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 Department of Information Management |
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| The Department of Information Management (IM) was established in 2002. As one of the departments of the college of Economics and Managem ent in National University of Kaohsiung (NUK), it enrolled a class for undergraduate program at this stage and will provide graduate program in the near future. Because the NUK will be planning to establish a comprehensive university that combines local industries in many fields, the IM department provides both theoretical and practical training in the field of information and knowledge management to cope with international developing trend in the same area.
It has been seen that most universities in Taiwan serve for information management department. However, with the increased need of centurial construction of Asia Pacific trade center, the development of science-based industry parks, as well as software development parks, in southern Taiwan becomes more and more urgent, particularly for the field of information management. The establishment of the IM department is offering the southern Taiwan both training programs and research manpower to help in country's economic development. 
To realize the department blueprint and plan on the key points of future development in the southern Taiwan, particularly in Kaohsiung area, goals are set as follows:
To provide advanced informational technology for both enterprises and the government to help achieve effective and efficient management.
To provide a global view of process reengineering for the development of both computerized and knowledge-based society.
To provide a research forum for the improvement of information management, e-commerce, and information systems.
To match the government's policy and southern Taiwan development trend for the training of specialists in the field of information management.
Importantly, the IM department emphasizes on the business admini stration, the software-hardware systematic planning, and the applications of Internet technology. It demands “economicalization,” “time-saving,” “people-saving” and “operation-saving” overall validity. Moreover, information management used in various domains such as strategic information systems, logistics automation systems, knowledge management systems, service industry management, and financial strategy systems is also a prominent development direction. For the curriculum design, the IM department covers general information management courses as well as information systems. For the practicum curriculum, the department centers on three facets, including information management and applications, e-commerce, information systems. The information management and applications emphasizes on how to efficiently use information technology and how to reach IT-based solutions for problems faced by organizations. Main components for this area are informational systematic planning, information economy, organizational information systems, strategic management, industrial competition, business reengineering, and diagnostics of industrial organizations. The e-commerce covers mainly buying systems, personalized service systems, ordering management systems, accounting management systems, and on-line credit cards systems. The information systems concentrate on the improvement of information systems, by studying artificial intelligence, expert systems, quantitative methods, and knowledge engineering. These are used to support the development of both information management and applications and e-commerce. |
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| Program |
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Core courses:
| Course Title |
Credit |
Level/Year |
| Principles of Economics (I) |
3 |
1 |
| Accounting (I) |
3 |
1 |
| Introduction to Computer (I) |
3 |
1 |
| Calculus (I) |
4 |
1 |
| Introduction to Enterprise |
3 |
1 |
| Principles of Economics (II) |
3 |
1 |
| Accounting (II) |
3 |
1 |
| Introduction to Computer (II) |
3 |
1 |
| Calculus (II) |
4 |
1 |
| Management |
3 |
1 |
| Programming Design (I) |
3 |
2 |
| Statistics (I) |
3 |
2 |
| Data Structure |
3 |
2 |
| Introduction to Information Management |
3 |
2 |
| Programming Design (II) |
3 |
2 |
| Statistics (II) |
3 |
2 |
| Computer Network |
3 |
3 |
| System Analysis and Design |
3 |
3 |
| Operations Research |
3 |
3 |
| Operating Systems |
3 |
3 |
| Project (I) |
3 |
3 |
| Database Management Systems |
3 |
3 |
| Project (II) |
3 |
4 |
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Elective courses in areas:
Information Management and Applications:
| Course Title |
Credit |
| Organizational Behavior |
3 |
| Information Systems Planning |
3 |
| Enterprise Computerization |
3 |
| Strategic Information Systems |
3 |
| Accounting Information Systems |
3 |
| Business Automation |
3 |
| Managerial Decision Making |
3 |
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Electronic Commerce:
| Course Title |
Credit |
| E-Commerce Economics |
3 |
| Data Communication |
3 |
| Information Security |
3 |
| Information Network and Organization |
3 |
| Business Law |
3 |
| Network Management |
3 |
| E-Commerce Technology |
3 |
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Information Systems:
| Course Title |
Credit |
| Man-Machine Interface |
3 |
| Software Developmental Environment |
3 |
| Object-Oriented Programming |
3 |
| Expert Systems |
3 |
| Window-Based Programming |
3 |
| Advanced Database Management |
3 |
| Artificial Intelligence |
3 |
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Others
| Course Title |
Credit |
| Managerial Mathematics |
3 |
| Financial Decision Making |
3 |
| Decision Support Systems |
3 |
| Innovation and Technology Management |
3 |
| Distributed System |
3 |
| File Structure |
3 |
| Discrete Mathematics |
3 |
| Production Management Information Systems |
3 |
| Information Ethics |
3 |
| Software Engineering |
3 |
| Business Reengineering |
3 |
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| Facilities |
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The facilities and resources in IM department include hardware and software as follows.
| Hardware |
Software |
| Item |
Quantity |
Item |
Quantity |
| PC |
29 |
Anti virus |
14 |
| Notebook |
5 |
Acrobat reader |
1 |
| Laser printer |
9 |
Project management |
3 |
| Color jet printer |
1 |
Drawer |
3 |
| Scanner |
3 |
Borland c++ |
6 |
| Digital camera (DC) |
2 |
True type |
1 |
| Digital video (DV) |
1 |
Commerce Server |
1 |
| Server |
2 |
SQL Server |
2 |
| UPS |
2 |
Windows 2003 |
1 |
| Amplifier |
1 |
E-business site |
1 |
| Projector |
6 |
E-commerce site |
1 |
| TV |
1 |
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| Switch hub |
9 |
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| Portable data storage |
5 |
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| Whiteboard |
6 |
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Faculty Members
| Position |
Name |
Highest Degree |
Research Interests |
| Associate Professor & Chairman |
Chien-Hsing Wu |
Ph D. in Systems Science and Industrial Engineering, Sate University of New York at Binghamton, USA |
Knowledge Engineering, Knowledge Management, Information Management. |
| Associate Professor |
Ying-Feng Kuo |
Ph D. in Industrial Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington, USA |
Information Service Management, E-Commerce, Information & Organizational Behavior |
| Associate Professor |
Yu-Hui Tao |
Ph D. in Industrial Engineering, Ohio State University, USA |
E-Commerce, Distance Learning, Interface |
| Assistant Professor |
Chian-Hsueng Chao |
PhD. in Project Management, Northwestern University, USA |
E-Commerce, Business Intelligence, Supply Chain Management, Enterprise Resource Planning |
| Assistant Professor |
Cathy Hsing-Tzu
Lin |
Ph D. in Information Management, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan |
Information Ethics, Recognition Theory, E- Commerce, Knowledge Management |
| Assistant Professor |
Wei-Po Lee |
Ph D. in Artificial Intelligence, University of Edinburgh, UK |
Artificial Intelligence, Bionic System, Intelligent Computing |
| Assistant Professor |
Hai-Wei Hsiao |
Ph D. in Information Management, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan |
Computer Network, Network Management |
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