MSc in Management Information Systems (MIS)

Six graduate courses are offered in the Management Information Systems (MIS) area: Conceptual Foundations of MIS, Research Methods in MIS, Advanced Topics in the Design, Development and Implementation of Information Systems, Advanced Topics in the Management of Information Systems, Advanced Topics in the Evaluation of Information Systems, and Special Topics in Information Systems.

We pride ourselves on being research-intensive, with a number of faculty and graduate student research projects currently under way.

Some of these projects, and the faculty members who are leading them, are outlined on this page.

Kathryn Brohman focuses her research on the bridge between marketing and information systems, specifically in the area of insight generation through data warehousing and net-based customer service systems. Previous work experience and teaching interests have resulted in a secondary focus on project management, specifically the human resource management and coordination styles in data mining and software development projects.

Yolande Chan investigates knowledge management, the alignment between business strategy and information systems strategy, and information systems performance. Current projects focus on strategies for translating knowledge into value in organizations and communities. She is the Director of The Monieson Centre (formerly the Queen’s Centre for Knowledge-Based Enterprises), a Senior Editor of the Journal of Strategic Information Systems, and past Secretary for the Association for Information Systems.

Brent Gallupe’s current research projects include studies on the use of group support technologies, implementing knowledge management systems, the characteristics of global information systems, and human factors in e-commerce. He has an on-going Visiting Professorship at the University of Auckland in New Zealand, and conducts research with colleagues from around the world.

James McKeen specializes in three areas of research: IT strategy, knowledge management and IT management. His current research is focused on understanding the IT perceptions held by senior executives and the impact these perceptions have on CIOs and the role that IT plays in organizations. He continues to foster linkages between academic and practitioner communities by means of two leading industry associations – the CIO Brief and the IT Management Forum.

Sandy Staples investigates distributed team issues such as the effects of diversity, trust, and other factors on team processes and outcomes and the role of technology to improve the effectiveness of these teams. He also focuses on knowledge management issues such as knowledge sharing practices. He studies and teaches IT governance and strategy, and has worked on a variety of research topics in the past including predicting and measuring IS effectiveness, business process reengineering, and system development practices.

Jane Webster has investigated the impact of technologies to support distributed work, organizational communication, employee recruitment and selection, and training and learning. Her current research interests focus around information systems and environmental sustainability. She has served as the VP of Publications for the Association for Information Systems and as senior editor for MIS Quarterly.