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Course catalog descriptions for courses offered in all currently published terms.
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Business Information Technology |
Department Chairperson: Krishnan, M.S.
Department Website: http://www.bus.umich.edu/Academics/Departments/CIS
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| BIT 200 |
Personal Productivity in Information Technology |
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1.5 hours |
Core |
Terms Offered: F09, F08 |
| | Course Prerequisites: No credit in BIT 301 |
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Personal Productivity in Information Technology --- Following the AACSB guidelines for undergraduate programs in business, this course focuses on the development of skills in the use of information technology. To that end, the course includes exercises and assignments that involve the use of spreadsheets (Excel), databases (Access and SQL), web development tools (FrontPage), and other software as appropriate. Classes will include a mixture of laboratories, lectures, and discussions. |
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| BIT 300 |
Business Information Systems |
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1.5 hours |
Core |
Terms Offered: W09, W10 |
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Business Information Systems --- In keeping with AACSB guidelines, this course focuses on information technologies as they influence the structure and processes of organizations and economies, and as they influence the roles and techniques of management. We will address such questions as: How do information systems influence organizational competitiveness? Why are technology infrastructures so important to modern organizations? What is the role of the Internet and networking technology in organizations? How do information systems enable organizational processes? How do organizations develop, acquire and implement information systems? What ethical, criminal and security issues do organizations face when using information systems? Students will acquire knowledge and skills in this area through discussion of articles selected from a variety of academic and business journals as well as several HBS cases. |
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| BIT 311 |
Decision Support with Excel |
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3 hours |
Elective |
Terms Offered: F09, W09, F08, W10 |
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Decision Support with Excel --- Spreadsheets are among the most widely used decision support tools in business today, and have advanced to the point of providing powerful, general-purpose functionally. The first half of the course introduces decision support modeling using spreadsheets, including: what-if analysis; financial, statistical, and time/date functions; graphical presentation of data; organizing and extracting information from spreadsheet databases; and cross-tabulation of data. The second half of the course includes importing information into spreadsheets from external sources; goal seeking; one and two way data tables; the use of a solver to find optimal solutions to problems; designing macros to develop semi-automated and fully automated spreadsheet applications; and probabilistic modeling to support risk analysis in the context of spreadsheets. Lecture/demonstrations illustrate the features of spreadsheet software. Lab work involves carrying out hands-on tutorials in a supervised setting, then reinforcing and extending conceptual and operational aspects of the material by doing follow-on cases. Windows-based spread-sheeting software (such as Excel for Windows) is typically studies in the course. |
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| BIT 330 |
Web-based Information Retrieval |
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3 hours |
Elective |
Terms Offered: F09, F08 |
| | Advisory Prerequisites: BIT 200 or permission of instructor. |
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Web-based Information Retrieval --- This course focuses on a student's need (both while as a student and in the future while working in business) to be familiar with business information resources. The student will learn about different types of information resources on the Web, strategies for effectively and efficiently accessing these resources, and the tools and Web sites currently available for managing that access. This class is targeted at any student who is going into business and believes that he/she will need to be comfortable and productive with the process of monitoring the Internet for information. |
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| BIT 378 |
Service Innovation Management |
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3 hours |
Elective |
Terms Offered: W09(A), W10 |
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Service Innovation Management: Developing Valuable e-Services that Boost the Bottom Line --- This course focuses on the process of designing innovative new information-based services, which can be broken down into three primary phases of discovery, development, and implementation. Design thinking is used throughout, including concepts such as customer journey mapping, empathic design, observation, ideation, blue ocean strategy, storytelling, service blueprinting, personas, rapid prototyping, and business case development. The design thinking approach, as well as the specific skills and tools developed in the class, will be enduring and valuable for consultants, marketers, financial managers, and business managers charged with leading teams in developing valuable new information-based services in areas such as retailing in metaverses such as SecondLife, healthcare delivery, mobile applications, digital marketing, sustainable business, online learning, financial services, and base of pyramid services. |
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| BIT 399 |
Independent Study Project |
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1 - 3 hours |
Elective |
