ISKB12 Information Systems

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Synchronous online teaching
Teacher(s)
Ing. Pavel Synek (lecturer)
PhDr. Pavla Vizváry, Ph.D. LL.M. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Pavla Vizváry, Ph.D. LL.M.
Department of Information and Library Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Alice Lukavská
Supplier department: Department of Information and Library Studies – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
Digital literacy in the range of course ISKB07 Digital literacy.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
To acquaint students with the multidisciplinary field of information systems. Particular objectives are:
- to introduce basic principles and characteristics of information systems,
- to explain phases of the life cycle of information systems and the activities of information professionals within them,
- to use basic procedures for managing information and database systems (modeling, querying, use of analytical tools, etc.).
Learning outcomes
Student will be able to:
- describe the structure of the information and database system,
- justify the purpose of the information system and its individual parts,
- participate in the design of the information system,
- explain the specifics of information systems in different areas of use (government, health, GIS ...)
- describe the architecture of the database system,
- apply analytical tools in the database system.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to information systems. What is the information system, its role, usefulness. Typical structure and components of the information system, examples. Modern information systems.
  • 2. Reasons for the need for IS for management, their goals.
  • 3. Creation of information systems. Life cycle of IS.
  • 4. System analysis and design.
  • 5. UML.
  • 6. Examples of IS (government, health, GIS ...).
  • 7. Enterprise Information Systems.
  • 8. Applying CASE instruments.
  • 9. Methods of conducting large projects.
  • 10. Introduction to database systems. What is a database management system, its role, use, examples.
  • 11. Processing queries. Basic principles, example. Indexing. Introduction to query optimization. Transaction. Transaction processing properties.
  • 12. Analytical tools. OLAP - Online Analytical Processing. Data mining. Database applications.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • PILONE, Dan; MILES, Russ. Head First Software Development : A Brain-Friendly Guide. 1 edition. Sebastopol (California) : O'Reilly Media, 2008. 496 s. ISBN 978-0596527358.
  • LAUDON, Jane P., LAUDON, Kenneth C. Management Information Systems : Managing the Digital Firm. 10th edition. [s.l.] : Pearson Education, 2008. 736 s. ISBN 0132415798.
  • RAINER, R. Kelly; TURBAN, Efraim. Introduction to Information Systems : Supporting and Transforming Business. 2 edition. USA : Wiley, 2008. 464 s. ISBN 978-0470169001.
  • SODOMKA, Petr. Informační systémy v podnikové praxi. 2006. vyd. Brno : Computer Press, a.s., 2006. 351 s. ISBN 80-251-1200-4.
  • HRONEK, Jiří. Informační systémy [online]. Olomouc : Katedra informatiky Přírodovědecká fakulta Univerzita Palackého, 2007 [cit. 2011-01-05]. Dostupné z WWW: .
    not specified
  • KIMLIČKA, Štefan. Princípy informačných systémov. Bratislava: Slovenská technická univerzita, 2006.
Teaching methods
lectures, practical seminars, preparation of the final work
Assessment methods
written test (min. 50% of correct answers is needed to pass)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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