Course materials

There is no required textbook for this course. There is a set of required case studies which you will need to purchase https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/access/38715614. There are also assigned readings throughout the course that are available on the Internet. Check the course schedule for the dates when each reading and case study is due. The readings are available as hyperlinks on the course schedule.

Syllabus update 2: MIS5001 Syllabus-Brandolph-Fall2015 Update2

Case Questions: Case-Questions-Weeks-1-through-6

Case Questions: Case-Questions-Weeks-7-through-13

Videos:

• Thomas Friedman – The World is Flat http://video.mit.edu/watch/the-world-is-flat-9145/
• Video: Pariser and the Personalized Web http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8ofWFx525s

In Class Presentations: 

• Week 1 – Course Introduction
• Week 2 – The Strategic Role of IT
• Week 3 – Systems Thinking and Managing Complexity
• Week 4 – Enterprise Applications
• Week 5 – Network-Enabled Business Models
• Week 6 – Business Models around Digital Content
• Week 7 – Crowdsourcing and Open Sourcing
• Week 8 – Evaluating Emerging Technology Trends
• Week 9 – Knowledge Management and Business Intelligence
• Week 10 – Governance of the IT Function
• Week 11 – Incubating Innovation – Global Management
• Week 12 – Ethics and Continuity Management