Professor: Adam Alalouf

Schedule

Class Meeting Required Preparation in Advance of Class Homework Due
Sunday, August 21 Required Reading:

 

Feedback. http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/FEEDBACK.html

 

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

 

Disruptive Technology. Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disruptive_technology

 

Free! Why $0.00 Is the Future of Business

http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/magazine/16-03/ff_free?currentPage=all

 

Berry, Megan. Cloud Computing 101. http://www.itmanagerdaily.com/cloud-computing-101/

 

Meeting the Challenge of Disruptive Change. (P)

 

Case: Airbnb (P)

 

Case: Google (P)

 

Required Viewing:

 

The World is Flat 3.0 http://video.mit.edu/watch/the-world-is-flat-30-9321/

 

The Filter Bubble https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8ofWFx525s

 

Reading Summary

 

Learn IT #1

 

Case #1

(Group Presentation)

Sunday, August 28

 

Required Reading:

 

Wenger: Communities of Practice.

http://wenger-trayner.com/introduction-to-communities-of-practice/

 

Scheidies, Nick. 25 Lessons, Quotes, and Productivity Tips from WordPress Founder Matthew Mullenweg. http://www.incomediary.com/productivity-tips-mullenweg-wordpress

 

Case: Adobe (P)

 

Case: Siemens (P)

 

Case: Apple (P)

 

Required Viewing:

 

The Beauty of Data Visualization http://www.ted.com/talks/david_mccandless_the_beauty_of_data_visualization?language=en

 

Edward Snowden: Here’s how we take back the Internet

https://www.ted.com/talks/edward_snowden_here_s_how_we_take_back_the_internet?language=en

Reading Summary

 

Learn IT #2

 

Case #2

(Group Presentation)

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