IS5600 - Global Information Systems


Dr. Robert Davison, Dept of Information Systems, Email: isrobert@cityu.edu.hk

Tel: 3442-7534 Office: P7726 Home page.

Classes are on Wednesday evenings in CSC-P

Week/Date Title PPT Slides (Sessions) Activities/Case Materials/Readings
Syllabus;  Sample Exam Questions; Coursework
1: Aug 31 Introduction

Seminar 1

CIMC Interview  
2: Sept 7 Internet Literate Executives; Web 2.0 Seminar 2 McKinsey on Web 2.0 Business & Web 2.0 Interactive Firms Miss Social Site Success  eBay+Skype = Divorce Should Your Next Job be CIO? IBM's Global CIO Study Apple's Future, 24 Years Ago Alibaba Buys US Companies Social Media: The Impact on the Multichannel Contact Centre and Your Customers Era of Ubiquitous Computing is Here How Social Technologies are Extending the Organization
3: Sept 14 Global E-Commerce Seminar 3 BuyYoYo; B2C in Ethiopia : SoleRebels; PlaneMart; Advanced Book Exchange Monitoring Student Attendance Social Apponomics The Rise of Mobile App Stores A Dashboard for Online Pricing GoogleOnePass Jeff Bezos Owns the Web... The Great Leap Online
4: Sept 21 Global ERP Cases Seminar 4 What is ERP?  ERP in China  ERP in Singapore  Nestle's ERP Odyssey  Implementation and Optimisation of ERP Systems
5: Sept 28 Knowledge Management  Seminar 5 Bob's Story  KM for Corporate Espionage 1, 2  Siemens ShareNet
6: Oct 12 Knowledge & Culture Seminar 6 Knowledge-Nurture MindTree Cognitive Edge
How to Create a Know-it-All-Company
Establishing a Culture for Knowledge Sharing Corporate Knowledge Networks Begin to Bear Fruit
7: Oct 19 Strategic Knowledge Mapping Seminar 7

 

8: Oct 26 IS for Decision and Executive Support  Seminar 8 Strategic Decision Making and Support Systems: Comparing American, Japanese and Chinese Management Individual Survey (English) Individual Survey (Chinese)
9: Nov 2 Global IT Offshoring Seminar 9 VedicSoft Case  IT Outsourcing: What Can Safely Go Offshore? CIO on Outsourcing  Buying Right the First Time
10: Nov 9 Global Systems Development Seminar 10 Blank Worksheet  CAIS 12, 23, 366-395  3 more diagrams
11: Nov 16 Strategic IS Planning: Alignment, Agility and the BSC Seminar 11 Business Renewal Through IT at JetBlue BSC Template  BSC - DSS Article  
The Velocity of Change at Pfizer
Developing a Knowledge Strategy
12: Nov 23 Green IT Seminar 12 Tom Worthington's "Green Technology Strategies" A Day in a Low-Carbon Life of a CEO in 2012
Leading a Sustainable Enterprise Harnessing Green IT: Principles & Practices
13: Nov 30 Revision