Terms Offered: F09, S09, W09, M08, M09, F08, W10, S08 |
| | Advisory Prerequisites: JR.STD. |
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Independent Study Project --- Independent study projects, supervised by faculty, are available to juniors and seniors in good academic standing. To select a study project, students should consult the appropriate professor about the nature of the project and the number of the credit hours the work would earn. One to three credit hours may be earned. Junior and senior BBAs may elect only one independent study project in a term, and no more than three during the BBA program. No more than seven credit hours from study projects may be counted toward the BBA degree. To register for a project students must submit an approved Independent Study Project application, available online. |
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| BIT 445 |
Base of the Pyramid |
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3 hours |
Elective |
Terms Offered: F09, F08 |
| | Advisory Prerequisites: SR.STD/P.I. |
| | Cross-listed with: STRATEGY 445 |
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Base of the Pyramid: Business Innovation for Solving Society's Problems --- In every country there are people who are very poor by either absolute or relative standards. These individuals at the economic "bottom of the pyramid" lack adequate income, health care, educational opportunities, etc. This course focuses on how business can serve the poor by remedying these conditions and make handsome profits while doing so. |
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| BIT 465 |
Business Systems Consulting |
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3 hours |
Elective |
Terms Offered: F09, F08 |
| | Advisory Prerequisites: BIT 300 and senior standing/permission of instructor |
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Business Systems Consulting --- This course provides an integrating experience for seniors. Student teams are cast into the role of "consultants" to the executive management of the Velocity Manufacturing Co. (an imaginary company). The facts of the consulting engagement are presented to the students as a portfolio of case materials consisting of text, graphics, videotape, lecture, spreadsheet models, computer simulations, digitized factory data, company financial data and active participation of students in Velocity's production scheduling and manufacturing operations. The students are tasked with developing and "selling" a compelling business case of investment in new processes and systems to Velocity's management. |
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| BIT 512 |
Decision Support with Spreadsheets |
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1.5 hours |
Elective |
Terms Offered: W10(A), W09(A), F09(A), F08(A), S08 |
| | Course Prerequisites: No credit in BIT 311, 511 |
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Decision Support with Spreadsheets --- Spreadsheets have advanced to the point of providing powerful, general-purpose functionality and are among the most widely used decision-support tools in business today. This course deals with decision support using spreadsheets, including: what if analysis; financial, statistical and time/date functions; graphical presentation of data; organizing, sorting, querying and extracting information from spreadsheet and external databases and the World Wide Web; cross-tabulation of data; data tables; creation and management of scenarios; use of a solver to find optimal solutions to problems; the design to macros to support spreadsheet applications; and data maps. An expert level of spreadsheet use is achieved. Lecture-demonstrations illustrate relevant features of spreadsheet software. Students do assigned cases on a computer to reinforce and extend conceptual and operational aspects of the material. Windows-based spreadsheet software (such as Excel) is used. |
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| BIT 513 |
Spreadsheet Modeling and Applications |
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1.5 hours |
Elective |
Terms Offered: F09(B), W09(B), M08, F08(B), W10(B) |
| | Course Prerequisites: No credit in BIT 511, CIS 511, OMS 564 |
| | Advisory Prerequisites: BIT 311, BIT 512, or permission of instructor |
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Spreadsheet Modeling and Applications --- This course, a continuation of CIS512, emphasizes problem solving using spreadsheet software. Extensive use is made of a spreadsheet solver (such as Solver in Excel) to formulate and solve practical optimization problems from such mathematical programming areas as linear, integer, and nonlinear programming, and multiple-objective decision making. Probabilistic modeling to support risk analysis in the context of spreadsheets is also studied, using native spreadsheet capabilities alone and then supplementing these capabilities with spreadsheet problem analysis, model formulation, implementation, execution and interpretation. Students do assigned computer word to reinforce and extend conceptual and operational aspects of the material. |
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| BIT 515 |
Business Application Development with Visual Basic for Excel |
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2.25 hours |
Elective |
Terms Offered: W10(B) |
| | Advisory Prerequisites: BIT 512 |
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Business Application Development with Visual Basic for Excel --- This course demonstrates how to use VBA in Excel to automate repetitive and time consuming tasks, generate interactive reports, manipulate charts, filter databases, and run solver. Examples of specific decision support applications, such as product mix and portfolio optimization are presented. Students will develop advanced technical skills with Visual Basic for Excel, and learn how to utilize VBA to create efficient and user friendly business applications. Specifically, students will learn how to enhance applications created in Excel with customized dialog boxes, user defined functions, event-handling procedures, customized toolbars, and more. The course also introduces general programming concepts such as the use of Variables, If statements, Loops, and assignment statements. |
