Lectures - The University of Manchester

The IT Leadership Forum Lectures

Weeks 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 7 . 8 . 9 . 10

Peter Kawalek : Introduction

Introductory session disruption transaction costs technology & innovation Coase�s law.

Denise Maskew - United Utilities

Using social media in business - Explores the current communication practices and channels in place within United Utilities and takes a look at the challenges faced to embed social media practices in a heavily regulated business.

John Beckford - Beckford Consulting

John Beckford will introduce a challenging and stimulating lecture on the critical role of information in society. John will consider the role of information and information systems as key enablers of contemporary society and consider how we should use information to ensure long term viability.

Russell Bee - IBM

Finding and producing oil and gas is a capital intensive and high risk business activity requiring a high level of cross domain collaboration. This lecture will review the adoption of integrated business processes between operations, engineering and maintenance teams in the oil and gas industry. The first part of the lecture will consider the strategic business drivers for integrated operations and consider in more detail the benefits from an organizational and business process perspective. The second part of the lecture will look at integrated operations from a technological perspective to consider how systems are being designed to support and reinforce integrated business processes. The lecture will use case studies from IBM�s work with products such as Maximo and the Integrated Information Framework to illustrate how technology is being practically applied to support integrated operations.

Tony Rees - Zebra Enterprise Solutions

The continuing trend of globalisation and the significance of the supply chain; the increasing importance of synergy between different nodes in the supply chain; trends in the container terminal business; challenges for ZES.

Reading week

No lectures.

Tracey Poulton - Big Ideas Inc

Is the internet like a library with the lights turned off?

Lets talk about how IT can:

Change business thinking - innovative and creative solution
Real supply chain involvement - real two way dialogue
Listening and learning - problem solving fully inclusive down to grass roots level
Changing world, changing landscapes
Community and tribal behaviour - groundswell
Global world shrinking�.
Trust � consumer leading the way, services and products designed by the users.
Will we really have a world where industry will �do the right thing�?
What is �the right thing to do� and how can technology enhance the delivery of defining and then achieving the right thing to do?"
Interconnectivity and interdependence � action reaction, consequence and change.

Lilian Barton - LM Barton Associates

The Fifth Media Revolution � What is it and how will it affect us?

The Internet has been growing, developing and mutating since its birth. The first website was built in 1991 at CERN unleashing a seismic change in society and business. The way we communicate, interact with family and friends, shop, seek information and do business have all altered dramatically. The world has become a global village and it�s full of online conversations, relationships and transactions.
Being social creatures we need to interact whether it�s for company or for business reasons. Social networking has boomed starting with Friends Reunited back in 2000. Since then we have seen Facebook, MySpace and Twitter take the world by storm.
This lecture will explore how we got here, what we are facing and how social networking sites can assist the business environment.

David Roberts - Meridian

To be confirmed.

Hok-Him Poon - Bloomberg

Join Bloomberg representatives for an interactive session on financial software design and engineering, using real-world examples from across the life cycle of software projects at Bloomberg. This interactive session will lead you through a real-world software project to illustrate that decisions in Software Engineering Projects are not always black and white. You will need to balance all three cornerstones of development in order to deliver the best solution possible.

ITLF Poster session

Students will be assigned to groups. In the final week of the course, each group must make a presentation based on one of the guest lecture case studies. The presentation should be in pdf or other electronic format and suitable for display on a PC. Students can choose which case study to present and the exact format of their presentation. Presentations must display appropriately well on a PC and must be shareable with tutors via email, CD or USB. Presentations will be submitted for marking to the PGT office on Thursday 11th December 2010.
The content should describe the company or case featured. You should note its importance, strength and weaknesses. Use theory if you can, and augment with research around the company or topic presented.
Further information about the location of the poster session will be released nearer to the time