Code of ethics the mccombs school of business has no

Code of Ethics
The McCombs School of Business has no tolerance for acts of scholastic dishonesty. The
responsibilities of both students and faculty with regard to scholastic dishonesty are described in
detail in the BBA Program’s Statement on Scholastic Dishonesty at
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Academic Integrity
Students of the University of Texas and this course may not share or distribute materials that could
be an advantage to another current or future student, and the university has no tolerance for acts
of scholastic dishonesty. For more on UT’s policy of Academic Dishonesty and Cheating, following
the link here: -
discipline-and-conduct/
Students with Disabilities
Students with disabilities may request appropriate academic accommodations from the Division of
Diversity and Community Engagement, Services for Students with Disabilities, 512-471-6259,
Academic Rigor, MIS 302F Workload, and Managing Deadlines
Welcome to The McCombs School of Business. In order to challenge you and truly add to your
education, the McCombs School is committed to rigorous classes. This means that you can expect a
substantial workload in many of the weeks during the semester. This course, while for non-business
majors, is in no way a “business light” course and will require significant reading, participation,
assignment completion, learning of new concepts and critical thinking processes.
Course Outline
Unit or Assignment Activities
Unit 1: The Macroeconomic Impact of IT Unit Readings
 Chapter 1 of Creative Destruction
 Kodak (A) from your Harvard Business
Review Coursepack
Unit Non-Graded Activities*
 Poll(s)
 Discussion: What are impacts of IT (Good
and Bad)?
Unit Assessments
 Unit 1 Quiz
 Unit 1 Discussion: Are Driverless Cars a
Good Idea?
Assignment 1 Excel Assignment #1: Getting started with Excel
Unit 2: IT Networks Unit Readings
 Notes for the Microsoft Case
 Microsoft in 2005 from your Harvard
Business Review Coursepack

 Oracle vs. Salesforce.com from your
Harvard Business Review Coursepack
 Is Cloud Computing Really Ready for Prime
Time?
Unit Non-Graded Activities*
 Poll(s)
 Lesson 1 Practice Quiz
 Exercise: Buy, Build, or Rent Software
 Lesson 2 Practice Quiz
Unit Assessments
 Unit 2 Quiz
 Unit 2 Interactive: Build, Buy, or Rent?
Assignment 2 Excel Assignment #2: Formatting Worksheets
Unit 3: Platform-Based Competition Unit Readings
 Apple Inc. in 2010 from your Harvard
Business Review Coursepack
 Networks and Positive Feedback: How to
Exploit Network Effects from your Harvard
Business Review Coursepack
 Strategies for Two-Sided Markets from
your Harvard Business Review Coursepack
Unit Non-Graded Activities*
 Poll(s)
 Lesson 1 Practice Quiz
 Lesson 2 Practice Quiz
Unit Readings
 Unit 3 Quiz
 Unit 3 Prompt: Recommend a Product
Strategy
Assignment 3 Excel Assignment #3: Formulas and Functions
Unit 4: Communications Ecosystem Unit Readings
 Overview of Networking Notes
 The Internet Technology-Developing Web
Applications
 Wireless World
 Akamai Technologies from your Harvard
Business Review Coursepack
