Author Archives: Tarun Rattan

MIS40910 – Skills for Business Enquiry – Critical Thinking

The following articles were discussed 1.Deep Play-Notes on Balinese Cockfight-Geertz1971 Geertz C. (1971) Deep Play: Notes on the Balinese Cockfight. In: Geertz C. Myth, Symbol and Culture. New York: W.W. Norton, 1–37. 2.Managerial Succession and Organizational Effectiveness-Grusky1963 Grusky, O. (1963) … Continue reading

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MIS40670 – Build the Things Right

Had a very good discourse in today’s class on how to build things right. The classic project management view used to put only a little emphasis on the scoping of the requirements and as a result most of the large … Continue reading

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MIS40670 – Large Systems: A discourse

Question: The topic for group discussion for the week was enquiry into large systems and to explore why some systems are large? To analyse the question posed by Schwartz rather incisively “I must admit that I have frequently asked myself … Continue reading

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MIS40910 – Skills for Business Enquiry Syllabus

University College Dublin College of Business and Law Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School MIS10040 Skills for Research Enquiry MSc in iBusiness – Innovation through ICT (F/T and P/T) Prof Donncha Kavanagh Centre for Innovation, Technology & Organisation (CITO), email: research.ft@ucd.ie … Continue reading

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MIS40670 – Managing Systems Development Syllabus

Course Title: Managing Systems Development Lecturer: Allen Higgins, CITO: Centre for Innovation, Technology & Organisation Rm Q223, Quinn Building UCD School of Business University College Dublin Belfield, D4 Ireland Logistics: Classes are held on Tuesdays in D104. FT class 10:00 … Continue reading

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Crediting Poetry – Seamus Heaney’s Nobel Lecture

R.I.P Seamus Heaney (April 13, 1939–August 30, 2013) When I first encountered the name of the city of Stockholm, I little thought that I would ever visit it, never mind end up being welcomed to it as a guest of … Continue reading

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Three things…

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Ireland Doolin Trip

We just came back from a week long trip to Doolin, County Clare, Ireland. Enjoy the photos!

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Urvaksh’s Pre-School Graduation

My son graduated from pre-school… More photos here… Urvaksh’s Pre-School Graduation ] And there is a cool video of the Graduation Ceremony below Urvaksh’s Pre-School Graduation Video

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I Hope Everybody…

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