INMBKINS Information Systems

School of Business Administration in Karvina
Winter 2025
Extent and Intensity
16/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Ing. Roman Šperka, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. et Ing. Michal Halaška, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Ing. Roman Šperka, Ph.D.
Department of Informatics and Mathematics – School of Business Administration in Karvina
Contact Person: doc. Ing. Jan Górecki, Ph.D.
Timetable
Thu 16. 10. 17:15–18:50 B208, Sat 18. 10. 11:25–13:00 B307, Thu 4. 12. 17:15–18:50 B208
Prerequisites (in Czech)
FAKULTA(OPF) && TYP_STUDIA(B) && FORMA(K)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 16/30, only registered: 2/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to explain the concepts of information system (IS) in the cooperation with information technology (IT). The core of the course is the architecture of the information system and its task in the life-cycle of the information system. Moreover, the role of architecture will be emphasized during the design and implementation phase of information system in the enterprise. Students will become familiar with the technologies and procedures, which take place during the development and use of information system.
Syllabus
1. Basic concepts from systems and information theory
Systems and information theory. Information process. Data-information-knowledge-wisdom relationship. The importance of information for decision making in business management. Exchange of messages and their composition (sign, signal, alphabet, etc.). Definition of information system (IS). Enterprise IS.
2. IS architectures and management
IS architectures and their types. Importance of architectures in enterprise management. Web services. SOA (Service Oriented Architecture). Methodologies and standards for IS/IT management. ITIL, COBIT, CMMI and ISO and their relevance to the enterprise.
3. Without data there is no IS
Working with data. Data structures. Bulk data processing (agency, transactional). Data warehouses. Cloud computing. Definition of big data. The role of information in business informatics. Business intelligence: principle of operation, meaning and essence of multidimensional databases. Data mining and basic mining methods.
4. IS life cycle
Phases and stages of IS life cycle. Global enterprise strategy and sub-strategies of information strategy. Strategy and planning. Acquisition and development. Implementation (deployment). Operation and maintenance. Decommissioning. Outsourcing.
5. IS development
Methodologies of IS development (waterfall, spiral, prototypes and iterative model). RUP (Rational Unified Process). Factors influencing IS development, evaluation and models. IS development and its different phases. IS deployment strategies (siloed, incremental and impact).
6. IS security and effectiveness
Introduction to IS security and its role in the enterprise. Elements of security. Critical points. Security policy (objectives, mechanisms). Definition of risk, threats and infiltration into IS. IS effectiveness. Expression of effectiveness using financial indicators. IS quality and metrics.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • ŠPERKA, Roman and Michal HALAŠKA. Informační podpora činnosti firmy: Distanční studijní text. 2nd ed. Karviná, 2018, 172 pp. info
  • STAIR, R and G REYNOLDS. Fundamentals of Information Systems. 8th Edition. Boston, USA: Cengage Learning, 2016. ISBN 978-1-305-08216-8. info
  • GÁLA, L., ŠEDIVÁ, Z. a J. POUR. Podniková informatika. Praha: GRADA Publishing, 2015. ISBN 978-80-247-5457-4. info
  • SODOMKA, Petr a Hana KLČOVÁ. Informační systémy v podnikové praxi. Brno, 2010. ISBN 978-80-251-2878-7. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2015, Winter 2016, Winter 2017, Winter 2018, Winter 2019, Winter 2020, Winter 2021, Winter 2022, Winter 2023, Winter 2024.
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