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certificates, as well as security and digital rights management in e-business
environments. The course explores the extensible markup language (XML) and
other emerging agent-based languages used in e-business transactions and
services.

INSS 673 FUNDAMENTALS OF DIGITAL BUSINESS STRATEGY
Prerequisite: INSS 630
Credit 3
This course develops a strategic understanding of the new electronic
marketplace. It provides students with in-depth knowledge of how to leverage
a competitive business advantage using Internet strategies and e-business.
Students gain insights and build skills formulating strategies for evaluating,
planning, and developing a commercial Web site as part of an overall business
strategy. Emphasis is on technical, legislative, social and other issues
influencing digital business. The course integrates concepts of business strategy
and policy with functional knowledge developed in other courses and business
practice.

INSS 715 KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
Former course number 615
Prerequisites: INSS 650
Credit 3
This course examines and explores the foundations of successful Knowledge
Management programs, including concepts such as centralized versus
decentralized organizational structures, collaborative environments, enterprise
engineering, decision support systems, and the use of technology to build a
knowledge infrastructure. Each area will be presented through in-depth studies
of the issues involved and the current state-of-the-art practices and tools.
Advanced programming techniques for artificial intelligence and their
relationship both to the foundational issues and to the most important
application areas for Knowledge Management Systems (KMS) are studied.

INSS 720 INFORMATION SYSTEMS POLICY
Former course number 620
Prerequisites: INSS 640 or consent of Instructor
Credit 3
This course will examine the issue of linking business performance with
information systems technology. Alternative structures for matching the
information system organization with the overall organization will be discussed
and evaluated. Planning mechanism and strategies will be examined. Behavior
and legal issues that relate to information systems management will be

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