Ph.D. Program - Department of Management
Boğaziçi University
Spring 2016
Instructor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Koch
Day and Room: MMM 456 / EMBA
Website:
Interplay between information systems and organizations. Focus on the importance of IS as a means for information sharing and coordination, and as an enabler for new organizational forms in the context of the network economy. Theories with regard to adoption, acceptance and management of IS in organizations; theories and models for the value of IS in organizations and the role of IS in innovation.
Graduates will have a comprehensive knowledge of the academic literature and research methodology in their areas of specialization.
Graduates will have the ability to critically assess existing research in their areas of specialization.
Graduates will have the ability to contribute new knowledge in their areas of specialization.
This
course will have two main parts, the first one designed to expose students to the relevant topics and literature. After an introduction to a topic and brainstorming, students will have to read, analyse and present research papers from that area. In the second part, students will have to develop their own research project in the field. They need to write the literature review, theory and methodology part of a paper and present in class. The main topics to be adressed in class:
Organization of the IS/IT Function and IT Governance IS/IT Business Value and Decisions IS Development Adoption and Acceptance of IS/IT Specialised IS: ERP and DSS IS and Innovative Processes in and around the Organization
Hand-outs and papers will be available through Dropbox or the university library system.
Participation in class discussions
Paper presentations
Research project design and presentation
Feb. 19 (9:00 -12:00): Introduction, IS Research and Research Methods, IT Governance and Strategy
Feb. 22: IT Governance and Strategy
Required reading: Henderson & Venkatraman (1999), Strategic Alignment: Leveraging Information Technology for Transforming Organizations, IBM Systems Journal, 38 (2/3). Luftman et al. (1993), Transforming the enterprise: The alignment of business and information technology strategies, IBM Systems Journal, 32 (1).
Paper Presentations
Feb. 29: IS/IT Business Value and Investment Decisions
Required reading: DeLone & McLean (1992). Information Systems Success: The Quest for the Dependent Variable. Information Systems Research, 3(1). DeLone & McLean (2003). The DeLone and McLean Model of Information Systems Success: A Ten-Year Update. Journal of Management Information Systems, 19(4). Benaroch & Kauffman (1990). A Case for Using Real Options Pricing Analysis to Evaluate Information Technology Project Investments. Information Systems Research, 10(1). Brynjolfsson (1993). The Productivity Paradox of Information Technology. CACM, 36(12). Brynjolfsson & Hitt (1998). Beyond the Productivity Paradox. CACM, 41(8).
Mar. 7: IS/IT Business Value and Investment Decisions
Paper Presentations
Mar. 14: Cancelled...
Mar. 21: IS/IT Business Value and Investment Decisions
Paper Presentations
Mar. 28: Adoption and Acceptance of IS/IT
Required Reading: Davis (1989), Perceived Usefulness, Perceived Ease of Use, and User Acceptance of Information Technology, MIS Quarterly, 13(3). Davis, Bagozzi & Warshaw (1989), User Acceptance of Computer Technology: A Comparison of Two Theoretical Models, Management Science, 35(8). Venkatesh & Davis (2000), A Theoretical Extension of the Technology Acceptance Model: Four Longitudinal Field Studies, Management Science, 46(2).
Apr. 4: IS Development
Required Reading: Dutoit & Bruegge (1998), Commmunication Metrics for Software Development, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, 24(8). MacCormack, Verganti & Iansiti (2001), Developing Products on Internet Time: The Anatomy of a Flexible Development Process, Management Science 47(1).
Paper Presentations
Apr. 11: Specialised IS: ERP and DSS
Paper Presentations
Apr. 25: IS and Innovative Processes in and around the Organization
May 2: IS and Innovative Processes in and around the Organization
Paper Presentations
May 9: Research Project Presentations
May 30: Research Paper Submission
Prof. Dr. Stefan Koch
e-mail: Stefan.Koch@boun.edu.tr
Room 409, IIBF, or Department Chair Office, IIBF
Office hours Tu 10:00 - 12:00, or by appointment
Telephone: -6523 or 0537 474 14 86
Department of
Management
Bogazici University