Reading Assignments

Material listed as (P) are part of course packet available through Harvard Publishing.

Week 1 – No readings due

Week 2 – Read in Advance

•  de Rosnay, J. (January 6, 1997). Feedback. Principa Cybernetica Web.
  http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/FEEDBACK.html
• Aaronson, D. (1998). Overview of Systems Thinking.
  http://www.thinking.net/Systems_Thinking/OverviewSTarticle.pdf
• Case: AirBnB (P)

Week 3  – Read in Advance

• Christensen, Clayton M.; Overdorf, Michael (March–April 2000), “Meeting the challenge of disruptive change”, Harvard Business Review [Available through TU library]
• Disruptive technology. Wikipedia.
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disruptive_technology
• Case: Google (P)

Week 4 – Read in Advance

• Anderson, C. (January 25, 2010). In the Next Industrial Revolution, Atoms Are the New Bits. Wired.
  http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/01/ff_newrevolution/
•  Anderson, C. (February 25, 2008). Free! Why $0.00 is the Future of Business. Wired.
  http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/magazine/16-03/ff_free?currentPage=all
• Case: Radiohead section A (P)

Week 5 – Read in Advance

• Wenger: Communities of Practice (all sections) http://wenger-trayner.com/introduction-to-communities-of-practice/
• Everything is measurable http://www.cio.com/article/2438921/it-organization/everything-is-measurable.html
• Case: Open Innovation at Siemens (P)

Week 6 – Read in Advance

• Cloud Computing : Cloud Computing 101
• Case: Volkswagen (P)

 

HBS CASES TO BE PURCHASED (course packet available through Harvard Publishing)

HBS Case 912019-PDF-ENG:  Airbnb

HBS Case 9-915-004-PDF-ENG: Google Inc. in 2014

HBS Case 9-508-110-PDF-ENG: Radiohead: Music at Your Own Price (Parts A)

HBS Case 613100-PDF-ENG:  Open Innovation at Siemens

HBS Case 9-606-003-PDF-ENG: Volkswagen of America: Managing IT Priorities

 

You can purchase the required case studies online at https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/access/47932851 (note: registration & login required to access and order the course packet. You must use this code to receive the student discount).