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A Non-linear Delivery of Instruction as Applied to the
Evolution of Learning in a MBA Information Technology Course
A Case Study
Nicholas Harkiolakis, PhD
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Software Development
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The Case Study• MBA: e-Business Technologies• Duration: 12 sessions (weeks)• Student’s Background:
– Information Technology
– Health Care Management
– Public Relations
– Finance
– Accounting
Syllabus– Organizational needs for integration and
flexibility– Present status of Information Technology in
business– The integration of business, ERP
functions/applications– ERP trends and major vendors of software and
services– Inter-organizational systems (supply chain and
EDI)– Collaborative systems and knowledge
management– Key design and implementation tradeoffs in
large-scale distributed development– Improving reliability – Effective data sharing within and between
computers– Web based application frameworks– Essential infrastructure for distributed Web
applications in UNIX and Windows environments– Clients and Services– Networked streams– Command and event processors– RPC, CORBA, J2EE and .NET– Proprietary and open source solutions– Web Services– Grid computing– Future trends
• Project
• e-Business Fundamentals I– e-Business Overview– e-Business Trends– e-Business Strategy– e-Business Design– e-Business Cycle Phases
• Transform Business Processes• Build Applications• Enabling Infrastructure• Leverage
– Web-Based Application Architecture• Architecture Fundamentals• Client/Server Computing• Client-Side Technologies• Server-Side Technologies• Web Services
• e-Business Fundamentals II– e-Business Building Block
• Client Building Block
• Network Building Block
• Application Server Building Block
• Connector Building Block
• Security Building Block
• Performance Building Block
• Management Building Block
– Business Patterns • Overview
• User-to-Business Application Topologies
• Reusable Assets
• Business Pattern Usage
• User-to-Business Pattern
– Business Models• Emerging Business Models
• e-Marketplaces
• Building an e-Business
– Delivering a Solution• EJBs and Distributed Architectures
• e-Business Requests
• Responding to Increasing Demand
• Enterprise Transaction Server Components
• Transaction Monitors
The Remaining Syllabus
• E-Commerce Fundamentals• Process mapping and UML• XML and Web Services• J2EE• .NET Framework• M-Commerce and Wireless Technologies• Special Topics
– ERP– Corporate Portals– Agent Technology– e-Business Security
Student Anxiety
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Application Areas
• Physics
• Mathematics
• Chemistry
• Seminars
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Future Directions
Quantitative Research
Collaborations?
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