Private: John Molson School of Business
Supply Chain and Business Technology Management
Open Textbooks and Concordia Courses
| Open Textbook Title | Potentially Relevant Courses |
| Database Design | BTM 382 |
| Project Management | BTM 480 |
| Project Management | BTM 480 |
| Project Management from Simple to Complex | BTM 480 |
| Project Management: Navigating the Complexity with a Systematic Approach | BTM 480 |
| Information Systems for Business and Beyond | BTM 481 |
| Information Systems | BTM 481 |
| Business Information Systems: Design an App for that | BTM 481, BTM 495 |
Description and Access
Database Design
An introductory textbook that covers database systems and database design concepts.
Includes: end-of-chapter exercises, sample ERD exercises, and SQL lab with solution
May suit: BTM 382 Database Management
Project Management
This textbook covers the basics of project management, including the process of initiation, planning, execution, control, and closeout.
Includes: PowerPoint slides, questions, and audio files
May suit: BTM 480 Project Management
Project Management
This openstax textbook provides you with the foundations of project management. This includes a history of project management, and project characteristics and stakeholders. This textbook goes into detail about the project life cycle and how to plan a project from beginning to end.
Includes: glossary of terms
May suit: BTM 480 Project Management
Project Management from Simple to Complex
The textbook is written in collaboration with an expert in Project Management and an expert in writing instructional textbooks. It explores project management in a complex, virtual, and global environment.
Includes: essay questions, discussions, and exercises
May suit: BTM 480 Project Management
Project Management: Navigating the Complexity with a Systematic Approach
This book covers the fundamentals of project management and aims to guide undergraduate and graduate students to acquire the building blocks of project management.
Includes: end-of-chapter exercises
May suit: BTM 480 Project Management
Information Systems for Business and Beyond
This textbook is written as an introductory text, meant for those with little or no experience with computers or information systems. It gives an introduction to the concept of information systems, their use in business, and the larger impact they are having in the world.
Includes: study questions, and exercises
May suit: BTM 481 Information Systems Analysis
Information Systems
This Open textbook explains the foundations of Information Systems. Introduction to concepts, principles, methods, and procedures that will be valuable in thinking about existing organization systems, proposing new systems, and working with IS professionals in implementing new systems.
Includes: end-of-chapter exercises
May suit: BTM 481 Information System Analysis
Business Information Systems: Design an App for that
The book takes a practical approach to teaching students the fundamentals of business information systems and illustrates the SDLC approach to analyzing/planning/designing/building and deploying an information system (an iPhone app). This textbook showcases analysis and design aspects – presenting and using concepts of BPR (business process re-engineering) and UI/UX design thinking approaches to create practical assignments for the analysis/design of an app.
Includes: exercises
May suit: BTM 481 Information Systems Analysis, BTM 495 Information System Design and Implementation
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