Week
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Topic
(Lecture slides denoted by PPT)
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Cases and Readings for Discussion
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Assignment Due
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1
8/28
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Course introduction: goals and overview
Enterprise Architecture |
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2
9/4
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The Strategic Role of IT |
Case:
Readings:
- Porter 5 Five Forces Analysis
- Value Chain
- How Cell Phones Will Replace Learning
Welcome to the Brave New World of Persuasion Profiling |
Weekly write-up |
3
9/11
|
Systems Thinking and Managing Complexity |
Case:
- STARS Air Ambulance: An Information Systems Challenge
Readings:
- Overview of Systems Thinking
- Feedback (Principia Cybernetica)
- Business Process
- Seeing What’s Next: Introduction
Signals of Change: Where Are the Opportunities? |
Weekly write-up |
4
9/18 |
Enterprise Applications |
Case:
- Cisco Systems Architecture: ERP and Web-enabled IT
Readings:
- What IT Can Learn from the Railroad Business
- Put the Emphasis in on “P” for Process in Business Process Management
- ABC: Introduction to ERP
- ABC: Introduction to CRM
- Why CRM Implementation is So Political
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Weekly write-up AND Group Member List Due |
5
9/25 |
Web 2.0 and Network-Enabled Business Models |
Case:
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
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Weekly write-up AND Project topic choice due |
6
10/2 |
Business Models around Digital Content |
Cases:
- Radiohead: Music at Your Own Price
(A and B)
Readings:
- Strategies for Two-sided Markets
- Free! Why $0.00 Is the Future of Business
- Amazon’s Kindles Squeeze and Seduce Media Companies
- Is the Crowdfunding Bubble about to Burst?
- The Case for Crowdfunding
|
Weekly write-up |
7
10/9 |
Crowdsourcing and Open Sourcing |
Case:
- TopCoder: Developing Software Through Crowdsourcing (A and B)
Readings:
- The Rise of Crowdsourcing
- In the Next Industrial Revolution, Atoms Are the New Bits
- Quick Study: System Development Life Cycle
- What Business Can Learn From Open Source
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Weekly write-upFirst “Learn IT” Project Due |
8
10/16 |
Evaluating Disruptive and Emerging Technologies |
Case:
- Kodak and the Digital Revolution (A)
Readings:
- Reinventing Your Business Model
- Avoiding the Pitfalls of Emerging Technologies
|
Weekly write-up |
9
10/23
|
Knowledge Management and Business Intelligence |
Case:
- Social Strategy at American Express
Readings:
- Communities of Practice: A Brief Introduction
- The Brain Behind the Big, Bad Burger and Other Tales of Business Intelligence
- Big Data Fuels 2012 Olympics Stats Frenzy
- Olympics Tap Big Data to Enhance Security
|
Weekly write-up |
10
10/30 |
Incubating Innovation: Governance of the IT Function |
Case:
- Volkswagen of America: Managing IT Priorities
Readings:
- Everything is Measurable
- The IT Measurement Inversion
- Beyond Valuation: Options Thinking in IT Project Management
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Weekly write-up AND Individual Project Report due |
11
11/6 |
Incubating Innovation: Global Management and Platform Strategies |
Case:
Readings:
- IT Governance: Stop the Pendulum!
- IT Centralization is Back in Fashion
- BYOD Drives Communism Out of IT
|
Weekly write-up |
12
11/13 |
Ethics and Continuity Management |
Cases:
Readings:
- When Hackers Turn to Blackmail
- How to Secure Data By Addressing the Human Element
- Incident Management in the Age of Compliance
Log Management In the Age of Compliance |
Weekly write-up |
13
11/20 |
Class Wrap-up and What’s Next? |
Readings:
The End of Corporate Computing |
Weekly write-up
Second “Learn IT” Project Due |
14
11/20 |
Group Projects Presentations |
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Group Project Due |
15
11/27
|
THANKSGIVING BREAK |
16
12/4 |
STUDY DAY |
12/11
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FINAL EXAM |
