- Carey O’Donnell to speak at the NFAIS Conference on a pilot program on the use of iPad’s and all-digital content in the classroom, June 15th, 2012.
- Sunil Wattal spoke on Crowdfunding: A New Era of Democratized Entrepreneurship at the Knowledge Leadership Series organized by the International Executive Education Center, Singapore, May 30, 2012.
- Rich Flanagan spoke about IT Governance at Beijing National Accounting Institute, May 25, 2012.
- Paul Pavlou was quoted in a Philadelphia Business Journal article on Big Data, May 25, 2012.
- Angelika Dimoka recently had a paper accepted at MISQ: How to Conduct a functional Magnetic Resonance (fMRI) Study in Social Science Research, MIS Quarterly (forthcoming)
- Steven L. Johnson wrote an open editorial on The rise and fall of Facebook, Philadelphia Inquirer, May 22, 2012. He was quoted in an article on social media by the Philadelphia Business Journal, May 4, 2012 and was also quoted by Advertising Age on brand management in social media, April 23, 2012
- David Schuff and Munir Mandviwalla spoke about Making Education Social: The FoxMIS Community Site, at the Campus Technology Forum – Los Angeles, CA, May 1, 2012 (click here for the video) and will present on the same topic at the Campus Technology Forum, Boston, MA, July 16, 2012.
- David Schuff was cited by Find-MBA on the value of MBA programs with an IT focus, April 23, 2012.
News
FOX Update features MIS
The April 2012 FOX Update features MIS rankings, research, advisory board, conferences, IT awards, and innovation. Read it now!
KYW CBS Philly and Temple News feature Fox MIS eportfolios
KYW 1060 Radio / CBS Philly News and Temple News feature the use of e-portfolios at Fox MIS. The articles discuss the importance and role of e-portfolios in planning and implementing job searches.
Fox Update features social media innovation
The Fox Update on Social Media Innovation features MIS led projects on identity management, social education, epolitics, new digital marketing minor, social media innovation course, leadership forum, and social media strategy.
New MS in IT auditing and cyber-security launched in January 2012
The new MS in ITACS started in January 2012 with the first batch of students who will prepare for careers in controlling the risks of IT including auditing and cyber-security. The program is based on ISACA, a global association of information systems professionals, so that students are trained to complete the Certified Information System Auditor (CISA) exam at the end of their studies.
Spring 2012 classes include enterprise architecture, IT audit process, and goverance as well as coaching on business skills. Students who complete this short 12 month program can apply for rapidly expanding career options at accounting firms, multinational corporations, consultancies and government agencies.
The ITACS program, is one of the first in the country to address the pressing needs of industry for IT auditing and cyber-security personnel. The IT auditing field is a growing industry and this program will prepare students with the foundation and skills to become successful IT auditors.
Tom Yucis, Lead Architecture Specialist, Dow Chemicals, founding member, Fox ITACS advisory council
As part of designing the program, Rich Flanagan, Assistant Professor, and Director, IT auditing and cyber-security programs, has formed an advisory council of leading IT audit practitioners who will guide and mentor the ITACS program and include:
- Michael G. Griffith, Pfizer, Inc.
- Bruce Murphy, Deloitte & Touche LLP
- Tom Yucis, Dow Chemicals
- Robert E. Davis, Consultant and book author
- Michael Romeu-Lugo, Teleflex, Inc.
- Frank T. Mancuso, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Stan Szwalbenest, JP Morgan Chase
- Thu Nguyen, Verizon
Personally, I believe that a candidate who goes through this program and ultimately becomes CISA certified will be rounded and will increase his/her chances landing a job within their field of studies. In addition, the credential will give them an advantage over other candidates during the hiring process.
Thu Nguyen, Internal Audit Manager, Verizon, founding member, Fox ITACS advisory council
For more information, visit the ITACS site at: http://sbm.temple.edu/ms/ms-itacs.html or contact Rich Flanagan at Richard.Flanagan@Temple.edu or 1 215.204.3077.
Youngjin Yoo receives Best Paper award at ICIS 2011
Professor Youngjin Yoo and colleagues received the “Best Paper” award for their article “Digital Technology and the Variation in Design Routines: A Sequence Analysis of Four Design Processes” at the 2011 International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Shanghai, China, December 4-7, 2011.
