June 8

Syllabus Review
 

June 15

But Will It Fly?

Squire’s The Tender Ship (Selected excerpts)

Kessler et al. article, “Vasa syndrome…”

Scigliano article, “10 technology disasters”

June 22

Watson-Watts Law of Third Best

Sobel’s Longitude

June 29

General Ned Ludd and the Army of Redressers

Roger’s Diffusion of Innovations

§§ 1 (pp. 1-11), 5- 7 all

8 (pp. 300-325 and 343-364), 9 and 10 all, 11 (pp. 436-452)

July 6

How the West was Won

Drucker’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship

July 13

Felling Trees in a Quiet Forest

Brown and Duguid’s The Social Life of Information §§ 2- 6, 8

 Alter and Ginzberg, “Managing uncertainty in MIS implementation”

 Abdel-Hamid and Madnick, “The elusive silver lining…”

July 20

A Glass Half Full (of Ice)

Lansing’s Endurance

July 27

Leadership Secrets of Atilla, Winnie the Pooh, etc., etc., etc.

Chaleff’s The Courageous Follower

§§ 1-5, 7

 Sum et al., “Contextual elements of critical success factors in MRP implementation”