value, information assurance and risk, standards, and how privacy influences and changes marketing and transactional relationships between firms and customers.
The article titled “State of the Information Systems Literature on Information Privacy: Where Are We Now and Where Should We Go” has been accepted for publication in Management Information Systems Quarterly (MISQ).
Fox IT awards 2011
The Fox School of Business at Temple University is honoring three top technology leaders at its Eleventh annual Fox Information Technology Awards on Tuesday, April 12.
Awardees include Joseph C. Spagnoletti, senior vice president and chief information officer, Campbell Soup Co.; Kurt Holstein, vice chairman and co-founder, Rosetta; and John H. Shain, president and chief operating officer, Automated Financial Systems. The awards will be presented on Temple’s Main Campus in Philadelphia.
“These awards recognize outstanding role models in industry for our students,” said Munir Mandviwalla, chair of the Fox School’s Management Information Systems (MIS) Department.
Spagnoletti will receive the Fox Information Technology Leader Award for leadership in the use and development of IT in business, and Holstein will receive the Fox Information Technology Innovator Award for applying IT to create business opportunity. Shain will receive the Fox Information Technology Award for Distinguished Alumni, given in recognition of his distinguished IT career and his contribution to the community, industry and Temple. The event will also recognize excellence in leadership among the school’s MIS faculty, administration and student body.
Spagnoletti leads Campbell’s global information technology function, providing IT strategy to help the company meet its business goals. Spagnoletti created a new IT competency model focused on business unit achievement and is in the process of redefining the relationship of IT with the company at all levels of organization.
Holstein helped build Rosetta from a four-person consulting firm in 1998 to the fifth largest digital agency in the country with more than 1,200 employees and nine offices in the U.S. and Canada. He has led the organization that developed many industry firsts in digital and data-driven personalized marketing, including the first iPad-based physician-detailing tool for the pharmaceutical industry. He holds five patents on the use of advanced segmentation to enhance personalization of marketing and the application of segmentation to digital personalization. Holstein also developed integrated mobile/web/social/CRM-based programs that leverage customer databases to provide unified digital experiences.
Shain is president and chief operating officer for Automated Financial Systems (AFS), the market leader in the provision of commercial lending solutions and industry benchmarking in risk, operational performance and pricing to more than 60 percent of the top 25 banks. In the 1990s, with Shain as president, AFS became the first major supplier to announce a Y2K solution. More recently, he started a new distribution strategy that ultimately evolved to cloud computing, which now accounts for 50 percent of AFS’ revenue.
Click here to register for the Eleventh Annual IT awards (registration required, no walk-ins permitted)
New FoxMIS faculty
The Fox School’s department of Management Information Systems is proud to announce the appointment of E. Carey O’Donnell Jr. and James Moustafello as new faculty.
Assistant Professor of Practice E. Carey O’Donnell Jr. has held a number of Senior Sales and Executive Management positions and has extensive background and success in the formulation and implementation of sales and marketing strategies in the IT industry. Carey was a co-founder of The Cactus Integration Group, a telecommunications deployment company that was launched in August of 1997. In less than three years, Mr. O’Donnell built a sales and marketing organization which delivered over $90 million in annual sales. Carey is a co-founder and principal at Mesa Technical Associates, Inc., a turn-key solutions provider focused on power infrastructure applications for the telecommunications, utility, and data center sectors.
Assistant Professor of Practice and Associate Director of Center for Design + Innovation, James Moustafello is engaged in design, production, research and entrepreneurship. He is co-principal of Intellectual Property LLC, an interdisciplinary research and design studio which integrates architecture, strategy, graphics, product design, and technology. Mr. Moustafellos is also a founding partner of EnA / Elements and Alloys, a new luxury brand of fine jewelry which explores the intersection between design and business thinking, handcraftsmanship and mass production. Mr. Moustafellos’ design work has been exhibited and has won numerous awards and distinctions including Slought Foundation in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, World Gold Council, Jewelers of America, American Institute of Architects and was featured in the exhibition ‘The Un-private House’ at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Interdisciplinary Symposium on Decision Neuroscience
The Fox School of Business at Temple University is pleased to announce the Interdisciplinary Symposium on Decision Neuroscience, September 24-26, 2010. The symposium brings together researchers from multiple disciplines including neuroscience, marketing, information systems, psychology, consumer behavior, and economics, to share research findings and to discuss how neuroscience can inform decision making.
