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BAD 84266 Spring 2009 Datta

B AD 84266 001: Readings in Management Systems

Theory, Design, and Implementation

 

Syllabus and Schedule (Click here for SCHEDULE)

                                                                              

 

Class Time:                  TBA @ the M&IS Conference Room    

                                   

Professor:                     Dr. Pratim Datta

Office Location:           A 408             

Telephone:                    (330) 672-1229

Office Hours:               TBA (via email interim)

Email:                           pdatta@kent.edu

Class Web WebCT :    http://vista.kent.edu

 

 

COURSE OBJECTIVES

This course aims to ground students in relevant theoretical underpinnings and operationalization core to management studies. The course objectives are twofold: First, this course will train students by introducing a core set of theories that will be useful to the building of their knowledge base and serve to illuminate their conceptual models. Second, the course will carry forward theories to look at operationalization and analyses issues. Additionally, the seminar seeks to continue helping students build their research/dissertation portfolio by pushing their research envelope towards a more publishable skillset. In particular, students in this course will examine:

  1. Examining the research process, theories, and strategies
  2. Deciding on the proper theoretical foundation
  3. Combining theoretical best practices
  4. Getting involved in review and publication
  5. Further develop a dissertation agenda.

 

Over the duration of this course, you will focus on reading the craft of writing and reviewing journal articles, most of which are conceptual or synthetic in nature.

 

The articles and journals involved are readily available via the library. The class will follow a schedule where one member will champion a topic at random and lead the discussion for a specific week. I will follow on with asking questions and facilitating the discussions as we progress through the topic on hand. Your discussions and participations are KEY to your success.

 

YOU ARE REQUIRED TO READ AND SUMMARIZE READINGS FOR EVERY FOLLOWING WEEK.

 

COURSE ASSIGNMENTS

Seminar grades will be based on students' performance on six required assignments:

 

  1. (25%) Participate in and lead seminar discussions by critical reviews of assigned papers. A key aspect of preparing for an academic career is the ability to lead and direct an academic discussion. Based on random assignment, I will call upon each seminar participant to be responsible for leading one class session. You will be in charge of the session you are assigned to lead.
  2. (25%) Complete a mid-term examination (research philosophy and literature review).
  1. (30%) Submission of one-two publishable papers to a conference and journal (25 pages double spaced).
  2. (20%) Build on your existing work to prepare and present the research paper sent for publication including motivation, contributions to research and practice, literature review, theory development, hypotheses, discussion, limitations, and conclusion.

 

The standard letter grading scale (A to C) will be used for these seminar requirements and for the overall grade. Late assignments will not be accepted. I will gladly talk with you (and examine written materials) regarding assignments prior to their assigned dates.

 

WEEKLY READINGS & WRITING

The day a journal article or a chapter is assigned, prepare a two-page set of “bullets highlighting the (i) interesting, (ii) problematic, and (iv) recommendable alternative aspects of (i) the theory and (ii) the research design for each of the assigned reading. We will use these pages to drive the discussion of each reading. Post them via WebCT for distribution to all seminar participants.

 

RESEARCH MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION

You are expected to select a phenomenon of interest, draw on an appropriate theoretical perspective (not restricted to the subset that is covered in the course) and submit a conceptual paper. The paper must display knowledge of related literature in the domain and of organizational theory, demonstrating the ability to integrate different perspectives. For instance, the paper can propose a theoretical model to examine a specific issue and suggest a research design to study it. Alternatively, the paper could review of the literature in any area of your interest and provide an organizing framework that reveals issues that require further exploration, laying out a research agenda for the field. This paper is expected to be of the quality accepted in conferences such as AMCIS and ICIS. I expect that you will at least hand in an outline of the paper accompanied by an annotated bibliography at the end of the term. I will be glad to negotiate the time when the completed paper itself will be due.

 

NOTE: If you cannot arrive at a concept yourself and require my assistance in crafting the model, I am ethically obliged to become a primary author/co-author on the manuscript over its lifecycle. You are free to work with me or any of your mentors or other faculty that you choose.

 

 

SYLLABUS NOTES:

  1. Academic honesty: Cheating means to misrepresent the source, nature, or other conditions of your academic work (e.g., tests, papers, projects, assignments) so as to get undeserved credit.   In addition, it is considered to cheating when one cooperates with someone else in any such misrepresentation.  The use of the intellectual property of others without giving them appropriate credit is a serious academic offense.  It is the University's policy that cheating or plagiarism result in receiving a failing grade for the work or course.  Repeat offenses result in dismissal from the University.
  2. Course withdrawal deadline: For Spring 2009 the course withdrawal deadline is Sunday, Sunday, April 5, 2009.
  3. Students with disabilities: University policy 3342-3-18 requires that students with disabilities be provided reasonable accommodations to ensure their equal access course content.  If you have a documented disability and require accommodations, please contact the instructor at the beginning of the semester to make arrangements for necessary classroom adjustments.  Please note, you must first verify your eligibility for these through the Student Accessibility Services (contact 330-672-3391 or visit www.kent.edu/sas for more information on registration procedures). 
  4. Students have responsibility to ensure they are properly enrolled in classes.  You are advised to review your official class schedule (using Student Tools/Flashfast) during the first two weeks of the semester to ensure you are properly enrolled in this class and section.  Should you find an error in your class schedule, you have until Friday, January 30, 2009 to correct the error with your advising office.  If registration errors are not corrected by this date and you continue to attend and participate in classes for which you are not officially enrolled, you are advised now that you will not receive a grade at the conclusion of the semester for any class in which you are not properly registered. 

 

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