1.    Catalogue description

 

Coverage includes technological alignment to business, business impact, changes related to management, organization and business processes. Relevant topics also include social media & networking, cloud computing, mobile commerce, cyber-security, information security & governance, and other emerging areas in management information systems. Prerequisite: MIST 705.

 

2.    Expected outcomes

 

This course examines current topics in MIS. This term we will examine the new Web technologies. This course will examine the behaviors, technologies and practices that make up the new Web technologies e.g. social networks, collaboration, blog, wiki, dig, flickr, podcast, webcast, videocast, folksonomy, Ajax, etc. It is expected that:

 

a. Students will learn the rudiments of behaviors, technologies, domains, multi-national and multi-cultural environments and practices that make up the new Web technologies

b. Students will learn the skills required to discuss current issues related to the new Web technologies within business, cultural and national norms (through weekly readings and discussions.)

c. Students will practice their skills by working on mini-projects using the new Web technologies.

 

3.    Text and references

 

Required Readings:

 

1.   Borgatti, S.P., Mehra, A., Brass, D. and Labianca, G. (2009). Network Analysis in the Social Sciences. Science 323( 5916): 892 – 895. Electronic copy available at: http://alpha.nyit.edu/som/faculty/khoo/MIST760/NetworkAnalysisintheSocialSciences09.pdf​

 

2.   Andrew Schrock (2009) Examining social media usage: Technology clusters and social network site membership. First Monday, Volume 14, Number 1 - 5 January 2009. Electronic copy available at: http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/viewArticle/2242/2066

 

3.   Klyver, Kim; Hindle, Kevin; and Schøtt, Thomas (2007) Who will be an Entrepreneur?  How Cultural Mechanisms and Social Network Structure Together Influence Entrepreneurial Participation. Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research: Vol. 27: Iss. 7, Article 1. Available at: http://digitalknowledge.babson.edu/fer/vol27/iss7/1 Electronic copy also available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1060001

 

4.   Fink, Eric M. (2010) Law School & The Web of Group Affiliation: Socializing, Socialization, and Social Network Site Use Among Law Students. The John Marshall Journal of Computer & Information Law. Electronic copy available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1430616
 

5.   Stefan Nann, Jonas Krauss, Michael Schober, Peter A. Gloor, Kai Fischbach, Hauke Führes. (2009)  The Power of Alumni Networks - Success of Startup Companies Correlates With Online Social Network Structure of Its Founders, Working Paper No. 2010-001, MIT Center for Collective Intelligence, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA. Electronic copy available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1534699

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6.   Alan Mislove,  Massimiliano Marcon, Krishna P. Gummadi, Peter Druschel and Bobby Bhattacharjee. (2007) Measurement and Analysis of Online Social Networks. Proceedings of the 7th ACM SIGCOMM conference on Internet measurement (IMC’07), October 24-26, 2007, San Diego, California, USA. Electronic copy available at: http://alpha.nyit.edu/som/faculty/khoo/MIST760/Measurement and Analysis of Online Social Networks07.pdf

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7.   Michael A. Stelzner. (2010) 2010 Social Media Industry Marketing Report: How Marketers are Using Social Media to Grow Their Businesses. Social Media Industry Marketing Report. Electronic copy available at: http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/social-media-marketing-industry-report-2010/

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8.   Huaxia Rui and Andrew Whinston. (2009) Social Media as an Innovation - the Case of Twitter. 20th Workshop on Information Systems and Economics (2009). Electronic copy available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1564205

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9.   Schlenkrich, L. and Upfold, C. (2009) A Guideline for Virtual Team Managers: The Key to Effective Social Interaction and Communication. The Electronic Journal Information Systems Evaluation Volume 12 Issue 1 2009, pp. 109 - 118, available online at www.ejise.com

 

Possible Textbooks:

 

Community Detection and Mining in Social Media

By Lei Tang, Huan Liu

Paperback © 2010

ISBN 1608453545

Availability: Available

Price: US $35.00

For electronic products:

Email: info@morganclaypool.com

Phone/Fax: 415-462-0004

For print books:

Email: mcp.orders@aidcvt.com

Phone: 888-822-9942

Fax: 802-864-7626

 

Social and Behavioral Research and the Internet: Advances in Applied Methods and Research Strategies (Paperback ~ US$50)

Pub. Date: 10/5/2010

Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.

ISBN-13: 9781848728172

Pages: 449

Series: European Association of Methodology Series

 

      Web Resources:

     

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media

      http://socialmediatoday.com/

      http://www.socialmedia.biz/

      http://www.cio.com/topic/3089/Security

      http://www.cio.com/article/510076/20_Mobile_Trends_and_Future_Technologies

      http://www.cio.com/article/651497/IT_in_2011_Four_Trends_that_Will_Change_Priorities

      http://www.information-age.com/channels/business-applications/perspectives-and-trends/

     

      http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=lang_en&id=XyvpcMiDlMcC&oi=fnd&pg=PR12&dq=emerging+Information++IT+OR+MIS&ots=3eI7NpVA7i&sig=WvmB63ORLZB4Mj_geT255Aupee0#v=onepage&q=emerging%20Information%20%20IT%20OR%20MIS&f=false

 

      Ladd, D. Alan; Datta, Avimanyu; Sarker, Saonee; and Yu, Yanjun (2010) Trends in Mobile Computing within the IS Discipline: A Ten-Year Retrospective Communications of the Association for Information Systems: Vol. 27, Article 17. Available at: http://aisel.aisnet.org/cais/vol27/iss1/17​

 

      Zafar, Humayun and Clark, Jan Guynes (2009) Current State of Information Security Research In IS. Communications of the Association for Information Systems: Vol. 24, Article 34.  Available at: http://aisel.aisnet.org/cais/vol24/iss1/34

 

      Smith, Heather A. and McKeen, James D. (2008) Developments in Practice XXXI: Social Computing: How Should It Be Managed. Communications of the Association for Information Systems: Vol. 23, Article 23. Available at: http://aisel.aisnet.org/cais/vol23/iss1/23​

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Additional class materials will be provided by the instructor.

4.    Each student is expected to have a working campus email account.

5.    Special or unique student materials:

Students should have access to a computer with Microsoft Office and with access to the Internet.

6.    Special or unique university facilities

Classroom projection facilities for lectures and demonstrating applications. University-supported computer laboratories in which students can work with the application software are very helpful.

 

7.    Expanded description of the course and instructional methods

a.    Instructional methods used in this course include lectures, class discussions, in-class demonstrations

1. Lectures are used to clarify and supplement text readings.

2. Class discussions and in-class demonstrations are used to facilitate student understanding and provide integration of course material within the business educational domain.

3. Projects provide hands-on experience with information technologies.

4. Assignments reinforce students’ understanding of current issues in MIS.

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b.    Students are expected to assimilate a significant portion of course content through self-study of the readings, textbook and instructor-provided materials.

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c.    Student group projects provide hands-on experience with the new Web technologies. Each group will consist of 2 or 3 students. There will be a team project. Students will have the opportunity to evaluate each team member at the end of the term.