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Day Topic Readings Case/other
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09/09 IRM concept and 1, 2 group formation
overview Niederman,F,Brancheau,J.C.
and
Wetherbe,J.C."Information
Systems Management Issues
for the 1990s,"MISQ,(15)4,
1991,475-500
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09/16 IS/IT environment Boynton, A.C., Victor, B. E-mail review
and Pine, B.J. "New Bento, R. "Many
Competitive Strategies: Happy Returns,"
Challenges to Organization UB, 1995
and Information
Technology," IBM Systems
Journal, (32)1,1993, 40-52
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09/23 planning 11 9-492-003
Hwang, "Selecting an IT Lithonia
Strategic Planning Lighting
Methodology," JITM,(3)1,
1992, pp.39-42
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09/30 budgeting for IS/IT Houch, A Practical Guide 9-188-057
to..., Lexington Books, J.B. Ivey & Co.
1979, chapter. 7
Datamation IS Budgets
Surveys: (35)7, 1988,
pp.18-22;(40)8,1993,30-34
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10/07 project management 9-613-020 9-192-061
Space Constructors, Inc. ATM, Inc
Brooks, The Mythical Man-
Month, 1985.
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10/14 project management 6,8 9-492-002
in IS Arthur, L.J., Software Shadow Partner
Evolution, New York: John
Wiley & Sons, 1988, ch. 1.
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10/21 performance Weill, P."The Relationship 9-192-151
measurement Between Investment in IT Concordia
and Firm Performance," Casting
ISR, (3)4,1992,307-332.
DeLone,W and McLean, E. R.
"Information Systems
Success: The Quest for the
Dependent Variable," ISR,
(3) 1,1992, 60 -95
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10/28 quality management Garvin D A, March A "Note 9-192-071, 072
on Quality: The Views of Rank Xerox A,B
Deming, Juran, and Crosby"
HBSP, Note #
9-687-011, 1987
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11/04 quality in IS/IT "Management Initiatives 9-191-141
for Continuous Quality Beth -Israel
Improvement Programs," I/S Hospital
Analyzer, (29) 2, February
1991,1-14.
Swanson, K. et all, "The
Application Software
Factory:.." MISQ, (15)4,
1991, 566-579.
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11/11 Information 3,7 9-192-144
Architecture Zackman, J. "A Framework OOPS on Big Iron
for Information Systems
Architecture," IBM Systems
Journal, (26)3, 1987.
"Managing Information:
The IT Architecture,"
HBSP, Note # 9-193-059,
1993
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11/18 IA & technology 10 9-194-018
trends Sinha, A "Client-Server Future of
Computing," Communications Distributed
of ACM, (35)7, 1992, 77-97 Systems at Aetna
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11/25 Thanksgiving === no classes ===
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12/02 Human resources Computer World, "Salary & 9-489-023
Job Satisfaction Survey Du Pont Fibers
1993-1994," September IS
1993.
Couger & Colter,
Maintenance Programming,
Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-
Hall, 1985, chapters 1, 4.
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12/09 IS Organization Cash JI Jr, Simon J, 9-188-037
Davenport TH "Managing Manufacturers
Information Technology: Hanover Corp.
Organization and (A)
Leadership," HBSP, Note #
9-189-133
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12/16 Field project 20 minutes per group, Take-home Final
presentation printed report due due
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Note: Numbers in the reading list refer to chapter(s) in
the recommended textbook, e.g. 1,2 in the reading list for
September 9, means Chapter 1 and 2 of Kerr's book.
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