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| BIT 551 |
Information Systems |
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3 hours |
Core |
Terms Offered: F09, W09, M09, W10, F08 |
| | Course Prerequisites: No credit in BIT/STRATEGY 514 |
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Information Systems --- An introduction to information systems for managers. Topics discussed include the kinds of information systems that support individual, group and corporate goals, with an emphasis not only on the hardware/software but also the managerial concerns with the design and implementation of information technology. |
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| BIT 601 |
Accounting Information System Design |
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1.5 hours |
Core |
Terms Offered: F09(A), F08(A) |
| | Cross-listed with: ACC 601 |
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Accounting Information System Design --- This course will provide students with a thorough understanding of the design of information systems that support the accounting function of a firm. Topics to be covered will include business transaction cycles and processes, technology used for AIS, management of the system development life cycle, computer control and audit, IT governance, Sarbanes-Oxley and AIS, and COBIT. The course will be taught using lecture/discussion, cases, and hands-on exercises. The course will meet the accounting systems requirements for the CPA exam in all states. |
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| BIT 623 |
Information Technology Strategy in Supply Chain and Logistics |
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1.5 hours |
Elective |
Terms Offered: F09(B) |
| | Cross-listed with: OMS 623 |
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Information Technology Strategy in Supply Chain and Logistics --- Digital technologies have permeated every aspect of modern business. The capacity to execute any business model rests heavily on the approach taken by firms in organizing their information architecture. This course will explore the role of information architecture on Supply Chain and Logistics functions. We will discuss the dominant technologies traditionally used in planning, forecasting, scheduling and managing supply chains. We will then explore the emerging new technologies such as SOA ( Service Oriented Architecture) that enable firms to innovate in their business models through dynamic engagement with their supply partners in an evolving global supply networks. Class discussions and case studies will include technology and business process choices in new product development, design, MRP, ERP, distribution and logistics. |
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| BIT 630 |
New Age of Innovation |
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1.5 hours |
Elective |
Terms Offered: F08, F09(A) |
| | Cross-listed with: STRATEGY 630 |
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New Age of Innovation --- This course introduces students to the emerging nature of competition and the critical capabilities that firms need to build to thrive in this environment. Based on the contents in a book co-authored by professors C.K. Prahalad and M.S. Krishnan, the course presents a different perspective on business innovation focusing on co-creating customer experience and global resource leverage with the social and technical architecture in the firm as the two key enablers. The specific implications for various business functions in this new approach to compete will be discussed. Students interested in functional roles or consulting will find this course useful. |
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| BIT 644 |
Introduction to Microfinance |
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2.25 hours |
Elective |
Terms Offered: F09(B), F08(B) |
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Introduction to Microfinance --- This live broadcast of a 7-week seminar speaker series hosted by the Haas School of Business University of California explores why and how microfinance operations have grown to proved financial services to poor and low-income people on a sustainable basis. The class brings together advice and best practices from successful practitioners and institutions around the world as well as new technology startups targeting the industry. This course will provide students with an excellent introduction to microfinance as an important development effort in the war against poverty, and it will also serve as an excellent forum to learn about current challenges and debates in the world of microfinance. This course represents a unique partnering with the Haas School of Business. A 2-hour webcast will be followed by an additional hour of discussion led by Ross faculty. |
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| BIT 646 |
Solving Societal Problems Through Enterprise and Innovation |
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2.25 hours |
Elective |
Terms Offered: F09(A), F08(A) |
| | Course Prerequisites: No credit in BIT 645/STRATEGY 645 |
| | Cross-listed with: STRATEGY 646 |
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Solving Societal Problems Through Enterprise and Innovation --- The world's toughest problems can become opportunities for for-profit companies, non-profits, and other enterprises. These include challenges in the areas of poverty, health, education, the environment, and other social issues, such as treating women and children better. We will pay significant attention to how companies working at the economic base of the pyramid in the developing world and the West can develop successful businesses, though we will focus on other opportunities as well. We will see how many innovations in this area embrace new business approaches that are supported by leapfrog applications of information and communication technology.
