Guidelines for Discussion Leadership

(2001 class)



Leading In-Class Discussions

The purpose of this assignment is to allow participants to lead the class discussion on topics of importance in the course.  Skills to be developed are: teaching and facilitating skills, intellective skills, and verbal skills.  One participant will be assigned primary responsibility for each reading assignment.  That person will: (1) prepare and present a 5-10 minute opening analysis of the material, (2) lead the subsequent class discussion, (3) prepare a short (less than 1/3 page single spaced) abstract of the reading, simply copying the abstract when it is provided in the original reading or creating a new one when it is not provided, and (4) prepare a short, up to 1 page (single-spaced) critique of the material including, where appropriate, its relation to other relevant readings in the course.  (Items 3 and 4 are to be neatly prepared and a copy is to be distributed to each member of the class in e-mailboxes by 9:00 a.m. of class day). 

Each participant will also be responsible for choosing and leading the discussion on an experiment in an area of research interest to oneself.  Copies of the article need to be made available to each class member.

Deliverables: Abstract and critique of reading; leadership of in-class discussion on topic.  

Schedule of Assignments and Student-Selected Experiments
Date

Resource Materials/

Due dates/Comments

 Participant Sign-Up

Aug 22

  • All class members

Aug 29

  • Kuhn: Andrew
  • Trochim, Ch. 1.1-1.2: Cecil
  • Cook, Ch. 1: Lan

Sept 5

  • Trochim, Ch. 7: Rini
  • Fromkin: Karlene
  • Bouchard: Rebecca

Sept 12

  • Trochim, Ch. 1.3: J.J.
  • Trochim, Ch. 3: Radika
  • Straub: Ghi-Young

Sept 19

  • Trochim, Ch. 6: Wei
  • Trochim, Ch. 8: Richardo

Sept 26

  • Cook, Ch. 2: Catherine
  • Cook, Ch. 3: Radika

Oct 3

  • Trochim, Ch. 2: Richardo
  • Trochim, Ch. 9: Andrew

 

Oct 10

  • Trochim, Ch. 10: Andy
  • Trochim, Ch. 11: Torsten

 

Oct 17

  •  Sharma et al.: Andy

ct 24

  • Gefen: Cecil

 

Oct 31

  • Article 1: Cecil
  • Article 2: Andrew
  • Article 3: Rebecca
  • Article 4: Wei
  • Article 5: Richardo

Nov 7

  • Article 6: Lan
  • Article 7: Ghiyoung
  • Article 8: Rini
  • Article 9: Andy

Nov 14

  • Article 10: Catherine
  • Article 11: Radika
  • Article 12: Karlene
  • Article 13: J.J.

Nov 28

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Dec 5

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Citation Information for Student-selected Articles

Andrew: Francois Bodart, Mark Sim, Arvind Patel, and Ron Weber, 2001, "Should optional properties be used in conceptual modelling?  A theory and three empirical tests,"  Information Systems Research, 12, publication forthcoming.

Cecil: Agarwal, Ritu, De, Prabuddha, Sinha, and Atish P., "Comprehending Object and Process Models: An Empirical Study," IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, V 25, N 4, July/August 1999, 541-556

Rebecca: Hunton, James E. and Jesse D. Beeler, "Effects of user participation in systems development: A longitudinal field experiment," MIS Quarterly, 21, 4, December, (1997), 359-388.

Wei: Tarek K. Abdel-Hamid, Kishore Sengupta, and Clint Swett "The impact of goals on software project management: An experimental investigation," MISQ, December 1999, 531-555.

Richardo: Glenn J. Browne and Michael B. Rogich. "An empirical investigation of user requirements elicitation: Comparing the effectiveness of prompting techniques," Journal of Management Information Systems, Vol. 17, No. 4; Spring 2001, 223-249.

Lan: Reneau, J. H. and Blanthorne, C. "Effects of Information Sequence and Irrelevant Distractor Information When Using a Computer-based Decision Aid". Decision Sciences, 32(1) Winter 2001, 145-163.

Ghiyoung: Venkatesh, V. "Creation of favorable user perceptions:Exploring the role of intrinsic motivation," MIS Quarterly, June 1999.

Rini: Tan, H.T., and A. Kao. 1999. "Accountability Effects on Auditors' Performance: The Influence of Knowledge, Problem-Solving Ability, and Task Complexity." Journal of Accounting Research 37 (Spring): 209-223.

Andy: Thomas, R. J. (1982). "Correlates of Interpersonal Purchase Influence in Organizations." Journal of Consumer Research 9(2): 171.

Radika: Gerardo Andres Okhuysen, 2001, Structuring Change: Familiarity and formal interventions in problem-solving groups. Academy of Management Journal, 2001, Vol 44, No. 4, 794-808.

J.J.: Barbara D. Klein; Dale L. Goodhue; Gordon B. Davis, Can Humans Detect Error in Data? Impact of Base Rates, Incentives and Goals, MIS Quarterly, Volume 21, Number 2, June 1997, pp. 169-194.

Karlene: Sussman, Stephanie Watts, "Straight talk: Delivering Bad News Through Electronic Communication," Information Systems Research, June 1999; Vol. 10, Iss. 2; pg. 150, 17 pgs