Course Description
The interrelationship between globalization and information systems. Technological and social factors supporting and inhibiting globalization. National culture. Managing a global Information System (IS) project, the global IS manager, the global IS professional, working in culturally diverse IS teams, implementing IS projects in diverse cultures. Globalization and electronic commerce.
Athena Title
GLOBALIZATION & IS
Prerequisite
MIST 6080 or MIST 6090
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Students completing this course will: -understand the principal features of global IS strategy; -be knowledgeable of the key technologies fostering globalization; -have a clear understanding of the international IS workforce; -be able to apply at least one theory of national cultural factors to an IS managerial situation; -understand the key issues to be considered for the implementation of IS in developed and less developed countries; -identify the key methods for the conduct of global software development projects.
Topical Outline
Global IS strategy alignment; IS promoting globalization; International IS workforce; Cultural issues impacting the development, adoption, and use of IS; IS in developed and less developed countries; Global software development and implementation projects.