Mgmt 274A Special Topics in Information Systems
Managerial Implications of Emerging Information Technologies
Spring, 1996

Course Objectives


Objective 1 Strategy

As a result of participating in this class each student will evolve a strategy for evaluating emerging information technologies in terms of their potential for organizational impact.

This objective will be achieved through (1) utilizing models from across the various business disciplines, as applied to information technology choices within an organizational context, and (2) considering the organizational impacts of the technology as it applies to a critical success factor of an industry.

Objective 2 Role of Information

As a result of participating in this class each student will understand how information is used in an organization and the implications for selecting appropriate technologies to support this use.

Information, as a form of speech, is a noun. But in the information age, information must also assume an active role, and hence the concept of informationalization evolved. This objective will be achieved through careful analysis of the concept of informationalization, and through utilization of a data-form vs. data-function matrix to comprehend how value is added as additional attributes are incorporated.

Objective 3 Information Access

As a result of participating in this class each student will perfect the on-line information search and retrieval skills which are needed for analysis and presentation in guiding decision making and action.

This objective will be achieved through extensive utilization of the on-line databases available through the UCLA library system, including MELVYL, ABI Inform, Disclosure, and through the use of various search engines on the Web, including Netsearch, Yahoo, ALTA VISTA, or others.

Objective 4 Information Integration

As a result of participating in this class each student will build a set of Web pages which link concepts and materials used in the class with key ideas from other MBA classes.

This objective will be achieved through each student building a "My MBA Homepage" which establishes an organizational structure for the key ideas studied during the past two years. This page will then link with models, examples, or illustrations of the key ideas encountered; and will be used to substantiate the arguments and concepts used in this, and other courses.

Workshops on preparing Web pages will be offered.


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Last Updated January 27, 1996

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