College of Business and Economics
SOM 485. Decision Support Systems(3)
Prerequisites: IS 211 or both SOM 306 and 312. Passing score on the Upper-Division Writing Proficiency Exam (WPE). BUS 302 and BUS 302L are prerequisites for BSBA majors. Concepts, development and application of Decision Support Systems (DSS) and related management support systems (Executive Information Systems and Expert Systems). Design framework and Management Science models for DSS. DSS development process and tools, user interface, evaluation, and implementation. Study of recent development in model-based DSS applications with knowledge base enhancement. Class project designing prototype management support systems will be required.
i. Learn concepts related DSS & BI , ii. Learn to analyze business environment and match management science models for DSS, iii. Learn to use DSS development tools.
Text
Turban, E, Aronson, J.E., Liang, T.P., and Sharda, R., Decision Support and Business Intelligence Systems, 8E, Pearson/Prentice-Hall, 2007. ISBN: 0131986600.
Additional materials will be provided as needed.
Grading
Mid-Term - 25%; Final (cumulative) - 25% ; Presentation - 10%; Assignments - 35%; Participation - 5%.
No late submission will be accepted. No make-up exams or assignments will be given.
Participation is based on attendance, preparation, professional conduct and active contributions during the class.
>91%:A; >81: B; >71:C; >61: D; <61: F; (There will be +/- grading)
Tentative Schedule
Week |
Material |
Chapter |
1 |
Overview |
|
2 |
Decision-making |
|
3 |
DSS Technologies |
|
4-5 |
DSS Modeling |
|
6 |
Data warehousing |
|
7-8 |
Business analytics |
|
9 |
Mid-term |
|
10-11 |
Data mining |
|
12 |
BPM |
|
13 |
GDSS |
|
14 |
Knowledge management |
11 |
15 |
AI |
12 |
Academic honesty
All students are to abide by the code of conduct described in the link http://www.csun.edu/busecon/ Violations would lead to failure in the course, suspension or expulsion from the University.