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CIS 8610 - Aligning Business
and Information Technology
Prerequisite:
CIS 8110 or MBA 8473.Prerequisities are strickly enforced!!
Materials (Required)
- Evans, Philip and Thomas S.
Wurster, Blown To Bits: How the New Economics of Information Transforms
Strategy,” Harvard Business School Press, (2000). [EVANS]
- Shapiro, Carl and Hal R. Varian, Information
Rules: A Strategic Guide to the Network Economy. Harvard Business School Press,
(1999). [SHAP].
Reprint articles from Harvard
Business School:
1.
Porter, Michael E., "What is Strategy?" Harvard Business Review.
(November-December 1996) Reprint no. 4134
2. Porter, Michael E.,
"Strategy and the Internet,"
Harvard Business Review. (March 2001) Reprint no. 6358
Course Objective
To examine the way information
technology is being used to influence the competitive strategy of corporations
and to assess the impact of strategic deployment of information systems.
Course Description
This course emphasizes the use of information technology to develop distinct
competitive advantage in relations with competitors, customers, and suppliers,
and with respect to products and services. It examines these central issues:
- The design of information systems offering
strategic advantages
- The competitive potential for strategic use of
information systems
- Special issues related to interorganization
information systems
- Special issues related to strategic use of
information systems involving international networks
- Development of financial and audit structures
for strategic use of information systems
- The impact of information technology on the
global business community
Course participants examine strategies of actual companies and identify other
strategies that can be deployed to gain competitive advantage in diverse
settings. In addition, the implications of geo-political developments on the
international business community are examined as they are occurring.
Course Policies and Requirements
Grading
Final grades will be based on following weights:
Examinations
Exam 1
45%
Exam 2
55%
Class participation **
TOTAL
100%
** Class participation is expected.
Attendance
Course attendance is expected.
Excessive unexcused absences will result in a lower grade.
Individual missing more than 3 classes (unexcused absences) will be dropped from
the course by the instructor.
Make-up of examinations
Makeup examinations will be given only for excused illnesses (accompanied by
physician's letter) or for emergency in immediate family.
Tentative Schedule of Classes
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WEEK |
TOPIC |
ASSIGNED READINGS |
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1
Aug 26 |
Business Drivers
Information technology’s
Competitive Potential |
EVANS 1,2 |
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2
Sep 2 |
Strategic Alignment |
EVANS ,3
SHAP 1 |
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3
Sep 9 |
Strategic Management and
Competitive Strategy |
SHAP 2, 3
Porter 1996 |
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4
Sep 16 |
Rethinking Business
Through IT
Developing a Competitive
Strategy |
EVANS 4, 5, 6
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5
Sep 23 |
Identifying an
Industry-Defining Advantage |
SHAP 4
Porter 2001 |
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6
Sep 30
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Creating an
Industry-Defining Advantage
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SHAP 5, 6
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7
Oct 7 |
Linking Strategy &
Operating Models |
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8
Oct 14 |
Examination
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EVANS 7, 8 |
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9
Oct 21 |
Developing an Information
Architecture
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EVANS 9, 10
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10
Oct 28 |
Strategy Reformulation:
How disruptive technology
changes business strategy |
EVANS 11
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11
Nov 4
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Strategy Reformulation:
Business challenges in the
new “Computer industry” |
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12
Nov 11
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Strategy Reformulation:
Competing in the
restructured IT industry |
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13
Nov 18
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Combative Strategies,
Business Models and
Performance of Key
Industry Players |
SHAP 8,9
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14
Dec 2 |
The Impact and value of
Information Technology in Competitive Strategy |
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15
Dec 9 |
Trends: Beyond 2003
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