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The curriculum should include four different parts: 

Part one: basic concept. This part consists of three aspects: introduction of IT's definition concept and structure; basic knowledge of management information and system; the meaning of company information (Fan Chongjun, 2006). What the author believes is that, the MBA students should understand how information improves the level of companies management and how strategy accomplish the supportive function, as well as the inner management and information mutual action (Fan Chongjun, 2004). 

Part two: information technique, include computer hardware, software, network and data base these for aspects. 

Part three: application system, it is mainly about introduction of important information system, which account for most part. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) contains much, like purchase and stock, sale and retailer, production plan and control, quality management, equipment management, financial accountant and management accountant etc. Other systems consist of Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Human Resource Management, Development Management, Decision Support System (DSS) and Business Intelligence (BI), E-Business, E-Administration, Cooperation Business and Automatic Office, Enterprise Application Integrate (EAI), Enterprise Information Portal (EIP) etc. In author's point of view, MBA students should broaden their horizon through the introduction of each application systems, this will help the students have a better and deep understanding of information techniques' concrete functions in the companies' management. 

Part four: system construction. Includes for aspects: information system planning, which is also called information technique strategy planning (Fan Chongjun, 2004, Fan Chongjun, 2006); information system selection (Worthington 2001); information system implementation (Fan Chongjun, 2006); information and business process reengineering (Fan Chongjun, 2004); information system development. Author holds the view that it should lessen the content of information system development, while the mature software's modification implement and reform management should be regarded as the essential content to introduce(Glass 1999). 

IT is a fruit which combines information techniques and management thought. Not only the introduction of the basic concept of information techniques should be noticed, which presents the whole process of information system development, but the introduction of functions of mature business management software and application tactics as well. And drawing a great many of easy-understanding diagrams should not be ignored, like organization structure diagrams, function structure diagrams, business process diagrams, data flow diagrams and data dictionaries. Depending on modern teaching methods and equipment, taking advantages of information techniques to make vivid multi-media courseware can take MBA students out of abstraction and tediousness, and help improve their ability by using multi-media instruments in the work. Situation teaching is an additional form of case teaching, which explains experiences and simulates the cases. For example, invite the companies' information directors or ...