RECENT TRENDS IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS (3 Credits)

Learning Outcomes:

On the successful completion of this course, students will be able to: Perform an appropriate literature review; Write an outline and final manuscript for a “conference-style” paper; Present and review the results of research to a group of their peers.

Topics:

1. Research in Information Systems – A Systematic Literature Review;
2. Between Online and Offline Shopping – A Structured Literature Review on Channel Choice;
3. Online Service Quality – A Structured Literature Review;
4. Reviewing IT Consumerization Research;
5. Stakeholder Theory in IS Literature;
6. Strategic IT Alignment and its Links to the Business Model – A Systematic Literature Review;
7. The Relationship between Trust and Information Privacy;
8. The Role of Information Privacy in Social Media;
9. The Role of “Resistance” in IS Research;
10. The Role of User Satisfaction in IS Research;
11. Smart Energy Networks – An Information Systems Perspective;
12. Project Presentation.