The symposium is hosted by the new Center for Neural Decision Making which examines the neurobiological bases of human behavior, preference formation and decision making. Led by Dr. Angelika Dimoka, the center employs functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in combination with traditional behavioral measures to develop models for human decision-making such as online consumer behavior and system use. For more information, please visit the symposium site at: http://www.fox.temple.edu/conferences/decisionneuroscience/index.html
Joseph C. Spagnoletti to speak on Campbell’s IT vision
Campbell’s IT Vision and Organizational Impacts
The Fox School’s Institute for Business and Information Technology in collaboration with the Management Information Systems department presents the Fox IT distinguished speaker series, featuring talks by leading professionals on essential business technology topics.
Joseph C. Spagnoletti
Senior Vice President
Chief Information Officer
Campbell Soup Company
October 13, 2010
The IT function in organizations is rapidly changing. IT roles are changing from technology to process – blurring lines with other functions. IT leader roles are shifting from traditional technology support to business process, portfolio management and change management. Campbell Soup and Joe Spagnoletti are leading the charge into this new much more enhanced and different role for IT in the organization. Learn best practices and change strategies from one of the most forward thinking IT leaders in industry.
Biography
Joseph Spagnoletti leads Campbell’s global information technology function, providing IT strategy to help Campbell meet its business goals. Since he joined Campbell in 1997 as Director-IT, Food Service, Joe has held several positions of increasing responsibility in global sales and marketing, supply chain, and research and development. Most recently, he was Vice President-IT for Campbell North America, where he successfully led several key projects, including the implementation of a trade management system and oversight of North American SAP implementations. Previously, Joe spent seven years as an Information Technology Director with medical technology company Becton Dickinson, responsible for the medical device and acute care businesses. He began his career developing and implementing financial systems for a New York City software development firm. Joe earned his Bachelor of Science degree in computer science from Albright College. He serves on the Cooper Health System’s Audit/Ethics Committee. In 2004, he was recognized with Campbell’s Influence with Honor leadership award.
Registration and attendance
Attendance is free on a space available basis for qualified industry and academic professionals. For more information, please contact ibit@temple.edu.
How to apply
BBA in MIS
The Bachelors in MIS produces leaders who initiate, design, and apply technology to transform business functions and produce innovative products and services. To succeed in this challenging program, you will need to have done well in high school (e.g., a 3.5 or above GPA or ranked in the top 20%), and scored in the top 20% percentile (average 1200) on SAT or ACT. The MIS program offers scholarships to top students. Please contact Joe Allegra at jallegra@temple.edu.
If you would like to transfer into the program from another university or community college, please note the rigorous professional achievement requirements. You will need a upfront plan to meet these requirements to graduate on time.
If you are currently a Fox School or Temple student, and would like to transfer into the BBA in MIS, you will need to meet minimum GPA requirements.
The undergraduate programs site provides information about the Fox School and the admissions process.
MIS minors
The Management Information Systems Minor is limited to Fox School students. If you are a Fox School student, and would like to add the MIS minor, please contact the MIS department at misdept@temple.edu.
MS programs
Please click on the links before more information about MIS Master of Science programs.
PhD in MIS
The PhD in MIS provides students with an opportunity to work with the Fox School’s internationally ranked scholars. The full-time program is designed for individuals to pursue an academic career. If you have a high standardized (GMAT or GRE) test score and at least two years work experience, we would like to offer you scholarship and admission assistance. To get started, please view the instructions on the PhD in MIS site.
Please contact the MIS department at misdept@temple.edu or Joe Allegra at jallegra@temple.edu if you need additional assistance.
What is MIS?
