End of Semester
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Thomas Friedman // the earth is flat
Keep comments to 50 words or fewer. Make them count!
Eddie Izzard // terms and conditions
Keep comments to 50 words or fewer. Make them count!
Race to the bottom or differentiation?
Activity posted here.
Practice Mini Case Answers
The answers to the practice mini case that appears in your activity booklet are:
- D
- B
- E – Should be Have Raw Materials to Execute Production Plan
- A
- C
- A
- C
- D
- B
- A
Quantum Computing
A great question was asked about quantum computing today, and this just appeared in my inbox earlier this morning. While this will not be on the exam (!!!) I am sharing it in case you want to understand a bit more about bits and qubits.
Knowledge Management
A good read on knowledge management, this article is more digestible than the one on the schedule. It also reinforces the need for employee engagement in knowledge management initiatives.
The Long Tail
Read the best article about the long tail by Chris Anderson, an expert who has written extensively about the subject. The article was first published on Wired magazine and is linked here.
Exam Prep
Take the exam prep here.
Unit 3.2 Survey
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Jamie Bartlett TED Talk
Happy Birthday SNL // the typists from the Carol Burnett show
Write a short essay (500 words max). Compare and contrast the technologies, business processes, and culture of 1981 as represented in the video The Typists with those that you know today. Your response must be posted as a public comment below.
Unit 3.1 Survey
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ERP and the Income Statement
Learn IT 1 Update
You can watch the update stream here.
Midterm Progress Report
Name one interesting thing you learned this semester so far.
David McCandless TED Talk
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Jer Thorp TED Talk
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Activity 3.1 – Entity Relationship Diagram
Activity 2.1 – Swim Lanes
Pie Chart
Hi! I’m Your ITA this Semester.
Hello everyone, I hope your school year is off to a great start. My name is Zois Bouikidis and I will be your ITA this semester for our MIS 2101 class. As someone who has taken the course already, I am here as a resource for you all to leverage so that you can succeed in the class. I am available to assist with questions you may have about your assignments this semester. I am a senior MIS major, so if you ever have any questions about the MIS program, the business school, or Temple University, I’ll do my best to use my experience to help answer those questions as well.
You can get in contact with me by sending an email to zois.bouikidis@temple.edu, or by coming in during office hours. If you email me, please make sure to include your full name, course number, and section number somewhere in the email. The course number for your class is 2101 and the section is 001.
I plan on holding office hours every Monday from 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM in Alter 602. Stop in for help with assignments or for advice on how to do well in this course! I’m going to include this information in my section of the ‘about’ page as well.
Good luck this year!
Welcome from the Instructor
Hello and welcome to MIS 2101!
Welcome to MIS2101
Welcome to MIS2101, Information Systems in Organizations. We will not be using Canvas for this class. Instead we’ll be using this site which is hosted by Community.MIS.Temple.Edu. This site is built on WordPress, a world class open-source blogging tool. As part of completing the assignments in MIS2101 you will gain some experience with WordPress and other technologies.
Unlike most intro courses, this course has no required textbook. The traditional textbook has been replaced by a collection of readings and videos that are freely available over the Internet. Another way you will find this class very different than most classes you will take at any university is that this class is “activity based”. With this type of class there is far less traditional lecture. We will used the time that is freed up from lectures to complete in-class activities that help students develop a deeper and more genuine understanding of the material that is discussed during our class discussions.
On this site you will find all of the required course materials including the syllabus, links to the assigned readings, links to assigned videos, assignments and access to your grades for the course. In addition announcements will be made in class and/or on this site so it is important that you check this site regularly for announcements.