Internet and Supply Chains – MIS3537 Spring 2014
Supply Chains – at Internet Speed
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Course structure

 Participation

This course applies the case study method which relies heavily on your active participation and preparation both in-class and online. You are expected to read the case studies and readings and come prepared to engage the class in a meaningful conversation.

You are encouraged to use your knowledge and experiences to build, test, and modify your own concepts through dialogues with the instructor and fellow students. Much of your learning will occur as you prepare for and participation in discussions about the course material. The course material has been carefully chosen to bring the real world into class discussion while also illustrating fundamental concepts.

Preparation for class

Please read as much of the material as possible prior to each class. Please take notes using the following mindset:

  • What are or two key points you took away from each assigned reading?
  • What are one or two key points you learned from the set of readings for a particular session?
  • If you were facilitating today’s discussion, what question would you ask your fellow classmates?

Guest Lectures

The instructor will try to arrange for one or more guest lectures in the class. The guest will include reputed leaders from the industry who will speak on the practical aspects of one or more topics covered in the class. The guest lectures will be held during the class hours and attendance is mandatory.

Participation during class

We will typically start each session with “opening” questions about the assigned readings and case study. Students called up to answer should be able to summarize the key issues, opportunities, and challenges in the case study. All students should be prepared to be answer these questions.Another important aspect of class participation is completion of in-class assignments and contribution to break-out group activities.

If for some reason you feel unprepared to respond to a question, you may say “pass” and I will call on another student. To earn full participation credit, keep the total number of “passes” to a minimum over the course of the semester. Another important aspect of class participation is completion of in-class assignments and contribution to break-out group activities.

Online Discussion Forum

For this course, we use an online discussion forum instead of the blackboard. The online discussion board is an interactive tool for interchange of ideas and is increasingly being used in many academic and corporate settings. All announcements, updates, lecture slides, assignments, and projects for this class will be posted on this forum. The forum will also enable students to post their questions, discussions, comments as well as any other material relevant to this class. The URL for the this forum is http://community.mis.temple.edu/mis3537sec001s14/

 The instructor will also periodically post technology related news articles from the popular press on the online class discussion forum and discuss the same in the class. Students are expected to check the online discussion forum for any news articles as well as for the PowerPoint slides of the lecture notes before each class.

Participation around classes

To facilitate on-going learning of course material, we will also discuss course material on the class site. You should plan on commenting on the posts on the main class site.

The site is public and the above activities provide you with a forum to demonstrate your insights and ideas to the rest of the world and to learn from others.

Suggestions for commenting

The comments should focus on professional topics (only). Typical comments are about a few sentences to a small paragraph. The focus should be on quality and not on quantity.

Ideas for comments include:

  • Examples of technologies or issues that demonstrate a concept we discussed in class
  • Reacting to a post and providing a reasoned disagreement
  • Providing insights on how to solve class related problems
  • Providing new ways of thinking about the strategic role of technology
  • Adding additional insights to an existing post/comment

Comments that are NOT acceptable include:

  • Agreeing (or disagreeing) without providing a reason
  • Simply listing a topic without providing an explanation
  • Posting copyrighted material (it is acceptable to paraphrase the material and link to the original source)
  • Using unprofessional or disrespectful language
  • Material that does not fit the course goal
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