Ict and Company Practise 2010 Kick-off March 31st

ICT and Company Practise 2010

• Kick-off

• March 31st

• Dick Heinhuis

We live in interesting times

Chinese curse

• May you live in interesting times

• (May you come to the attention of those in authority

• (May you find what you are looking for)

Meeting March 31th (1)

• Introduction participants

• Practical information

• Introduction course structure

• Lecture Information Society

Practical information

• Wednesday from 10.00 – 14.30 hrs?

• Friday from 10.00 – 14.30 hrs

• Lectures

• Guest lectures

• Literature review/Case

• Paper

Lectures

• Lectures: discussion on theoretical subjects

• Literature: discussion applied to ICT subjects

• Case: presentation on organization

• Guest lectures: information on ICT subjects

Literature review

• Weekly basis

• Students prepare summaries and discussion

• +/- 3 articles

• Peer review

• Teams of 2-3 students

Case presentation

• 8 presentations

• 10 – 15 minutes

• Covering topics from the course

Final assignment

• Paper on one of the subjects from the course (including guest lectures)

• Review lecturer

Grade

• Literature review + case (+/- 30 hrs)

• 30% of total grade

• Paper (+/- 70 hrs)

• 70% of total grade

Case review

• Information on organization (2)

• Use of theories (2)

• Analysis (4)

• New insights (2)

Peer review

• Quality summary (1 – 4)

• Summary not correct (1)

• Summary not complete (2)

• Summary complete but not to the point (3)

• Summary complete and compact (4)

• Quality discussion (5 – 8)

• - No discussion (1)

• - Discussion on basic level, nothing new (2)

• - Discussion adds to the reading (3)

• - Discussion leads to new insights (4)

• Extra analysis (1 – 2)

• New literature (1)

• Combining with other subjects (1)

Review paper

• Standards academic paper (e.g. structure, literature)

• +/- 5000 words; 25 – 30 references

• Discuss subject paper first (April 16th)

Context

Economic explanations

• Companies (theory of the firm)

• Economic relations (transaction costs; value chain)

Management explanations

• Competitive strategy

• Resource based view

• Core competences

ICT explanations

• Strategic Alignment Model

• Multi channel strategy

The human ICT explanation

• Technology acceptance

• Innovation diffusion

• Disruptive technologies