ISM 101 - Spring 2008
Handouts
- Course Syllabus
- Term Paper
- Instructions for Term Paper Part A (Due in class on 5/8/08)
- Instructions for Term Paper Part B (Due in class on 5/29/08)
- Instructions for Term Paper Part C
- Slides
- Week 1: Managing Innovation at Microsoft
4/10/08: Dr. Roy Levin, Director, Microsoft Research Silicon Valley
- Week 2: Database Technologies: past, present, and future
4/17/08: Professor Neoklis Polyzotis
- Week 3: Web Technologies and Business
4/24/08: John Schneider, Senior Manager of Strategy, Web Associates
- Week 1: Managing Innovation at Microsoft
- Week 4: Aligning Information Technology With the Business Needs of
the Institution
5/1/08: Mark Cianca, Director, Portfolio Management Group, Information Technology Services, UC Santa Cruz,
- Week 5: Research in Industry and Academia: a Personal
Perspective
5/15/08: Professor Patrick Mantey
- Week 6: NanoTechnology
5/15/08: Professor Holger Schmidt
- Week 7: Information Technology at Plantronics
5/22/08: Tom Gill, CIO, Plantronics, Santa Cruz
Week 8: Services Transformation and Innovation Group
5/29/08: Jeffrey Murray, Manager, Powerpoint, Microsoft, on how Microsoft
Delivers World Class Products
Week 9: Doug Morse/Class wrap-up
6/5/08: Doug Morse
General Class Information
- Instructor:
- Name: Subhas Desa (sdesa at soe dot ucsc dot edu)
- Phone: 831-459-1641
- Office: E2, Room # 561
- Instructor Office Hours:
- Tuesday, 3:30 - 6:30 PM, and by appointment

