[AISWorld] MIS course in MBA programs

[Nitin Aggarwal]

I appreciate everyone who responded.   It is helpful to know that at least
a few universities have an MIS course in their core curriculum.  Thank you
for sharing the syllabus with us.

I just wanted to share a comment from a fellow colleague expressing their
difficulty in getting an MIS course introduced in their own curriculum.

1. An MIS course will have to replace an existing core course.  It is
easier to introduce the MIS course as an elective but near impossible to
exchange it for one of the core courses.
2. Curriculum committees make arguments that MIS is covered in the courses
of their respective disciplines.  For example, "... the strategic use of
MIS in HRM (say HRMIS) would be covered in the HRM course and therefore,
the program would not need any MIS courses"

Sincerely,

Nitin Aggarwal


On Wed, Apr 13, 2022 at 10:56 AM Nitin Aggarwal <nitin.aggarwal at sjsu.edu>
wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> We have been exploring introducing an MIS course in the core MBA
> curriculum for a while now.   We have studied catalogs of many universities
> and found that majority do not have an MIS course as a core course.
>
> 1. If your University has an MIS or similar course as a core MBA course,
> can you please share the link to the syllabus or the catalog description?
> 2. Why do you think MIS is not a part of core (required) MBA courses?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Nitin
>
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