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| 1 | Introduction | Introduce yourself to class, and tell us about an interesting “international experience” you have had.
Describe a global IT systems issue discussed in “Beware of Anti-Americanism” and some possible approaches to successfully addressing the issue. |
| 2 | Global Information Infrastructure | Consider the ten enabling factors the GIIC lists for a country to successfully participate in the information society (this week’s reading). Discuss how your country has managed or is approaching the adoption and implementation of one of these factors. Are they successful?
In getting started on your country profiles, the biggest hurdle is locating good, credible resources for IT relating to your country. Share with us a good resource you’ve located for global or national IT issues, describe it, and include its web address. |
| 3 | Language & Culture | After doing some initial research on your country and reading the "English to You, Greek to Them" article, what advice would you give to an organization developing a web site that targets customers from your country?
What was the most surprising thing you learned about being an expatriate manager in China? Would you like to have the challenge that "Mr. Manager" faced in the article? (Be sure to read the boxes at the end with food and advice...). |
| 4 | Global Workforce | After reading the UN report on knowledge assets, why do you think a country's or society's intellectual capital and knowledge assets are important to their participation in our "information society?"
What are some indicators of your country's knowledge assets? Look at Table 3, p. 29 of this week's reading to get some metrics, and then research them. Share with the rest of us some interesting findings on your country. |
| 5 | Intellectual Property Rights | What are some risks to a company that is outsourcing their software development to an overseas firm? After reading the article, "At Risk Offshore," and the readers' comments, how important are these risks?
There are a number of global agreements to protect intellectual property including Trips and the WIPO Copyright Treaty. What protections does your country recognize? What is your country's track record on prosecuting illegal copying of intellectual property such as music, video and software CD's? |
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| 7 | Information Security & Privacy | Describe a risk in outsourcing a company's software development to a foreign country? How would you evaluate whether or not it is worth the risk?
What are some differences between the U.S. and the European Union on privacy of data? How does your country compare? |
| 8 | Computer Crime | Read the article on the Convention on Cybercrime treaty. What does it address? Why is it "imperfect." Do you think it will help fight computer crime? Do some research on computer-related crime in your country. What are some significant characteristics of computer crime? Activities to fight computer crime? |
| 9 | e-Business | Though the two articles for this week are very U.S.-centric, we may be able to apply some of the trends discussed to other markets and societies. What are some of the trends that are unique to the U.S.? What trends might also be seen elsewhere? Ecommerce focuses more on retailing, ebusiness encompasses all business activities done online. Both are quickly being integrated into traditional business practices. What are some trends in your country? |
| 10 | e-Payments | What are the ethical issues raise in how PayPal collects and disburses funds? What are the complaints brought by some PayPal users about the service? Are there any problems that PayPal may need to address for your specific country? |
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| 12 | Wireless Technologies & Applications | After reading the Computerworld article, "Wireless Gets Down to Business," what applications do you think have the best global potential? What are some potential advantages and risks of these applications? Countries have had varying success in adopting wireless and mobile applications. In fact, the U.S. is definitely not a leader - many of your countries are. Share with us what's happening on the wireless and mobile application front in your country. |
| 13 | Global Programming Industry | Since the dot-com bubble burst in 2000, there has been quite a controversy in the U.S. over outsourcing programming and system development work overseas. Read three of the articles listed on the InfoWorld web page linked to the class readings, and identify some of the benefits and risks to the U.S. (enterprises and individuals)to outsourcing overseas. In researching global programming issues relevant to your country, you'll come across a wide variety of countries and companies providing programming services. Where do you think you'd send a big corporate programming project? Or, would you choose to keep it in-house, regardless of the expense. Why? |
| 14 | Virtual Workplaces | No Discussion |
| 15 | Technology Management | No Discussion |
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