MGT 540Managing Technology For Organizations

October 20, 2010Nicholas Davis

• Describe how IT supports E-Commerce• Explain the functions of various categories of E-Commerce• Discuss ethical and social issues related to IT in business• Evaluate concepts of responsibility, accountability and

liability, as they relate to IT• Evaluate how IT infrastructure, platforms, databases, and

communication networks facilitate business processes.• Discuss IT infrastructure, infrastructure components and

platform trends

ObjectivesMGT 540 – Managing Technology For Organizations

• Last week’s papers

• Style is important, but I am most interested in content

• Papers looked great!

Activity OneMGT 540 – Managing Technology For Organizations

• Discuss the different categories of E-Commerce

• How does E-Commerce support business processes

• Reference case on page 373 and interactive session on page 389

• Discuss performing a competitive analysis, on page 405

Activity ThreeMGT 540 – Managing Technology For Organizations

• Evaluate Facebook’s Dilemma, Page 406-409

• Discuss questions associated with this case

Activity FourMGT 540 – Managing Technology For Organizations

• Discuss E-commerce strategy formulation and implementation

• Environment• Competitive strategies• Philosophy• How does this relate to the REAL everyday

situation at work• Discuss opportunities, challenges and

solutions posed by E-Commerce

Activity FiveMGT 540 – Managing Technology For Organizations

• Ethical and social issues related to IT in business

• Stock trading

• Customer privacy

• Employee privacy

Activity SixMGT 540 – Managing Technology For Organizations

• Share some examples of ethical and social issues related to IT in your job

• Discuss Section 4.1, on page 123

• Is an “Ethical Model” the best way to approach ethical decision making

• Which key technology trends raise ethical issues

Activity SevenMGT 540 – Managing Technology For Organizations

• Discuss your answers to “Developing a Corporate Ethics Code”, on page 155

Activity EightMGT 540 – Managing Technology For Organizations

• Form teams

• Prepare to debate / discuss

• Section 4.3, page 131

• Discuss moral and ethical issues raised in the text

Activity NineMGT 540 – Managing Technology For Organizations

• Discuss Amazon’s New Store: Utility Computing, on pages 202-204

• Infrastructure

• Platforms

• Databases

• Communication networks

Activity TenMGT 540 – Managing Technology For Organizations

• Discuss answers to “Evaluating Server Operating Systems” on page 201

Activity ElevenMGT 540 – Managing Technology For Organizations

• Discussion of IT infrastructure

• Which components exist in your business

• Which ones work well, which ones don’t work well in your company

• What are the trends for IT infrastructure

• What is this whole “cloud” thing about

Activity TwelveMGT 540 – Managing Technology For Organizations

• Review assignments for next week!

Activity ThirteenMGT 540 – Managing Technology For Organizations

• Summary of today’s session

• Questions, comments, concerns

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• Nicholas Davis

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