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 (1900-2150) in AC2-4412

Week/Date Title PPT Slides (Sessions) Activities/Case Materials/Readings
Syllabus Coursework Past Exam Questions
1: Jan 16 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 Era of Ubiquitous Computing is Here How Social Technologies are Extending the Organization WeChat Surveillance Social Media Alphabet
2: Jan 23 Web-Based Applications and Cases Seminar 2 BuyYoYo; B2C in Ethiopia; SoleRebels; Advanced Book Exchange Monitoring Student Attendance The Rise of Mobile App Stores A Dashboard for Online Pricing Jeff Bezos Owns the Web Database Consolidation in the Cloud CrowdSourcing for Wildlife Tracking Capitalising on the Smart(er) Consumer KaoLiBerry China #1 for Online Shopping
3: Jan 30 Guest Presentations - from EBKM graduates (Kris, Eliza, Khaty) and from QLikView on Business Intelligence  Mobile BI Pipl Zoominfo Zillow 
4: Feb 6 Global IT Offshoring & Outsourcing Seminar 4 VedicSoft Case  IT Outsourcing: What Can Safely Go Offshore? CIO on Outsourcing  Buying Right the First Time
5: Feb 20 Knowledge Sharing and Management: New Directions Seminar 5 Bob's Story  KM for Corporate Espionage 1, 2  Siemens ShareNet
6: Feb 27 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: Mar 6 Leadership, Guanxi and Knowledge Seminar 7 KM & Organisational Innovation  
8: Mar 13 Information, Knowledge & Strategy Seminar 8 BSC Template  BSC - DSS Article  Social Media and Strategic Insights Business Strategy & Technology Alignment
9: Mar 20 Web 2.0 for Work in the Chinese Software Industry Seminar 9 Interactive or Interruptive? IM @ Work IM & Interruption IM for Collaboration Wikis: Tools for Conversational KM Microblog Marketing in China Social Business Solutions
10:  Mar 27 How Could we Manage People and Knowledge Better? Seminar 10 KM & Innovation at 3M (1998) Market Visual
11: Apr 10 Green IT Seminar 11 ICT Sustainability  Leading a Sustainable Enterprise Harnessing Green IT: Principles & Practices
12: Apr 17 Project Presentations
13: Apr 24 Revision Reflections on Knowledge - Expert Copiers, Genuine Investors or Just Infinitely Stupid?
Exam Date - To Be Confirmed, but between May 6-20