Information Technology Initiatives

1. Information Technology Initiatives

2. Sobering Factoids • Louisiana’s average wage is 20% below the national average • Louisiana’s per capita income as a % of national per capita income has declined • Louisiana ranks 49th nationally in % of the population above the poverty level • Louisiana ranks 45th nationally in % of the population employed Source:Louisiana Development Council, Action Plan 2001, Appendix G, 2001

3. Challenges to Economic Growth • Louisiana ranks 33rd in high tech businesses • Louisiana ranks 36th in IT employment • Louisiana ranks 42nd in IT wages • Louisiana ranks 42nd in tech-intensive business formations • No Louisiana SMSA ranked among top 30 in employment growth in “highly innovative” jobs Louisiana’s economy is still largely based on natural resources, geographic location, and cheap labor

4. Vision 2020 Goals “an economy driven by a diverse and thriving set of technology-intensive industries that utilize Louisiana’s colleges and universities as: • a source of well-educated graduates as employees, • a source of expertise for problem-solving, and • a source of technology for commercialization.” Source:Louisiana Development Council, Louisiana: Vision 2020, 1999

5. Education Theme Provide the current generation of Louisiana students with the skills required to succeed in an increasingly information-rich and information-driven business environment

6. Ourso Success Stories • College produces nearly 26% of all undergraduate diplomas although accounts for only 15% of University enrollments • ISDS baccalaureate degrees awarded up 535% since 1995 • Over 200+ different companies hired Ourso graduates in 2000-2001 • Placement in top tier high-tech/IT companies nationwide at very competitive salaries

7. SAP University Alliance • R/3 integration throughout both undergraduate and graduate curricula • Numerous clinical projects and theses spawned • Impetus to expand partnerships (IBM, EDS, i2 Technologies, Deliotte, Accenture,etc)

8. Impediments • College enrollments up 104% since 1995, but • ISDS enrollments up 390%! • College SCH production per tenure-track faculty up 79% since 1995, but • ISDS SCH production up 180%! • College is below faculty staffing accreditation guidelines College has insufficient faculty, infrastructure, and operating resources to meet student demand, particularly for IT education

10. Securities Trading Laboratory • Hands on experience • Advanced courses not previously possible • “Real-time” research opportunities • Executive education in investments, portfolio analysis, and risk management • Facilitate private partnerships

11. Research Theme Enhance faculty, graduate programs, and infrastructure to facilitate high quality research and knowledge production.

12. Ourso Success Stories • Overall, Ourso research productivity is ranked among the top 30 public business schools1 • Finance, Marketing, and ISDS departments consistently rank high in terms of doctoral alumni productivity • Continued success in placement of doctoral program graduates • Increasing external grants and contracts funding 1 Trieschmann, J. S., Dennis, A. R., Northcraft, G. B., and Niemi, A. W. (in press) "Serving Multiple Constituencies in the Business School: MBA Program versus Research Performance," Academy of Management Journal.

13. Louisiana Traffic Data Project • Traffic accidents in Louisiana • cause about 1,000 fatalities and over 45,000 injuries annually • incur costs of over $7.5 billion each year • require about 280,000 police investigative hours • result in millions of wasted dollars from inefficient data collection Support DOT decision makers via timely and accurate data collection; problem identification and analysis; and recommendations.

14. Impediments • Insufficient funding for doctoral programs • Since 1995, GA budget per TT faculty FTE has declined 30% • GA budget $ per TT faculty FTE ranks 2nd lowest of major academic units • Inadequate infrastructure • PhD office space and computational resources

15. Entrepreneurship Theme Provide an environment conducive to innovation and commercialization of technology, the formation and growth of businesses, and the creation of jobs.

16. Ourso Success Stories • Award-winning LBTC • Nationally ranked (39th) Entrepreneurship Education program

17. Louisiana Business & Technology Center • Small Business Incubator • Small Business Development Center • Louisiana Technology Transfer Office

18. Small Business Incubator • 21 current tenants • 94 jobs created in Baton Rouge • 82 companies graduated • 80% success rate • 2,234 jobs created

19. Small Business Development Center • Assisted over 175 business startups • Created over 1,525 jobs • Developed over 800 business plans • Advised over 2,500 entrepreneurs • Facilitated over $20 million in loans/equity investments

20. Louisiana TechnologyTransfer Office • 101 new products developed • 1,250 jobs created • 3,400 clients served • 380 companies received Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Support • Each State invested dollar levers over $100 economic multiplier

21. Entrepreneurship Institute • Entrepreneurial education • Award winning Web-based education • Family Business Forum • International Franchise Forum

22. Impediments • LBTC infrastructure constraints • Additional usable space • High speed internet connectivity • Wet lab capability • Faculty for Entrepreneurship Institute

