Economic Informatics I

  • Credits: 7
  • Ending: Examination
  • Range: 2P + 2C
  • Semester: winter
  • Year: 3
  • Faculty of Economic Informatics

Teachers

Included in study programs

Economic Informatics

Teaching results

After completing the course, students should be able to:
A. Distinguish types of enterprise IS (information systems), their functionality and trends in IS development, which are based on appropriate methods and architecture.
B. Distinguish different types of organizational structures, differences between functional and process management of the company.
C. Use various diagram and tabular techniques that serve to illustrate the architecture of the company. Special attention is paid to techniques for illustrating the course of business processes.
D. Distinguish different types of applications used in enterprise information systems.
E. Master the principles of writing seminar papers and other serious professional papers so that these works are compiled from credible sources, have a systematic structure and relevant content. The seminar paper is prepared in groups, thanks to which students develop team cooperation and at the same time learn the basic principles of writing final theses.
F. Use Drawio software, which is available for free on-line. This software is used to create diagrams and to practice individual diagram techniques

Indicative content

1. Enterprise definition. Classification of enterprises. Different types of organizational structure of a company. Principles of creating organizational diagrams.
2. Functional business management. Hierarchical diagram of functions. Relational matrix. Diagram of functional dependencies - its global level and sub-levels.
3. Business process management. Business processes and their basic characteristics. Process map. Process classification - main, management and support processes, internal and external processes.
4. Diagram and spreadsheet techniques for business process modeling: flowcharts, BPMN diagrams, RACI matrices, decision tables.
5. Enterprise architecture. The model of the essential environment of the company and the interconnection of individual diagrams, which together create a comprehensive and coherent model of corporate architecture.
6. Information system and its basic characteristics. Data and information. Information properties. Information system functions. Classification of information system subsystems with a focus on the manufacturing company.
7. Global information system architecture - strategic, tactical and operational level of management. Executive Information System. Management Information System. Decision support systems. Expert systems. Electronic Data Interchange, Office Information System.
8. Partial architectures of the information system - application, software, data / information and technology architecture. Cloud Computing and its types.
9. History of information systems in Slovakia.
10. Information systems life cycle - traditional and agile approaches. Waterfall, incremental and evolutionary model. SCRUM, Extreme Programming and Adaptive Software Development.
11. Different types of business applications and possibilities of their use. ERP, ERP II, CRM, SCM.
12. Different types of business applications and possibilities of their use APS, MES, concept CIM, BI.
13. System integration. Ways of integration with a small number of applications. Complex solutions for complex systems. Virtual enterprise and its characteristics.

Support literature

JURÍK, Pavol. Informačné systémy v podnikovej praxi. Odborní recenzenti: Peter Schmidt, Ján Pittner. 2. [aktualizované] vydanie. Nové Zámky : Tlačiareň Merkur, 2018. 185 s. [9,85 AH]. ISBN 978-80-970233-7-9.
Basl, J. – Blažíček, R. Podnikové informační systémy, Podnik v informační společnosti – 3., aktualizované a doplněné vydání, Grada, 2012, ISBN 9788024743073
POUR, J. – GÁLA, L. – ŠEDIVÁ, Z.: Podniková informatika. 3. vydanie. Praha: Grada Publishing, a. s., 2015. 240 s. ISBN 978-80-247-5457-4.
BRUCKNER, T. – VOŘÍŠEK, J. – BUCHALCEVOVÁ, A. – STANOVSKÁ, I. – CHLAPEK, D. – ŘEPA, V.: Tvorba informačních systemů. Praha: Grada Publishing, a. s., 2012. 360 s. ISBN 978-80-247-4153-6.

Requirements to complete the course

Requirements to complete the course:
Seminars: 40% seminar project (extensive paper prepared in groups on current professional topics related to economic informatics). The seminar project verifies the achieved level of educational results C., E., F.
Final exam: 60% knowledge test done on-line using a testing application, which verifies the achieved level of educational results A., B., C., D.

Student workload

Total study load (in hours):
182 hours (of which participation in lectures: 26 hours, participation in seminars: 26 hours, preparation for the exam: 65 hours, elaboration of a semester project: 65 hours).

Language whose command is required to complete the course

slovak

Date of approval: 10.02.2023

Date of the latest change: 18.05.2022