BAD 84080 Fall 2007 Brandyberry

Upon completion of this course, students will: 

 

1. Understand the main research areas associated with emerging technologies.

 

2. Obtain an in-depth understanding of a particular category of emerging technology.

 

3. Develop and execute a collaborative research project where the end result should be targeted towards an ‘A’ journal.

 

4. Develop skills associated with reviewing academic papers.

 

 

A research paper will be required for this course.  As a class we will choose a (assuming the current enrollment of two) research project to engage in.  As opposed to what I have tried in other classes, this will be a heavily guided collaborative project between the instructor and two students (on each project).  The goal is to impart a certain level of research wisdom as opposed to a more “sink or swim” individual approach.  As such, the student will have a great deal of input and will be heavily involved in every step of the project but will not have complete control over the project.  The anticipated result is a complete empirical research project where all three authors (instructor and two students) contributed to the project equally (but perhaps in different ways).  The end result should have authors listed alphabetically with a note stating authors contributed equally.  Your evaluation for the course on this component will be based on whether you have earned “contributed equally” status and the final quality of the research. 

 

We will begin the research projects immediately understanding as we work through material we may decide to modify certain aspects of the course.  The projects must pertain to the main course topic “emerging technologies”.  Likely topics will investigate the adoption/diffusion of technologies, usage of technologies in organizations, disruptive technologies, etc. 

 

We will (1) choose research topics, (2) develop a research model, (3) design an instrument (if applicable), (4) explore funding opportunities (if applicable) (5) get human subject approval, (6) collect and analyze data, (7) write paper (not necessarily as a strict sequence, some activities will be done concurrently with other activities).  The goal is to obtain works that are realistically able to target 'A' journals in the IS area.

 

 

Each class the instructor will assign a research paper or papers that should be read by each student for class discussion.

 

 

Students are responsible for all in class announcements and material whether absence is excused or unexcused. Missed assignments/quizzes will not be made up. In certain cases (emergencies) the score will be dropped. All other cases receive a score of 0.  Missed in-class exercises will receive a score of zero and cannot be made up. 

 

 

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Any student found to be engaged in cheating, plagiarism, or any form of academic misconduct in this course, whether on exams or any other assignment, will automatically receive a grade of "F" for the course.  Other actions may be taken by the College of Business Administration and/or the University.  This policy is to protect the majority of students who are honest.

 

 

In accordance with university policy, if you have a documented disability and require accommodations to obtain equal access to this course; please contact the instructor during the first week of the semester.  Disabilities must be documented through the Office of Student Disability Services located in the Michael Schwartz Center.