Prof Edgar Whitley (MAR.4.32)

This course is available on the BSc in Accounting and Finance, BSc in Management, International Exchange (1 Term) and International Exchange (Full Year). This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit and to General Course students.

This course has a limited number of places (it is capped). Students who have this course as a compulsory course are guaranteed a place. Places for all other students are allocated on a first come first served basis.

The course will cover the role of data, information, knowledge and artificial intelligence within management; the evolution of digital management practices; digital business strategy; information systems development and organisational change; data privacy and security information systems outsourcing; and IT infrastructure including cloud computing, and digital platforms.

20 hours of lectures and 10 hours of classes in the AT.

Teaching hours in the AT will be commensurate with a usual half unit undergraduate course.

This course includes a reading week in Week 6 of Autumn Term, in line with departmental policy.

In its Ethics Code, LSE upholds a commitment to intellectual freedom. This means we will protect the freedom of expression of our students and staff and the right to engage in healthy debate in the classroom.

Students will present draft essay plans for peer review in the AT and have an opportunity for formative work on elements of the group project.

Indicative readings:

Beynon-Davies, P. (2013). Business Information Systems, Palgrave, London.

Bharadwaj, A., El Sawy, O. A., Pavlou, P. A., and Venkatraman, N. (2013). Digital Business Strategy: Toward a Next Generation of Insights, MIS Quarterly 37(2), 471–482.

Galliers, R. and Leidner, D. (2009) Strategic Information Management. Routledge, London.

Laudon, K  and Laudon, J (2013) Management Information Systems, Pearson, London.

Sarker, S., Chatterjee, S., Xiao, X., and Elbanna, A. (2019). The Sociotechnical Axis of Cohesion for the IS Discipline: Its Historical Legacy and its Continued Relevance, MIS Quarterly 43(3), 695–719.

Willcocks, L. P., Venters, W., and Whitley, E. A. (2014). Moving to the Cloud Corporation: How to face the challenges and harness the potential of cloud computing, Palgrave Basingstoke.

Essay (50%) in the period between AT and WT.
Group project (40%) and reflective learning report (10%) in the AT.

The reflective learning report will be individual reflections on group working.