ist 301
IST 301 Information and Organizations
SUMMER
Course Personnel
Instructor: Rosalie J. Ocker, Ph.D.
E-mail: rocker@ist.psu.edu
Course Materials (required)
To Access Harvard Business Review Articles: Go to the HBR Web site at https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/access/19424847 and make sure to register so you can access your course readings. (You will need to register, but you do NOT need to subscribe.) You will need to purchase your HBR readings using your credit card. To read pdf articles, make sure you have the Adobe Reader, which you can download for free at http://www.adobe.com. For technical assistance contact Harvard Business School Publishing at 1-800-810-8858. They are open 8am-6pm Eastern Standard Time.
MSDNAA & Virtual Labs
To learn more about the free software made available through the Microsoft Developers Network Academic Alliance (MSDNAA) to students enrolled in IST courses, please visit the following website: http://up.ist.psu.edu/up/up_msdnaa.
What are Virtual Labs (VLABS)? VLABS provide students with a parallel learning environment. To learn more about the Virtual Labs, how to access them, and where to go for technical support, read the following link: http://up.ist.psu.edu/up/up_vlabs.
VLABs may contain the following software:
Adobe Acrobat Reader
I2 Analyst’s Notebook
Adobe Flash Player
ArcEditor
Cyberlink PowerDVD
Emacs
Java stack: JDK + Netbeans + JRE
JCreator LE
Mathematica
Mathplayer IE
Microsoft Office 2010
Microsoft Project 2010
Microsoft Visio 2010
Mozilla Firefox
MuPad Light
OpenOffice
Quicktime
SQL Server 08 R2 Management
SSH
Visual Studio 2010
VLC
Winscp
VMWare vSphere Client
Course Description
Organizations exist to help direct human and capital resources toward activities that support the organization’s goals. The organization’s structure helps to determine the division of tasks, the roles and responsibilities of individuals within the organization, and the reporting lines of staff through
SUMMER
Course Personnel
Instructor: Rosalie J. Ocker, Ph.D.
E-mail: rocker@ist.psu.edu
Course Materials (required)
To Access Harvard Business Review Articles: Go to the HBR Web site at https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/access/19424847 and make sure to register so you can access your course readings. (You will need to register, but you do NOT need to subscribe.) You will need to purchase your HBR readings using your credit card. To read pdf articles, make sure you have the Adobe Reader, which you can download for free at http://www.adobe.com. For technical assistance contact Harvard Business School Publishing at 1-800-810-8858. They are open 8am-6pm Eastern Standard Time.
MSDNAA & Virtual Labs
To learn more about the free software made available through the Microsoft Developers Network Academic Alliance (MSDNAA) to students enrolled in IST courses, please visit the following website: http://up.ist.psu.edu/up/up_msdnaa.
What are Virtual Labs (VLABS)? VLABS provide students with a parallel learning environment. To learn more about the Virtual Labs, how to access them, and where to go for technical support, read the following link: http://up.ist.psu.edu/up/up_vlabs.
VLABs may contain the following software:
Adobe Acrobat Reader
I2 Analyst’s Notebook
Adobe Flash Player
ArcEditor
Cyberlink PowerDVD
Emacs
Java stack: JDK + Netbeans + JRE
JCreator LE
Mathematica
Mathplayer IE
Microsoft Office 2010
Microsoft Project 2010
Microsoft Visio 2010
Mozilla Firefox
MuPad Light
OpenOffice
Quicktime
SQL Server 08 R2 Management
SSH
Visual Studio 2010
VLC
Winscp
VMWare vSphere Client
Course Description
Organizations exist to help direct human and capital resources toward activities that support the organization’s goals. The organization’s structure helps to determine the division of tasks, the roles and responsibilities of individuals within the organization, and the reporting lines of staff through