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Course Schedule: Spring 2008

Course Schedule: Fall 2008

Management of Technology Courses

Course Catalog

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184. The Information Revolution in Business and Society

Course Description

Three hours of lecture per week. In the last decade, information technology (IT) has moved from back-office applications aimed at improving productivity to strategic applications that can radically change the dynamics of companies, industries, and economic sectors. This course will explore the technological, economic, and social conditions that have made such "killer apps" possible. Students will learn how to think strategically and entrepreneurially about IT, whether for personal, business, or nonprofit applications. Also listed as Interdisciplinary Studies C184.


Catalog type: Undergraduate
Units: 3
Prerequisites: Upper-level undergraduate standing

Course History

Fall 2005  |   Instructor(s): Downes