Online Exercises
Online Exercise 10: IT & the BoP
Objective Analyze a particular case/project/example of IT’s impact on the Bottom Of the Pyramid (BoP) What do you need to do? Here is a google doc that has a table. Each team will pick a particular case/project/example that highlights IT’s important impact on the BoP. The next four case studies in our syllabus (Aadhaar, ITC, OLPC, and …
Online Exercise 11: People Driving Change
Objective Identify, describe, and analyze a person or a group of people who are driving IT-enabled change at the Bottom Of the Pyramid (BoP) What do you need to do? Here is a google doc that has a table. Each team will identify a particular person or group of people that have effected IT-enabled change at the BoP. …
Online Exercise 1: Analyzing sustainability initiatives
Objective Identify and analyze sustainability-related initiatives pursued by specific organizations. What do you need to do? Identify a particular organization that has been in recent news for any aspect related to sustainability & IT. Search for several sustainability & IT-related initiatives that this organization has undertaken. You need to search news items and the organization’s …
Online Exercise 2: Carbon Accounting
Objective Examine mechanisms used for calculating carbon footprint What do you need to do? Identify two different carbon footprint calculation tools (other than the ones that I have listed in the course schedule). Try using these tools to calculate carbon footprint (these could be either individual level calculations or organizational). List the tools you studied …
Online Exercise 3: Goals and outcomes
What do you need to do? Identify a list of goals (anywhere from 3 to 6 goals) that organizations specify as basis for pursuing sustainable IT initiatives. Identify at least two frameworks using which organizations can evaluate such initiatives. Provide brief explanations of the goals and frameworks. This should be input into the Google Doc …
Online Exercise 4: Research in Sustainability & IT
Objective Analyze the implications of research studies in sustainability & IT What do you need to do? Conduct library research: Refer to research databases that you have access to through our library. I had initially posted about a set of databases that may be relevant to us. Identify one research article that interests you that focuses on environmental …
Online Exercise 5: Green Supply Chain and E-Waste
Objective Articulate your reactions to issues pertaining to supply chain, electronic waste, and sustainability. What do you need to do? Identify one or more sources of information on the topic of supply chain/e-waste (pertaining to sustainability). Write a blog post in the course blog to express your opinion/reaction about what you found. Respond to at least one other …
Online Exercise 6: Data, analytics, and sustainability
Objective Identify sources of data that could help us examine sustainability better What do you need to do? Write a blog post (in our course blog) about the following: Search for credible sources of data on sustainability related topics. Identify ways in which such data could be useful. Your post should identify the data source …
Online Exercise 7: Timelines for Sustainability Initiatives
Objective Identify and analyze sustainability-related initiatives and chart them along a timeline to portray the evolution of sustainability. This assignment is done during the week when we would be focusing on examining how organizations implement sustainability initiatives, the challenges they face, and how their focus areas change over time. Completing this assignment will help you articulate the various approaches …
Online Exercise 8: Analyzing standards and regulations
Objective Critically analyze various sustainability standards and regulations What do you need to do? Use the Google doc here to select one of the standards or regulations that pertain to environmental sustainability and critically analyze it. Your critical analysis should identify any problems that the standard/regulation has caused, any pitfalls, any shortcomings, etc. Conduct research …
Online Exercise 9: Green Data Centers
Objective Analyze various facets of environmental sustainability related to data centers What do you need to do? Here is a google doc that has a list of topics pertaining to Data centers and its environmental impact. Pick one of the topics and write a short analysis on the topic. Your analysis should be supported by at least …
OnlineExercise12: IT, Healthcare, & the BoP
Objective Identify, describe, and analyze the impact of IT for improving healthcare for the Bottom Of the Pyramid (BoP) What do you need to do? Here is a google doc that has a table. Each team will identify a particular case/example that illustrates how IT can positively affect healthcare services for the BoP. Describe the case/example and analyze its impact on healthcare …
OnlineExercise13: The course, recruiters, and a 30-second pitch
Objective Articulate the value of the course to you to a recruiter What do you need to do? Go to blackboard – assignments section. You will see a link for online exercise 13. Follow the link and answer the question there. This is an individual assignment (NOT a team assignment). Due: 12/12/14 11:59PM