Syllabus (updated Jan. 10) Print and bring a copy to class.
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- Week 1 Introduction: American Airlines and SABRE, business model, strategy, strategic grid, strategic positioning, strategic shifts, strategic opportunities and risks (Updated: Jan. 23)
- Week 2 Strategic opportunities and risks, organizational redesign (Updated: Jan. 30)
Strategic co-alignment - Week 3 Strategic alignment, business networks (Updated: Feb. 6)
- Week 4 Business networks, leveraging IT (Updated: Feb. 13)
- Week 5 Networked organizations, IT infrastructure and operations, strategic alignment, and IT adoption (Updated: Feb. 20)
- Week 6 IT infrastructure, IT infrastructure availability and reliability, IT security (Updated: Feb. 27)
- Week 7 Managing a diverse IT infrastructure (on demand, utility and grid computing) and outsourcing (Updated: March 6)
What is grid computing? (article)
Grid computing architecture How does it work? (article)
Anatonmy of Grid Computing (article) - Week 8 - Mr. Andrew Armani, Deputy Secretary, California State Dept. of Consumer Affairs, guest speaker.
- Week 9 Organizational focus: end-user vs. IT dominance, IT leadership and governance (Updated: March 27)
- Week 10 Strategic outsourcing (Updated: April 3)
- Week 11 Portfolio approach to managing IT projects (Updated: April 10)
- Week 12 Managing infrastructure and operations, IT leadership issues (Updated: April 10)
- Strategic IT plan paper (Updated: March 21)
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