Session 1-1 – Introduction
Class Slides – Jan 7
Recommended Readings presentation slides
Links to Jan 7 Video Clips
- Jeff Bezos Interview – The Daily Show (http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/baettl/jeff-bezos)
- Historic Blockbuster – Onion News (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5o4oo_historic-blockbuster_news)
- Unfriended – Facebook IPO – WSJ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehc-eatmQ2I)
- Delta Airlines Glitch – The National (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WA5JpH6aic)
- IS in Action – Wal-Mart Supply Chain – CNBC (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUe-tSabKag)
- The Explainer – The Balanced Scorecard – HBR (https://hbr.org/video/3633937148001/the-explainer-the-balanced-scorecard)
- Chalk Talk – Tragedy of the Commons (Part 1) – NSF (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZDjPnzoge0)
- Chalk Talk – Tragedy of the Commons (Part 2) – NSF (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVwk6VIxBXg)
- What Is the Prisoner’s Dilemma – Scientific American (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUTWcYXVR5w)
Class Recording – Jan 7
This is a link to today’s class recording – http://tucapture.fox.temple.edu/Mediasite/Play/697e1fe7619a4c57a7aca119827b73651d
Looking for Volunteers for Presentations or Mock Interviews for Jan 7 (will be given a waiver for one reading brief)
For Jan 7, we need five volunteers for presentations and mock job interviews. The volunteers will be given participation credits and can skip one of the reading briefs (will receive a full credit for one brief).
Two volunteers will participate mock job interviews for a new CIO position at IVK. (I will provide guidelines and interview questions.)
- One interviewee has to have majored IT, engineering, MIS, or related fields or have experiences in technology industries or IT development/management.
- Another interviewee has to have any other business experiences.
Three volunteers will present one of the following recommended readings (for 5 minutes each). (I will provide guidelines.)
- HBR – Investing in IT That Makes a Competitive Difference (https://hbr.org/2008/07/investing-in-the-it-that-makes-a-competitive-difference)
- HBR – The Five Competitive Forces That Shape a Strategy (https://hbr.org/2008/01/the-five-competitive-forces-that-shape-strategy)
- MIT SMR – Generate Premium Returns on Your IT Investments (http://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/generating-premium-returns-on-your-it-investments/)
Session #1-1 – Introduction – In-Class Discussion Questions
- Why do you think MIS 5402 is a required course for Fox PMBA?
- Amazon.com used to be an online retailer that sells stuff. Why did it start to make “stuff” in 2009?
- What happened to Target in Dec 2013?
- How likely is it that an IT disruption would happen to your company?
- Which industry or company can operate without functioning IT in 2017?
- Why do you hate your CIO or IT group at your company?
- If you were Mr. Jim Barton, would you take the CIO offer from Mr. Williams?
- Why did Mr. Davies warn Mr. Barton that he will not last more than a year?
- Should a CIO be chosen among technically-trained managers or business-background managers?
- Which skill is easier to learn? IT or Management?
- What does it mean by “IT management is about management”?
- What does it mean by “IT department is positioned to understand how the business works better than any other department”?
- Why does a business need a CIO? What are the roles of a CIO in business? What are the qualifications of a CIO?
Reading Brief Qs for Session 1-1 – IT Adventures Ch. 1 and 2
Read Ch. 1 and 2 of “The Adventures of an IT Leader” and write answers to the following questions in no more than 200 words (for all three questions, not for each).
- What happened to Jim Barton on Friday, March 23?
- What did Barton learn from his web search after his “promotion”?
- What did Bill Davies tell Mr. Barton when they encountered while jogging?
This is due by 8:00 AM on Jan 7 (before the first day).