620-01 Information Systems and Global

This course focuses on social implications of information systems (IS) from global perspectives.This course primarily examines economic and organizational dimensions, cooperative and knowledge work, productivity, marketing, work life, electronic communities, privacy, safety, ethics and professionalism, IT and education, gender issues in IT, democracy and empowerment and other related topics.The course also explores the interaction of race, gender, and class in structuring the consumption and production of information systems in a variety of domains.The course is designed for graduate students with interest in (1) the development, implementation and management of information systems in diverse environments (2) contemporary diverse organizational environment and (3) how Information and communication technology shape and are shaped by organizations.The course expands the issues of domestic business operations to include global issues like time, standards, regulations, identity and culture.The course extensively covers social issues in information systems especially as they affect productivity, marketing, online community, social media, e-commerce and crosscultural IS projects.These issues will be discussed through assigned readings, case examples (discussions) and assignments.