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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†¦show more content†¦2. Organizational Culture – Students will be able to analyze an organization s culture, including underlying rules, values, and norms regarding power and politics, gender and diversity, and global differences. 3. Organizational Ethics – Students will be able to identify ethical issues underlying a given situation. 4. Organizational Decision Making – Students will be able to identify relevant stakeholders and anticipate the types of information needed to support organizational tasks and decision making at multiple levels in the organizational structure. 5. Distributed Work – Students will be able to describe the difference between individual work and distributed work, including tasks, decision making, and information needs. Prerequisites: IST 210, IST 220 Teamwork A key to your success will depend upon your ability to be a team player. Slackers beware! You cannot pass this class unless you pull your weight. Should you prove to be a drag on your team’s performance, I reserve the right to remove you from the team at which point you will have to complete the team assignments individually. The highest course grade that you can receive under these circumstances is a D. 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