INSY112

INSY 112: A Global Perspective of Information Technology.

Credit Hours: (3)

A study of information and communication technologies (ICT) with respect to how ICT support, shape, and enable economic and social changes. Covers the challenges of managing ICT, and studies the impact of ICT on society, work, personal life, and the environment in a globalized world.

Note(s): Cultural or Behavioral Analysis designated course. Students cannot get credit for both ITEC 112 and INSY 112.

 

 

Detailed Description of Content of Course

1. The driving forces of change
   1. ICT basics
   2. Evolution of computing
   3. Breakthrough technologies
   4. ICT and globalization
2. Impacts on organization, individuals, work, and society
   1. Networked Global Economy
   2. Cultural difference and influence
   3. Business models
   4. IT infrastructure and service model
   5. Global sourcing
   6. Distributed teams
   7. Collaboration Tools
   8. Enterprise Information Security
   9. Protecting data across borders
   10. Social media (phenomena, impact, tools)
3. Ethical, social, and environmental impacts
   1. Privacy
   2. Intellectual property
   3. Green IS and ecological sustainability

 

 

Detailed Description of Conduct of Course

The course materials will be delivered using a mix of readings, lectures, and case studies. These readings include textbooks, research articles, practitioners’ magazines, and news. The course will incorporate new materials as they become available to keep the content up-to-date. Students will use the assigned readings for each topic to learn, analyze relevant issues, and discuss the various impacts and challenges of ICT in writing and/or oral presentations.

 

Goals and Objectives of the Course

Having successfully completed the course, ITEC 112 students will gain a sound understanding of ICT as a force underlying the changes in organizations, work, personal life, and global sourcing and collaboration. They will be able to analyze issues relevant to long-term development such as global sourcing and ecological sustainability. This course also increases the students’ awareness of cultural and economic differences, which help to understand and interpret issues and challenges caused by these differences.

Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate in-depth understanding of the technical features ICT.
2. Evaluate the importance of ICT and data analysis in business operation.
3. Identify security risks and describe privacy and ethical issues.
4. Analyze how traditional business models may be challenged by ICT.
5. Describe how technology has shaped the current global economy, global workforce, and global views.
6. Describe a current technology with a global impact on business and society.  Explain how the technology works, how it has evolved, the problems it has solved and problems it has created.
7. Predict how emerging technologies are likely to change global perspectives.
8. Compare different perspectives on information technologies and emerging business relationships.
9. Analyze how cultural and social factors may affect the adoption of information technologies.
10. Evaluate how IT diffusion may increase or reduce the gap between developing and developed economies.
11. Assess how IT diffusion may change the cultural, natural, and social environment of the adopting society.

 

Assessment Measures

Students will produce formal and informal analysis, spoken and/or written, which will be graded according to a set of rubrics designed with the outcomes in mind. Evaluation will be based on class discussions, quizzes, exams, and homework assignments.

 

Other Course Information

None.

 

Review and Approval

Jan. 2, 2009                      New course proposal             Art Carter, Chair

February 27, 2024