UD MIS 25th Anniversary Celebration

Lunch and ProgramSeptember 18, 2010

Lunch and Program• Welcome and Lunch (Chuck Wells, Dept. Chair) • History of Program (George Bohlen, Professor Emeritus) • Survey Results (Barb Marcel) • Self-Introductions (Craig Letavec) • The Current MIS Program

– Overview (Chuck Wells)– Senior Projects (Harv Enns)– MIS 220 Initiative – Exploring Careers in Information Systems (Steve Hall)– MIS Advisory Board (Dave Salisbury)

• The Future Direction of MIS (Jay Prasad and Donald Wynn) • The SBA and The Center for Project Excellence (Dean Matt Shank) • Alumni Involvement in the MIS Program (Tom Ferratt)

• Closing Remarks and 25th Anniversary Celebration Cake! (Chuck Wells)

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History of Program

Dr. George Bohlen

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UD MIS ProgramEarly History

• 1979 – 1983• Early Development Period– Activities prior to approval of MIS Major and

Decision Sciences Department--------------------------------------------------------------

• 1983 – 1985+• Department of Decision Sciences and MIS Major– Activities after department and major created

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UD MIS ProgramEarly History

Early Development Period 1979 - 1983

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The Environment 1978-1983Pressures on SBA Dean Hoben

• Advocates for IS Courses / IS Major in SBA• Information Systems Courses for all students • IS major (not yet developed or named)

• AACSB Accreditation

• College of Arts and Sciences• Advocating an increase in General Education courses

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Advocates of IS Courses and IS Major1978 - 1983

• Management Department– Decision Sciences (Quant) Faculty

• Business Advisory Council– CEO of Reynolds and Reynolds

• Academic / Professional Publications– ACM and DPMA

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Split Management Department into Two Departments

• Prior to July 1982– Department of Management– One Chair– Management and DSC Faculty

• July 1982 – July 1983– Department of Management– Chair – Management faculty– Assistant Chair - DSC Faculty

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Roadblocksin Curriculum Development

• Computer Science Department– Majors in Computer Science and Systems Analysis

• Resource Constraints– AACSB Requirements– New Faculty with degrees in Information Systems– Skepticism by other SBA faculty

• Increase in General Education Courses– Would limit the number of SBA and MIS Courses

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MIS Curriculum Development

• Led by Dr. James Dunne – Assisted by Dr. Saul Young

• Based on Model Curriculum• ACM, IS Curriculum (November 1982)

• Other Resources– Very early work by Dr. George Vlahos– Decision Sciences Faculty in Management Department– Consultants from and visits to other Universities– IS Professionals from local companies

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DSC and CPS Coursesin MIS major

DSC 375 Management Systems CPS 144 FortranCPS 304 COBOL

DSC 465 Management Information Systems Analysis

CPS 310 Systems Analysis

DSC 475 Management Information Systems Design

CPS 312 Systems Design

DSC 414 Operations Research II CPS 342 Data Structures

MGT 443 Organization Theory

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The First CurriculumCurriculum Map

Approval Process

• Major Participants– SBA Academic Affairs– Computer Science Department– Office of Computing Activities

• Approved by SBA in March 1983

• University Approvals from March – June 1983

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UD MIS ProgramEarly History

MIS MajorDepartment of Decision Sciences

1983 – 1985+

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Department of Decisions Sciences

and MIS Major• Department and Major Created in July 1983• First MIS majors admitted to program in Fall

1983– From other majors and undeclared Business– Examples: Accounting, Computer Science

• First Graduates – 1985

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MIS Faculty 1983 – PresentFull Time *Denotes Multiple Disciplines

• George Vlahos (1978 - 2001) – Prof.Emeritus*• George Bohlen (1980–1998) – Prof. Emeritus*• James Dunne (1982 – Present)*• Saul Young (1983 - 2006) Deceased*• Charles Wells (1984 – Present)*• Tom Ferratt (1986 – Present)• Prabuddha De (1987 – 2002)• Rita Agarwal (1988 – 1996)9/17-18/2010 UD MIS 25th Anniversary Celebration 16

MIS Faculty 1983 – Present Full Time *Denotes Multiple Disciplines

• Tom Davis (1990 – Present)*• Jayesh Prasad ( 1990 – Present)• Atish Sinha (1991 – 2000)• Jeff Hoffer (1995 – 2007) Prof. Emeritus• Harvey Enns ( 1995 – Present)• David Salisbury ( 2002 – Present) • Stephen Hall ( 2007 – Present)*• Donald Wynn ( 2007 – Present)9/17-18/2010 UD MIS 25th Anniversary Celebration 17

Department Staff

• Pat Van Schaik – First Department Secretary – (1983 - 1990)

• Diane Platfoot – Second Department Secretary

– (1990 - Present)

• Linda Toops – Early Secretary for Endowed Chair

• Regina Nelms - Secretary for Endowed Chair

• Dave Schmitz, S.M. - Computer Lab Manager

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Department Chairs

• George Bohlen (1983 – 1985)• James Dunne (1985 – 1995)• Jeff Hoffer (1995 – 2003)• Jim Dunne / Jayesh Prasad (2003 – 2004)• Charles Wells (2004 – Present)

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Faculty Recognition and Awards

• Three faculty members received the University Teaching Award

• One faculty member received the University Scholarship (Research) Award

• Endowed Chair• Associate Deans / MBA Director (Two)• Director of the UD Scholars Program

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Facilities / Equipment

• Reynolds and Reynolds October 1980– Gift of BTI Computer and Terminals– Lab located in Basement of Miriam Hall

• NCR October 1985– Gift of $ 3 million for facility and equipment– William S. Anderson Information Sciences Center– Occupancy in 1986. Dedication 1987

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Innovations

• Two semester Senior Project Course– Base on real organization’s need

• Videotaping Senior Project presentations• Curriculum Map• Distinguished MIS Speaker Series• MIS Advisory Board• Graduate Exit Surveys and Periodic Surveys

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Name Changes

• 1989 Department of MIS and Decision Sciences

• 1989 MIS course labels changed from DSC to MIS

• 2001 Department of MIS, Operations Management and Decision Sciences

• 2001 Major in Operations Management began

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SummaryUD MIS Program

Early History

• The Environment – 1979 – 1983• Advocates of MIS Program in SBA• Major Roadblocks in Developing MIS Program• MIS Curriculum Development• MIS Curriculum - DSC and CPS courses• MIS Curriculum Map• Approval Process

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SummaryUD MIS Program

Early History

• Department and MIS major created in 1983• MIS Faculty (1983 – Present)• Department Staff (1983 – Present)• Department Chairs (1983 – Present)• Faculty Recognitions and Awards• Facilities and Equipment• Innovations by Faculty• Name Changes9/17-18/2010 UD MIS 25th Anniversary Celebration 25