Santa Clara University

OMIS Mission & Goals

The OMIS Department specializes in both Management Information Systems (MIS) and Operations Management (OM). It offers undergraduate major and minor degrees in MIS, grants a Master of Science degree in Information Systems (MSIS), administers the MIS and OM concentrations in the MBA program, and is responsible for core requirements relating to MIS and OM in both the undergraduate and graduate programs.

Our mission is to develop business leaders who:

1. Deliver strategic value to contemporary organizations by their mastery of state-of-the-art information technology and quantitative and analytical methods, acquired by learning topics like e-business technologies and applications, business intelligence and operations management,
2. Can leverage their knowledge of theory and practice of information systems by applying it to different functional areas of business such as Accounting, Finance and Manufacturing, facilitated by training in Enterprise Resource Planning, Financial Information Systems, Supply Chain Management and Quality Control and Improvement,
3. Can lead through innovation and enhance their careers, by learning topics such as Information Systems Analysis and Design, and Software Project Management,
4. Contribute to the society as a whole in the Jesuit tradition by being sensitive to ethical and societal issues relating to the use of information technology, through studying topics like Information Technology – Ethics and Policy, Information Policy and Strategy and Information Security Management.

Embracing the university’s teaching scholar model, the department encourages its faculty to include one or more of the topics listed above in their own individual research foci. The department borrows from, and contributes to, the high-tech environment of Silicon Valley in its promotion of cutting edge practices in information technology and business intelligence.