We will look at many examples of societal development through enterprise, try to spot trends, and look for frameworks. We will see that part of what makes such solutions work is finding ways to adopt innovative perspectives and devise innovative solutions.
This course is non-technical, highly interactive, and requires no special background. It should be of interest to those wishing to understand where new business opportunities for serving society lie and how organizations can innovate to take advantage. |
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| BIT 648 |
Projects in Solving Societal Problems Through Enterprise and Innovation |
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1.5 hours |
Elective |
Terms Offered: F08(B) |
| | Course Prerequisites: No credit in BIT 645/STRATEGY 645 |
| | Cross-listed with: STRATEGY 648 |
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Projects in Solving Societal Problems Through Enterprise and Innovation --- Students work on real-life projects involving solving societal problems through for-profit and non-profit enterprises. These include challenges in the areas of poverty, health, education, the environment, and other social issues, such as treating women and children better. Projects will address problems and opportunities in either the U.S. or the developing world, though no travel is required. The course will be a practicum involving a combination of individual group meetings and occasional lectures and presentations that promote synthesis and cross-project learning. |
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| BIT 678 |
Service Innovation Management |
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1.5 hours |
Elective |
Terms Offered: W09(A) |
| | Cross-listed with: MKT 678 |
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Service Innovation Management --- Service Innovation Management focuses on the process of designing innovative new information-based services, including problem definition, research, design, development, and execution. Concepts include blueprinting, ideation, blue ocean strategy, branding, observation and interview, personas, storyboards, customer journey, stage-gate process and project portfolio management. Skills developed and tools gained in the class will be enduring and valuable for consultants, financial managers, marketers, and anyone else charged with leading a group in developing valuable new information-based services. |
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| BIT 750 |
Independent Study Project |
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1 - 3 hours |
Elective |
Terms Offered: F09, S09, W09, M08, M09, F08, W10, S08 |
| | Advisory Prerequisites: Graduate standing |
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Independent Study Project --- Independent study projects, supervised by faculty, are available to graduate business students in good academic standing. To select a project, students should consult the appropriate professor about the nature of the project and the number of credit hours the work would earn. Students earn one to three credit hours per project and may elect only one study project in a term. Graduate business students should consult their program bulletins for information
regarding total number of projects and credits that can be applied to their degree. To register for a project students must submit an approved Independent Study Project application, available online. |
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| BIT 885 |
Research Topics in Information Systems |
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1.5 hours |
Elective |
Terms Offered: W10(A), F09(B), W09(B), W09(A), F08(B), W10(B) |
| | Advisory Prerequisites: Doctoral standing |
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Research Topics in Information Systems --- This course covers topics in information systems research. Over a two-year cycle, this course provides sequential coverage of topics such as the business value of information systems, intelligent agent modeling, models of electronic business, issues in managing systems analysis and design, human computer interaction, information search and retrieval, simulation of business processes, decision making, and other topics of emerging interest. |
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| BIT 900 |
Special Research for Doctoral Applicants and Candidates |
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1 - 6 hours |
Core |
Terms Offered: S09, W09, M08, M09, W10, S08 |
| | Advisory Prerequisites: Applicants and candidates only |
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Special Research for Doctoral Applicants and Candidates --- Individual Research projects for Doctoral Applicants and Candidates are available. |
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| BIT 990 |
Dissertation - Precandidacy |
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1 - 8 hours |
Core |
Terms Offered: F09, S09, W09, M08, M09, F08, W10, S08 |
| | Advisory Prerequisites: Election for dissertation work by doctoral student not yet admitted as a Candidate |
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Dissertation-Precandidacy --- Dissertation research at the precandidacy stage. |
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| BIT 995 |
Dissertation - Candidacy |
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4 - 8 hours |
Core |
Terms Offered: F09, S09, W09, M08, M09, F08, W10, S08 |
| | Course Prerequisites: Candidate |
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Dissertation-Candidacy --- Dissertation research at the candidacy stage. |
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