MIS5001 Section 001

Larry Brandolph

Lead executive responsible for information technology across Temple University. Responsible to develop the vision and long-term planning for information technology consistent with the mission, goals and strategic direction of the University and will work collaboratively with our senior leadership, deans, faculty, and staff to maintain and grow a highly responsive and service-oriented IT environment. I continue to enable the IT organization's high level of customer service while developing a plan to enhance the IT infrastructure and systems and lead digital transformation initiatives that will bring value and improve the user experience of students, faculty, and administrators. I am responsible to oversee the cybersecurity of campus resources and data and development of a data governance structure and an analytics environment that allows for access to accurate real time data and reporting. I lead the continued enhancement of the IT enterprise by implementing the appropriate technologies to ensure that Temple effectively meets its objectives in education and research.

Week 5 Case and Assignment

Case:

  • Amazon Web Services

Readings:

  • What Web 2.0 is (and isn’t)
  • Great Wall of Facebook: The Social Network’s Plan to Dominate the Internet
  • Better Information Isn’t Always Beneficial
  • How Cloud Computing is Changing the World
  • ABC: Introduction to SOA

 

Week 4 Case and Assignment

Case: Cisco ERP

Articles:

Barnett, T. (January 22, 2007). What IT Can Learn from the Railroad Business. ComputerWorld.

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9025338/What_IT_can_learn_from_the_railroad_business

Gruman, G. (May 7, 2007). Put the Emphasis on “P” for Process in Business Process Management. CIO.

http://www.cio.com/article/107052/Put_the_Emphasis_on_P_for_Process_in_Business_Process_Management

Koch, C. (n.d.). ABC: Introduction to ERP. CIO.

http://www.cio.com/article/40323

Wailgum, T. (n.d.). ABC: Introduction to CRM. CIO.

http://www.cio.com/article/40295

Taber, D. (August 2, 2012). Why CRM Implementation Is So Political. CIO.
http://www.cio.com/article/712659/Why_CRM_Implementation_Is_So_Political

Week 3 Case and Assignment

Case: Stars Air Ambulance

Articles:

– Aaronson, D. (1998). Overview of Systems Thinking.
http://www.thinking.net/Systems_Thinking/OverviewSTarticle.pdf

– de Rosnay, J. (January 6, 1997). Feedback. Principia Cybernetica Web. http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/FEEDBACK.html

– Business Process. Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_process

– Christensen, C., Anthony, S., and Roth, E. (2006). Seeing What’s Next: Introduction (How to Use Theories of Disruptive Innovation to Predict Industry Change)
Harvard Publishing: 1742BC-PDF-ENG (need to purchase from Harvard Publishing)

– Christensen, C., Anthony, S., and Roth, E. (2006). Signals of Change: Where Are the Opportunities?
Harvard Publishing: 1743BC-PDF-ENG (need to purchase from Harvard Publishing)

Questions I have Received

Do I need to purchase all the cases on the Harvard Business Review Site?

Answer:  Yes you will need all the cases.  I recommend buying them all at once.

I do not see the Stars Case?

Answer: Stars Air Ambulance can be found on the internet in the public domains.

 

Week 2 Case and Assignment

Case: Google

Articles:

Porter 5 Forces Analysis. Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porter_5_forces_analysis

Value Chain. Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value_chain

Elgan, M. (June 6, 2009). How Cell Phones Will Replace Learning. Computerworld. http://www.computerworld.com/article/2525016/mobile-wireless/how-cell-phones-will-replace-learning.html

Pariser, E. (April 26, 2011). Welcome to the Brave New World of Persuasion Profiling.
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/04/st_essay_persuasion_profiling/

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