LATEST TRENDS IN IT USE (A) : THE COMPANY VIEWPOINT

Code Cours
2324-IÉSEG-M1S1-MIS-MA-FI50UE
Language of instruction
English
Teaching content
MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Training officer(s)
F.GOETHALS
Stakeholder(s)
Frank GOETHALS
Level
Master
Program year
Period

Présentation

Prerequisite
There are no prerequisites.
Goal
At the end of the course, the student should be able to:
- understand the role of new technologies in companies,
- describe the latest trends in ICT,
- understand the Gartner Hype cycle, and
- should see the importance of technologies to companies in specific industries.
- Have greater awareness about ESRS topics such as: planned obsolescence and website visitor tracking practices.
Presentation
Although selling and buying on the Internet is one important part of the latest IT trends, other new technologies are also studied.
First, we study the latest technologies used within the company (such as RFID-tags, augmented reality, 3D printing and scanning, prediction markets, Big Data and advergames) and technologies used across companies (such as Vendor Managed Inventory). We play the online version of the Beergame to show the value of inter-organisational computer systems. We also shortly investigate the impact of technologies on society-level. We study how innovations can be made in every component of a business model.
Secondly, we investigate the technologies that are used in specific industries. Students make group presentations about a specific industry. The industries that were studied last year were Hotels, Music, Newspapers and books, Shoes, Toys and Games, TV and sports, Airlines, Banking, Clothing and Furniture. Students get the material that was presented last year by other students and can build on top of that. Finally, the students have to write a report about trends they noticed across the different industries.
Thirdly, key theories are derived through case studies, such as the implantation of RFID tags in the Baja Beach Dance Club.

Modalités

Organization
Type Amount of time Comment
Présentiel
Cours interactif 16,00
Travail personnel
Group Project 16,00
Autoformation
Recherche 18,00
Overall student workload 50,00
Evaluation
Students have to study the latest evolutions in a specific industry (they choose). They have to prepare a presentation on this for the other students. Students also have to write a report on the basis of the presentations of all groups.
Control type Duration Amount Weighting
Autres
Rapport écrit 0,00 1 30,00
Contrôle continu
Présentation orale 0,00 2 60,00
Participation 16,00 1 10,00
TOTAL 100,00

Ressources

Bibliography
Material will be made available via ieseg-online. A digital book is used for this class: Goethals F. (2014) 20 Trends in Digital Innovations -
Internet resources
ieseg-online
We will use ieseg-online and the school's Yammer platform.