| Kursusnavn (dansk): | IT, Globalisation and Culture |
| Kursusnavn (engelsk): | IT, Globalisation and Culture |
| Semester: | Efterår 2014 |
| Udbydes under: | Bachelor i global virksomhedsinformatik (bgbi) |
| Omfang i ECTS: | 15,00 |
| Kursussprog: | Engelsk |
| Kursushjemmeside: | https://learnit.itu.dk |
| Min. antal deltagere: | 12 |
| Forventet antal deltagere: | 40 |
| Maks. antal deltagere: | 50 |
| Formelle forudsætninger: |
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| Læringsmål: | After the course, the students should be able to:
• Account for different definitions of IT, globalization and culture.
In addition the students should be able to:
• Identify and analyze examples of the role of culture and technology in global processes.
• Identify and analyze examples of social, political and practical issues pertaining to technological, global and cultural change.
• Identify and critically assess problem areas and possibilities for knowing and knowledge generation in globally distributed organizational and technological settings.
• Design a case-based campaign in a global cultural context. |
| Fagligt indhold: | The course provides students with an understanding of collaborative and mediated practices within the overarching framework of IT, globalization and culture. Concretely students get to experience and analyze the role of cultural issues in organizations in the context of mediated collaboration and global processes of change. Theoretically, this will allow the students to work with the following themes:
- What is globalization?
- What is culture?
- What is IT?
- What is the role of culture and technology in global processes and organizations? |
| Læringsaktiviteter: | 14 ugers undervisning bestående af forelæsninger og øvelser The course is organized around lectures, group work, virtual team-work and written assignments that are to become a portfolio. Virtual teams will be formed with students at Syracuse University, New York. This teamwork will be part of students’ practical experience with distributed collaboration and communication. The portfolio will reflect the design of the case-based campaign, which the students will organize during the semester in collaboration with Syracuse-students.
Preparation for each time: Readings, writing of portfolio-assignments and commenting on the portfolios of other students. |
| Obligatoriske aktivititer: | There will be six essay assignments during the semester. Submitting the essays will be a requirement for the students to be able to attend the exam. |
| Eksamensform og -beskrivelse: | X. experimental examination form (7-scale; external exam), 7-trins-skala, Ekstern censur The students are evaluated on the basis of a portfolio that each student builds up during the course of the semester through the submission of six essays. Toward the end of the course the portfolio is turned into a written exam.
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| Litteratur udover forskningsartikler: | PRELIMINARY CONTENT
Rose, Chris 2010. How to Win Campaigns: Communications for Change. Routledge. Chp 1, 4 and 6.
The World Bank 2013. Mapping Carbon Pricing Initiatives. Washington D.C. |
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