MIS is short for Management Information Systems and is the name of an academic discipline and major which focuses on solving business problems and creating new opportunities with technology. MIS is also often shortened to Information Systems (IS) or Information Technology (IT).
What is an MIS system?
MIS systems gather, process, and manage information. For example, MIS systems help customers order airline tickets online and withdraw cash from automated teller machines. MIS systems are also crucial in payroll processing, accounting systems, and in websites such as Amazon.com.
What are the salary ranges for MIS professionals?
Entry-level salaries for MIS graduates include:
Where do MIS graduates work?
MIS professionals are business-oriented, technically proficient individuals who are found in every type of industry from healthcare and banking to media and gaming, as well as in the tech industry such as Facebook and Google. MIS professionals work in organizations such as Pfizer, AmerisourceBergen, Lockheed Martin, NBCUniversal, and consulting firms such as Capgemini Invent.
How is MIS different from computer science?
MIS professionals apply technology to meet business needs, while Computer science focuses on creating the technology itself. MIS and computer science courses may seem similar, but there are significant differences in their content and how they are taught. Computer Science (CS) students take courses that will help them better understand how the technology is built – they take courses outside their such as math and physics. MIS students take courses that will help them develop business applications for the technology – they take courses outside their major such as accounting and marketing. One is not better than the other – they are just different.
What do MIS professionals do?
MIS professionals are leaders who initiate, design, and apply technology to transform business functions and drive innovation. Common career paths include analyst, consultant, application developer, data analyst, and project leader.
Major or Minor?
MAJOR IN MIS
- Become a leader who initiates, designs, and applies technology to transform business functions and produces innovative products and services.
- Career choices include business analyst, systems analyst, data analytics, project manager, consultant, application developer, web designer, and social media consultant.
Learn more: BBA in MIS.
MINORS IN MIS
- Find IT solutions to business problems in all functional areas as well as liaison with developers and technology vendors.
- Apply for jobs that require identifying and using software products, and providing input into their design.
Learn more: MIS Minor, Digital Marketing Minor, ITIE Minor, Business Analytics Minor
Minor in ITIE
The Information Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship (ITIE) minor integrates the enabling role of IT with the drive of entrepreneurial thinking. The minor includes courses in Entrepreneurship, Management Information Systems (MIS), and other related areas. The minor is appropriate for all majors and particularly relevant for students in Marketing, Finance, Human Resources, Management, and MIS. ITIE minors can drive new IT enabled innovative projects in existing firms and create technology enabled start-ups.
The minor is a joint venture between the MIS department and the Strategic Management department.
In today’s environment, employers and employees must come up with innovative ideas to benefit the business. The ability to think creatively adds value to any company. I chose the ITIE minor to learn how to analyze situations in non-traditional ways, and it has allowed me to come up with solutions I would have never thought of before.
Kae Robben, ITIE Minor
I selected ITIE as a minor because I feel IT skills are essential for aspiring entrepreneurs. Knowing how to leverage technology today can help you improve efficiency throughout every aspect of your business and separate you from competitors.
John Carsia, BBA MIS, ITIE Minor
CURRICULUM
More information, including course numbers, full course descriptions, and prerequisites, is available through the Temple Bulletin.
Required
- Entrepreneurial and Innovative Thinking
- Information Systems Innovation
Electives (select two)
- User Experience Design
- Data and Analytics
- Co-operative Experience in Management Information Systems
- Managing New and Small Enterprises
- Entrepreneurial Marketing
- Creating a Media Business
Notes:
- Fox school majors cannot double count courses they have already completed for their major.
- Entrepreneurship majors can take the ITIE minor but they cannot double count courses already taken for their major. They will need to substitute the required SGM 3501 for a different course. Students are encouraged to find a relevant course appropriate to their interest. This course will need to be approved in advance.
- MIS majors can take the ITIE minor but they cannot double count courses already taken for their major. They are encouraged to take the non-MIS courses for the electives.
Complete the ITIE minor declaration form to declare the ITIE minor.
For more information, please contact Joseph Allegra | joe.allegra@temple.edu
