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.

Dates and Location
Oct 17, Nov 7, Dec 12, '14, and Jan 23, '15, all 12:30-17:30 (max.!) in HS XXIII WiSo-Building. Exact and more detailed (shorter) times will be announced to registered students !
 

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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