ORGANISATIONAL SYSTEMS NETWORK
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- Bibliography
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To attend this course students should have already acquired some basic notions on information systems (for instance by attending the “Information Systems” course).
For the students that will attend at least 75% of the lectures the evaluation will be based on a written test at the end of the course). The test will contain 5 questions aimed at ascertain the students’ knowledge on the topics discussed during the course.
For non-attending students, the evaluation will be based on an oral test aimed at ascertain their knowledge on the topics of the course and their capability of establishing appropriate links between them.
The result of the evaluation will be determined by the correctness and accuracy of the answers (70%); the capability of motivating appropriately the analysis and the claims (20%); and the communication capability (10%)
Students attending this course will study the relationship between information systems and organizational models, particularly with reference to networked, flexible and virtual organizations considered as typical organizational models in the globalization scenario. The students will be provided with conceptual tools allowing the evaluation, from both a theoretical and a managerial point of view, of the impacts of ICT on organizations, especially when they have to redefine their structure, business processes and governance models to establish cooperation relationships within inter-organizational networks.
a) Knowledge and understanding capabilities.
Knowledge of the reasons for an organization to establish cooperation relationships within an inter-organizational network
Knowledge of the problems (at both the technological and the organizational level) an organization has to cope with to establish inter-organizational relationships
Knowledge of the opportunities deriving from the use of WEB 2.0 as a platform enabling and supporting inter-organizational cooperation
b) Capability of applying the acquired knowledge
Capability of identifying and describing the components of organizational systems
Capability of identifying the most appropriate inter-organizational systems to implement in specific cooperation contexts
Capability of designing and managing the transformational processes needed to make different organizations fully interoperable
Capability of analyzing and manage both the formal and informal relationships among different organizations through the most appropriate technological tools
c) Judgement autonomy
Capability of comparing and evaluating different solutions for complex problems, such as the establishment and the management of an inter-organizational network.
d) Communication skills
Capability of communicating effectively, both in written and spoken form, and capability of explaining ICT based solutions to possible clients.
e) Learning capability
Capability of understanding, classifying and elaborating on what has been learned during the course.
a) Hierarchy, market and network as governance models
b) Classification of different types of inter-organizational networks
c) Interoperability and inter-organizational cooperation
d) Cooperation platforms and cooperation environments
Slides of the lectures (made available through the e-Learning platform of the University of Insubria)
Essential reading:
a) Cecilia Rossignoli, Coordinamento e cambiamento, Franco Angeli, 2004
b) Andrew McAfee, Enterprise 2.0: New Collaborative Tools for Your Organization's Toughest Challenges, Harvard Business School Press, 2009
c) Walter Castelnovo, Modelli di cooperazione e interoperabilità organizzativa, Dispensa del corso
Further papers (in English) made available through the e-Learning platform of the University of Insubria
on site lectures, with the use of multimedia contents to deepen the knowledge on some of the topics of the course
Office hours: on appointment
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Degree course in: INFORMATICA