Fox MIS Community Update 2011
The FOX MIS community grows stronger every day and now has 2562 unique blogs, 3808 registered students, faculty, staff, and alumni members and 947 active e-portfolios. Since January 2009, 9,936 posts, 25,815 comments, and more than 100 courses have been generated on the site. According to Google Analytics, since March 2011, more than a hundred thousand (105,131) unique visitors have viewed the site.
The community is based on the FOX MIS community platform, a set of software tools and templates based on WordPress and BuddyPress which enable social education – a concept that integrates learning, teaching, professional development, placement, administration, and socialization by applying social media and Web 2.0 concepts.
The FOX MIS community platform implements the social education concept by enabling connections, community building, and content management. Every member – student, faculty, and staff – is a socially connected content generator and manager. In social education, the FOX MIS community becomes an important part of the day-to-day life of the student and fits between their Facebook (friends and family) and their LinkedIn community (formal professional connections).
During the period, November 01, 2011 to December 01, 2011, the main site received 12,706 unique visitors with a total of 25,713 visits, and 81,115 page views. Each visitor spent an average of about 4 minutes on the site and 43% of the visitors were new for that month. 45% of the visitors found the site through a search engine while about 37% directly entered the URL. The most frequently used identifiable search term was “foxmis”. The most frequently visited page was the home page, followed by the login page, and then the grade book page.
The pattern is somewhat different from six months ago: During the period April 01, 2011 to May 01, 2011 the site received 8,902 unique visitors, with a total of 22,754 visits, and 66,420 page views. Each visitor spent an average of about 4 minutes on the site and about 33% of the visitors were new that month. 37% of the visitors found the site through a search engine with about 46% entering a direct URL. The most frequently used identifiable search term was also “foxmis”. The most frequently visited page was still the home page followed by the grade book page.
Note: The above statistics are only for the main blog, they do not include the 2000+ other blogs on the site.
Learn more about the FOX MIS Community project.
Gordon Burtch, Yang Yang, Sunil Wattal, Pei-yu Chen, Paul Pavlou, and Youngjin Yoo to present at ICIS 2011
Fox School MIS faculty and doctoral students to present their research at the 2011 International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Shanghai, China, December 4-7, 2011.
PANEL
Human Capital of IT Professionals: A Research Agenda
Soon Ang; Rajiv Banker; Ravi Bapna; Sandra Slaughter; Sunil Wattal (Chair)
PAPER
Digital Technology and the Variation in Design Routines: A Sequence Analysis of Four Design Processes
(Nominated for best paper)
James Gaskin; Veeresh Thummadi; Kalle Lyytinen; Youngjin Yoo
Winner Determination of Open Innovation Contests in Online Markets
Yang Yang; Pei-yu Chen; Rajiv Banker
Herding Behavior as a Network Externality
Gordon Burtch
An Empirical Examination of the Antecedents of Contribution Patterns in Crowdfunded Markets
Gordon Burtch; Anindya Ghose; Sunil Wattal
RESEARCH-IN-PROGRESS
Nurturing Sales Entrepreneurship in Consumer-to-Consumer Marketplaces
Carol Ou; Wing Sze Poon; Paul Pavlou; Robert Davison
Temple AIS Receives Outstanding Student Chapter Award
The Association of Information Systems (AIS), the premier global organization for information systems, has named the Fox School’s AIS student professional organization a 2011 Outstanding Chapter. To learn more, read the full story on the Fox School site at: http://www.fox.temple.edu/posts/2011/11/mis-student-organization-again-recognized-as-an-outstanding-chapter/
Munir Mandviwalla, Steven Johnson, Paul Pavlou, and Sunil Wattal discuss Social Media on Temple TV
Fox School MIS Professors Munir Mandviwalla, Steven Johnson, Paul Pavlou, and Sunil Wattal organized and participated in a televised talk show focusing on “The Good, the Bad, and The Ugly of Social Media” for Temple University Television, November 14, 2011. The show moderated by Dr. Mandviwalla is part of the TU TV Community Forum and features conversation among the panelists about the use of social media in politics, electronic commerce, and for business.
