Reading Assignments
Reading Assignments
Material listed as (P) are part of course packet available through Harvard Publishing.
Week 1 – No readings due
Week 2 – Read in Advance
- de Rosnay, J. (January 6, 1997). Feedback. Principa Cybernetica Web.
http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/FEEDBACK.html - Aaronson, D. (1998). Overview of Systems Thinking.
http://www.thinking.net/Systems_Thinking/OverviewSTarticle.pdf - Case: AirBnB (P)
Week 3 – Read in Advance
- Christensen, Clayton M.; Overdorf, Michael (March–April 2000), “Meeting the challenge of disruptive change”, Harvard Business Review [Available through TU library]
- Disruptive technology. Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disruptive_technology - Case: Google (P)
Week 4 – Read in Advance
- Anderson, C. (January 25, 2010). In the Next Industrial Revolution, Atoms Are the New Bits. Wired.
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/01/ff_newrevolution/ - Anderson, C. (February 25, 2008). Free! Why $0.00 is the Future of Business. Wired.
http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/magazine/16-03/ff_free?currentPage=all - Cloud Computing : Cloud Computing 101
- Case: Adobe (P)
- Case: Apple (P)
Week 5 – Read in Advance
- Wenger: Communities of Practice (all sections) http://wenger-trayner.com/introduction-to-communities-of-practice/
- Everything is measurable http://www.cio.com/article/2438921/it-organization/everything-is-measurable.html
- Case: Open Innovation at Siemens (P)
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