Management Information Systems (MIS): The intersection of technology and business
Nearly 25 years ago, Bill Gates predicted: " Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don’t think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without the talking about the other." (Bill Gates, 1999).
Have you ever questioned how people can operate a giant system, such as how a bank with thousands of employees and hundreds of branches can manage trillions of dollars and conduct millions of transactions every day? Such kind of process must be really complicated.
Amazon has overtaken Walmart to become the world's largest retailer with a market value of more than $1.8 trillion. This marks an important milestone in the history of world business as the largest "online" supermarket has surpassed the largest "traditional" supermarket. In Vietnam, e-commerce platforms such as Tiki, Lazada, and Shopee are becoming more and more popular.
Imagine you are about to finish building a new house and are about to buy furniture. Without even surfing online, you have seen on your Facebook many ads of furniture stores. The explanation for Facebook's "superintelligence" is that algorithms, artificial intelligence, and other technological applications make it possible for Facebook to process a huge amount of data and information of more than 2.7 billion Facebookers every day. This process is generated every day, thereby directing the ads to the right audience at the right time. It could be said that Data are new oil; Artificial Intelligence is the new electricity. In 2012, the Harvard Business Review stated that Data Scientist would be the most attractive profession of the 21st century.
The above stories are all related to a very attractive training programme at HUB, which is Management Information Systems (MIS).
MIS is a combination of information systems (IS) and management (M). IS includes information technology (IT), process, and people. IT includes hardware, software, networks, and data. This is considered an intersection between information technology and business management with a very large scope of application and demand of the labor market. Therefore, MIS offers many high-paying jobs in a modern environment and opportunities for advancement not only in the field of information technology but also in the fields of economics and management.
“Choosing Management Information Systems, you have chosen the right industry in line with the Industry 4.0. Thus, you will gain more competitive advantage in the domestic and foreign labor market”
TRAINING OBJECTIVES
Graduates of the MIS at Banking University of Ho Chi Minh City are required to have good attitudes, knowledge, and skills that can immediately adapt to the competitive integrated working environment and have independent research capacity for higher study according to their specialized training.
SUITABLE TRAITS
Logical thinking, analytical mindset
Interested in both technology and business
Dynamic, creative, and frequently updated with the latest science and technology
A preliminary knowledge of programming or network safety is an advantage
HIGHLIGHTS
With more than 15 years of experience in training Management Information Systems, HUB is one of the pioneer universities in MIS training in Vietnam. The MIS programme at BUH is built upon the latest (last updated) standards of the world.
Students are fully equipped with knowledge of technology application in the fields of business administration, finance, banking, accounting, marketing...
The faculty staff maintain close cooperation/connection with other enterprises, banks, software companies, and MIS solution consulting companies.
Lecturers from the faculty
The faculty offers a wide range of opportunities to develop practical skills through their integrated courses, internships, work placements, and seminars.
Learners can sharpen their skills via diversified social activities and academic clubs (e.g., GIEO).
There is a high employment rate of graduates
ACADEMIC PROGRAMS:
HUB’s MIS includes 03 standard programs with specific training objectives:
- Business Information Systems and Digital Transformation (program specification here)
- E-Commerce Management (program specification here)
- Data Science in Business (program specification here)