Schedule

Wk

Major Topics

Read in Advance

Due by Start of Class

1

March 16

Course Introduction

Globalization and Technology

The World is Flat*

The Filter Bubble*

2

March 23

Feedback loop &

Systems Thinking

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)

Weekly Reading Summary

Learn IT #1

3

March 30

Disruptive Innovation

Two-Sided Platforms

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)

Weekly Reading Summary

Case #1

4

April 6

Digital Innovation

Activity: Open-Sourcing

In the Next Industrial Revolution, Atoms Are the New Bits

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/01/ff_newrevolution/

Free! Why $0.00 Is the Future of Business

http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/magazine/16-03/ff_free?currentPage=all

Case: Radiohead section A (P)

Weekly Reading Summary

Learn IT #2

5

April 13

Knowledge Management and

Bus. Intelligence

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)

Weekly Reading Summary

Case #2

6

April 20

Global Management and Cloud Computing

Cloud Computing : Cloud Computing 101

Case: Volkswagen (P)

Weekly Reading Summary

Reflection Journal (Due within 48 hours of final class meeting)