26. Ourso College Grants and Contracts

27. Securities Trading Laboratory

28. The Management Information Systems major in ISDS focuses on the analysis, design, and implementation of computer-based systems to support the operations and management functions of an organization. The MIS curriculum allows students the option to choose an area of specialization in another business field such as internalauditing, accounting, finance, and management.  Required Courses in Major 3100 Management of Information Resources (3) Prereq: ISDS 1100. Information as a resource; issues in information resource management; elements of information systems; development and maintenance of information systems; controlling information resources. 3105 Internet Development Tools (3) Prereq: ISDS 1100, CSC 1250 C or better. Understanding of the Internet and its structure for use in business; technologies employed to develop Internet applications; development of business applications for the Internet. 3110 Database Processing for Management (3) Prereq: ISDS 3100. Structure and function of managerial databases; design options and implementation of database management systems in the firm; lab oratory practice includes use of a particular software systems. 3200 Advanced Business Programming (3) Prereq: ISDS 3105. Computer programming methods for business systems emphasizing contemporary programming environments and applications development interfaces. 4120 Business Data Communications (3) Prereq: ISDS 3100. Telecommunications in business, including both voice and data communication, technical details (hardware, software, protocols, network configurations), network management, and security issues. 4125 Analysis and Design of Management Information Systems (3) Prereq: ISDS 3100, 3200. Design philosophies and techniques for the creation of information systems for management decision making; conceptual design of actual information systems.

29. 4020 Operations Research for Managerial Decisions (3) Prereq: ISDS 2001 or equivalent. Managerial decision making, including decision analysis, linear programming, project scheduling, and waiting line models; basic understanding and evaluation of operations research techniques and their application. 4110 Enterprise Systems (3) Prereq: ISDS 3110 or equivalent. Laboratory practice includes use of a particular software system. Business decision modeling; constructing a decision support system (DSS); DSS development tools; executive information systems; expert systems (ES) in business; building ES: process, tools, and strategy; integration of DSS and ES. 4111 Enterprise Systems (3) Prereq: ISDS 3100. Provides an overview of key enterprise systems concepts from functional, technical and implementation perspectives. The emphasis during the first half of the course is placed on the process-centered organization and how integrated systems are designed to support cross-functional business hands-on computer based exercises involving a hypothetical global company. 4112 Data Warehousing (3) Prereq: ISDS 3100. Building Data Warehouses for a business. Topics include top-down design; bottom-up design; data charts; multidimensional data; data mining; wed-enabled data warehousing; knowledge management. 4113 Project Management (3) Prereq: ISDS 3100. Topics on effectively managing projects including: setting goals and objectives: work breakdown structures; project scheduling; managing project resources; evaluation and review; incentives and qualitative analysis; project accounting. Extensive use of cases involving hands-on computer analyses with state-of-the-art project management software. 4114 Software Quality Assurance (3) Prereq: ISDS 3100. Explores the modern practice of software quality management. Topics include software development process models, software quality metrics, basic quality tools, software reliability models, customer satisfaction measures, and the ISO 9000 quality standard.  4165 Operation of Service and Distribution Systems (3) Prereq: ISDS 3115. Application of operations management concepts and techniques in service and distribution organizations; service system design and control, including location, layout, capacity expansion, staffing and scheduling; special attention to structure design and operational control of distribution systems and interfaces with other functional areas. 4167 Operations of Service and Distribution Systems (3) Prereq: ISDS 3115 or equivalent. Planning and control of operations in manufacturing and service organizations; aggregate planning, master scheduling, requirements planning, and activity control; emphasis on developing skills through case studies and computer models. 4168 Supply Chain Management (3) Prereq: ISDS 4165. Planning, implementing, and controlling the efficient, cost-effective flow and storage of raw material, in-process products, finished products, and related information in a supply channel; resource/material management; supplier strategy; inventory planning and control; just-in-time systems; customer service; logistics and interfaces with other functional areas; emphasis on concepts, model development, and analysis. 4180 Business Analysis in Practice (3) Prereq: Senior standing or permission of instructor. Contemporary problems encountered by the business analysis  professional; emphasis on case analysis and use of business analysis skills and computer technology to solve business problems. 4200 Quality Management (3) Pererq: ISDS 3115. Credit will not be given for both this course and IE 4453. Principles and practices of statistical quality control in industry; control charts for variables and for attributes; process capability analysis; acceptance sampling for variables and for attributes; design of experiments; Taguchi methods and ISO 9000 standards. 4501 Systems Modeling and Analysis I (3) Prereq: ISDS 2001. Final project involves the application of discrete-event simulation to a real world problem. Modeling and analysis of production and service systems using discrete-event computer simulation; discrete-event simulation mechanics, model structure, model building, modeling of complex systems; verification and validation; arrival processes; design of simulation experiments; statistical analysis of terminating and steady-state systems. 4502 Systems Modeling and Analysis II (3) Prereq: ISDS 4501. Final project involves the application of simulation to solve an operations problem in business or government. Advanced application of computer simulation concepts to dynamic systems; alternative approaches to simulation modeling; discrete-event, hybrid discrete/continuous, system dynamics, simulators, and template approach; further development of modeling and analysis skills; advanced analysis concepts including variance-reduction, simulation meta-models, and simulation optimization.