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Course

Advances in IT Management Seminar 2018

Faculty

DIGI faculty and affiliates

Course Coordinator

Michel Avital

Prerequisites

Aim

This introductory course highlights central topics in information systems research. It is designed to familiarize doctorate students with the main research streams and contributing scholars of IS research, to introduce the common research approaches, and to provide a 'safe environment for stepping into lifelong research endeavor. In addition to reviewing a rich subset of the IS research literature, the course seeks to prepare the foundations that will assist the participants in developing and writing their thesis.

Course content

The course surveys a wide literature base to provide students with a grasp of the main issues in the IS discipline while developing deeper understanding of its development and conceptual turns. The course emphasizes breadth and is geared toward the socio-technical aspects of information technologies in organizational context. Specifically, participants will have an opportunity to examine main strands of IS research and their interrelationships in the overall context of the discipline and management studies.

The course is designed as a sequence of 6 three-hour meetings, each covering a central topic in information systems research. The meetings are designed in a research seminar format that includes guided discussions, mini workshops, and teacher and student class presentations. In addition to a critical and/or appreciative review of existing work, the seminar emphasizes constructive discussion aiming toward helping students to design state of the art research that builds on and extends the related current body of knowledge.

Considering the underlying objective, this course is designed with a heavy reading load. The readings, class preparation as well as class participation are essential. In preparation for each seminar, students will review the assigned articles, and subsequently should prepare and upload to LEARN a “conversation starter” that discusses and integrates the readings as well as offers personal insights and suggested topics for further discussion in the seminar. Upload or post your conversation starter to the Students Forum in LEARN at least 48 hours prior to the class (Wednesday at noon).

Teaching style

Lecture plan

WK#	Date 2018*	Description	Instructor	Note
4	26 January	Foundations of Scandinavian IS	Niels Bjørn-Andersen
6	09 February	Information and Knowledge	Attila Marton
9	02 March	Use as a Core IS Construct	Mari-Klara Stein
11	16 March	Decision Making from DSS to Algorithms	Ioanna Constantiou
14	06 April	Network Perspective on Organization	Matthias Trier
16	20 April	Guest lecture – The Political Economy of Computing	Hamid Ekbia

*All sessions are Fridays 14:00-17:00 unless noted otherwise.

Learning objectives

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

Identify and discuss the main research streams in IS research
Identify the key scholars in IS research and discuss their contribution to the body of knowledge
Identify and discuss key disciplinary controversies and debates
Discuss the development of the IS research discipline and its community of scholars
Apply IS research theory to own thesis project
Position own thesis project in the context of the IS body of knowledge

Exam

A Pass/Fail grade will be based on participation and timely submission of all the conversation starters.

Other

Start date

26/01/2018

End date

20/04/2018

Level

PhD

ECTS

2 (DIGI students are required to pass 4.0 ECTS by taking two rounds of the seminar)

Language

English

Course Literature

TBA

Fee

2.600.- for 2 ECTS

Minimum number of participants

Maximum number of participants

Location

Copenhagen Business School
Howitzvej 60, room: 5.23

2000 Frederiksberg

Contact information

For further enquiries about the course please send mail to Blazenka B. Kvistbo, bbk.research@cbs.dk

Registration deadline

19/01/2018

DIGI students are required to pass 4.0 ECTS by taking two rounds of the seminar

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