MTM PhD Seminar 'Media and Technology Management' (WS '14/15)
C. Loebbecke
2 SWS, 6 CP (ECTS)
Fridays between 12:30 - 17:30 o'clock ─ Block Seminar (see below)
Location: HS XXIII WiSo-Building
Start: Oct 17, '14
Held in English
PhD: privatissime - by invitation only
Overview
This reading course, taught in parallel to master and PhD students,
will cover the economic paradigm shift underlying the ongoing trend (?) towards
a sharing economy. We will read
and discuss
up to two major pieces on the sharing economy: 'Rifkin,
J. (2014) The Zero Marginal Cost Society: The Internet of Things, the
Collaborative Commons, and the Eclipse of Capitalism' and 'Shirky, C. (2008)
Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing without Organizations'. The idea
is to be aware of the authors' arguments and to discuss them in light of ongoing
value creation initiatives in the digital era.
Registration (see below) is mandatory.
Grading / Credit Points
Details for Grading will be given in the first session. Participation in all, but one 90-minute session (!) is required for receiving Credit Points!
Required Preparation
All students should read (1) Rifkin, Chapters 1 & 13, and (2) Shirky, Chapters 2 &10, BEFORE the 1st session. We will discuss those chapters in the first session.
Students can get the books online any time ... And we will provide you with those chapters by eMail after binding registration.
Literature
Rifkin, J. (2014) The Zero Marginal Cost Society: The Internet of Things, the Collaborative Commons, and the Eclipse of Capitalism, Macmillan, New York, NY, US.
Shirky, C. (2008) Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing without Organizations, Penguin Press, New York, NY, US.
Registration
In case of interest please e-mail 1-page CV to
claudia.loebbecke@uni-koeln.de by Oct 07, '14, 11:00 o'clock.
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