Upon successfully completing this course the student will: 
1. Understand the forces that lead to globalization as well as 
its advantages and disadvantages.
2. Understand the various globalization strategies as well as 
the fit between the globalization strategy for the organization 
and the IS department.
2. Appreciate how cultural and structural issues impact the 
development, adoption, and use of IT.
3. Understand the factors that determine a nation's e-readiness 
and implications for e-commerce. 
4. Understand the challenges involved in global software 
development and implementation.
5. Examine the off-shore sourcing phenomenon, its benefits and 
risks as well as risk-mitigating strategies.
6. Understand IT in less developed countries and the digital 
divide.

Globalization and e-readiness
Globalization strategies
Cultural and Structural Issues
Offshore sourcing
Global Software Development and Implementation
Software Piracy
IT in Less Developed Countries and the Digital Divide

"A Culture of Honesty" is The University of Georgia's policy 
about academic honesty.
Every student who enrolls at the University agrees to be bound 
by the policy.This means that each student has a responsibility 
to read the policy and comply with it. It's no defense to a 
charge of academic dishonesty to say 'I didn't know that was 
prohibited.' Students must perform their entire academic work 
without plagiarizing, cheating, lying, tampering, stealing, 
receiving assistance from others (unless the faculty member 
authorizes that assistance)or using sources to assist in that 
work (without giving fair attribution). 

[Source: "A Culture of Honesty at The University of Georgia." A 
pamphlet published by the UGA Office of the Vice President for 
Instruction]. 

We appreciate the fact that honesty runs rampant in our 
classes. We strive to have a culture of complete academic 
honesty. Thus, The University's Academic Honesty Policy is in 
effect. However, violations have actually occurred. If an 
alleged incident occurs, the situation will immediately be 
documented and sent to the Office of the Vice-President for 
Academic Affairs for processing, and your grade in this course 
will be an NR (Not Reported) until the matter has run through 
due process. Officials in that Office will directly contact all 
parties involved. If you have any questions, refer to The 
University's Academic Honesty Guidelines in University of 
Georgia Publications for more details on the rules and 
procedures (also at www.uga.edu/ovpi). Again, we do appreciate 
your honesty. 

Academic Honesty and Group Work Policy: Please note that if a 
group member does not participate in a group assignment, The 
University's Academic Honesty Policy prohibits his or her name 
from appearing on it. 

Academic Honesty and Individual Work: It is expected that 
students will learn from the Instructor, texts, other books, 
and possibly  from fellow students. All materials submitted 
for a grade must be the student's own effort (except for group 
assignments, if any). (For group assignments, materials 
submitted for a grade must be from the efforts of the students 
who are members of the group and no others.)
Assignments in this category are to be accomplished 
individually. This means that you are not to solve problems 
together or compare answers prior to turning in the work. 
Cooperative efforts on individual work will result in an 
immediate score of zero for all parties involved. The situation 
will immediately be forwarded to the Office of the Vice-
President for Academic Affairs. Please refer to The 
University's Academic Honesty policy (http://www.uga.edu/ovpi) 
for more details.