CSUCI
Business 550
The Contemporary Firm
Wed, Sep 1, 2010
[updated: Wednesday, September 1, 2010]
"All business depends on men fulfilling their responsibility."
-Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948)
Contents
Preface
The purpose of this web site is to provide information and materials for students enrolled in Wayne Smith's Business 550 course, Class # 3770, for the Spring, 2008 semester.
This course meets Tue 6:00pm - 10:00pm (4/1 - 6/17) in Thousand Oaks (off-site).
This course is offered by the Martin V. Smith School of Business and Economics and Extended Education at California State University, Channel Islands (CSUCI). CSU Channel Islands is one of 23 campuses in the California State University system.
My email address is wayne.smith@csun.edu. For email
sent to me by students, the Subject line should start with "[CSUCI Bus550]" (without the quotes) [ example ].
Interested students may learn more about me by reviewing my personal web page. The PDF
materials on this page require the "free" Acrobat Reader.
Notes
The following notes are updates/changes provided prior to the semester and between class sessions (in descending chronological order).
- Sun. Mar 16, 2008: This subscription file will serve as the pre-course notification system for BUS550.
The above notes are also available as a subscription feed [ .atom ]. A subscription feed is a
contemporary approach to automated notification.
Pre-Course Materials
These materials can be accessed before the first class session.
These resources can be useful for prospective students desiring to gain a better appreciation for the subject matter of this course without enrolling in the course or purchasing the required textbook(s).
These materials are especially useful for non-business majors who are considering enrolling in this course.
Materials in this particular section will not appear on any quiz or exam.
- Electronic Calendar [ .pdf | .ics ] (Wed. Sep 1, 2010)
- Course-pedia [ .html ] (Wed. Sep 1, 2010)
- My Personal Background [ .pdf ] (Wed. Sep 1, 2010)
- My Academic Research Streams [ .pdf ] (Wed. Sep 1, 2010)
- My Teaching Philosophy [ .pdf ] (Wed. Sep 1, 2010)
Course Materials
These materials should be reviewed before the first class session.
- Syllabus [ .pdf ] (Wed. Sep 1, 2010)
- Outline [ .html ] (Wed. Sep 1, 2010)
- HBR Materials [ .html ] (Wed. Sep 1, 2010)
- Supplemental Materials [ .html ] (Wed. Sep 1, 2010)
- Formatting Requirements for Written Deliverables [ .pdf ] (Wed. Sep 1, 2010)
- Scoring Written Deliverables [ .pdf ] (Wed. Sep 1, 2010)
General Materials
The following materials apply to all my courses independent of subject matter.
- "How Successful Student Professionals Communicate Electronically" [ .pdf ] (Wed. Sep 1, 2010)
- Class Behavior [ .pdf ] (Wed. Sep 1, 2010)
- Class Participation Guidelines [ .pdf ] (Wed. Sep 1, 2010)
- A Management Writer's Reference [ .pdf ] (Tue. May 21, 2019)
- Management Vocabulary [ .pdf ] (Wed. Sep 1, 2010)
- Quantitative Evaluation [ .pdf ] (Wed. Sep 1, 2010)
- Understanding Standardized Scores [ .pdf ] (Wed. Sep 1, 2010)
- The Role of Office Hours [ .pdf ] (Wed. Sep 1, 2010)
- How to Fool Yourself with Technology [ .pdf ] (Tue. May 21, 2019)
Assignments and Exercises
The following materials are the tentative assignments (probably three in number) for this course. They also may be updated and expanded as needed.
- Textbook "Impact and Question" Presentation Template [ .ppt ] (Wed. Sep 1, 2010)
- Audiocast Report [ .pdf ] (Wed. Sep 1, 2010)
- Research Report (paper) [ .pdf ] (Wed. Sep 1, 2010)
- Research Report Formats [ .pdf ] (Wed. Sep 1, 2010)
- Database assignment (use Hotel Reservations database below) [ .pdf ] (Wed. Sep 1, 2010)
- Chapter 3 Hotel Reservations (MS-Access) [ .mdb ] (Wed. Sep 1, 2010)
Additional Materials
The following materials don't "fit" anywhere else neatly.
- "Innovation Audit" [ .pdf ] (Wed. Sep 1, 2010)
- Information Ecology [ .pdf ] (Wed. Sep 1, 2010)
- Social Network Analysis Slides [ .ppt ] (Wed. Sep 1, 2010)
- Social Network Analysis Data [ data, network-individuals, network-friends, network-advice, network-example1, network-example2 ] (Wed. Sep 1, 2010)
- SNA Example - Huberman/Adamic paper ("Information Dynamics at HP") [ .pdf ]
- TED Talks [ .pdf ] (Wed. Sep 1, 2010)
For graduate courses, I prefer a "Read/Write" syllabus (i.e., a syllabus that I and the students can alter in some way if needed). The following syllabi are for similar courses from other institutions. These materials may be helpful to us in refining our topics for study.
- "Management of Hi-Technology Companies" (J. West, now at SJSU) [ .pdf ]
- "E-Commerce: The Management of Technology" (P. Gorman, CSUN) [ .html ] (cache)
- "Critical IT Decisions for Business Executives" (V. Gurbaxani, UC Irvine) [ .doc ]
- "Information and Process Systems" (J. Mooney, Pepperdine) [ .pdf ]
- "Management of Technology" (R. Weber, UPenn) [ .pdf ]
- "Managing a Firm's Intellectual Assets" (A. Majchrzak, USC) [ .pdf ]
- "Management Information Systems" (R. Pearle, LMU) [ .pdf ]
- "Management Information Systems" (K. Seal, LMU) [ .pdf ]
- "Management Information Systems" (R. Nakatsu, LMU) [ .pdf ]
Regional Learning Opportunities
It is important to keep up with local peers and professional development opportunities as well. The following are a few
of the regional user groups and professional society activities that I found to be relevant to this course (a few of
which come from a more comprehensive list that I maintain separately for undergraduate MIS/IT majors at CSU Northridge).
- Society for Information Management (Southern California Chapter) [ .html ]
- Information Systems Assurance and Control Association (Los Angeles Chapter) [ .html ]
- Southern California Quality Assurance Association (San Fernando Valley Chapter) [ .html ]
- Association for Women in Technology (Southern California Chapter) [ .html ]
- Southern California Knowledge Management Cluster [ .html ]
- Software Council of Southern California (Valley Chapter) [ .html ]
- Digital Coast Roundtable [ .html ]
- Los Angeles Regional Technology Alliance [ .html ]
- Southern California Venture Network [ .html ]
- CalTech Enterprise Forum [ .html ]
Further Study
The following is a collection of materials in various media that students should review just before the end of the the course.
- Materials for Further Study [ .html ] (Wed. Sep 1, 2010)
