IS6600 - Global IS and KM Applications in Organisations


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

Tel: 3442-7534 Office: P7726 Home page.

Classes are on Wednesday evenings (1830-2120) in CSC-F

Week/Date Title PPT Slides (Sessions) Activities/Case Materials/Readings
Syllabus Coursework Past Exam Questions
1: Jan 11 Introduction, Culture, Web 2 Executives, Social Technologies Seminar 1 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
2: Jan 18 Web-Based Applications and Cases Seminar 2 BuyYoYo; B2C in Ethiopia : SoleRebels; PlaneMart; Advanced Book Exchange Monitoring Student Attendance The Rise of Mobile App Stores A Dashboard for Online Pricing GoogleOnePass Jeff Bezos Owns the Web...
No Class on Jan 25 - Chinese New Year
3: Feb 1 Guest Presentation on Business Intelligence - QLikView - Presentation Slides
4: Feb 8 Global IT Offshoring & Outsourcing Seminar 4 VedicSoft Case  IT Outsourcing: What Can Safely Go Offshore? CIO on Outsourcing  Buying Right the First Time Whiteboard Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4
5: Feb 15 Knowledge Sharing and Management: New Directions Seminar 5 Bob's Story  KM for Corporate Espionage 1, 2  Siemens ShareNet
6: Feb 22 Knowledge and 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: Feb 29 Leadership, Guanxi and Knowledge Seminar 7 KM & Organisational Innovation  
8: Mar 7 Information, Knowledge & Strategy Seminar 8 Business Renewal Through IT at JetBlue BSC Template  BSC - DSS Article  
The Velocity of Change at Pfizer
Developing a Knowledge Strategy
9: Mar 14 Extended Knowledge Case: RuderFinnAsia Seminar 9  
10:  Mar 21 How Could we Manage People and Knowledge Better? Seminar 10  
11: Mar 28 Green IT Seminar 11 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
No Class on April 4 - Ching Ming
12: Apr 11 Project Presentations
13: Apr 18 Revision Reflections on Knowledge - Expert Copiers, Genuine Investors or Just Infinitely Stupid?

Photos of Whiteboard: R1, R2, R3

Exam Date - To Be Confirmed