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Computer Privacy Digest Thu, 18 Nov 93 Volume 3 : Issue: 077
Today's Topics: Moderator: Dennis G. Rears
Re: Graduate Program on Social Dimensions of Cmputing
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From: Rob Kling <kling@ics.uci.edu>
Subject: Re: Graduate Program on Social Dimensions of Cmputing
Date: 18 Nov 93 16:25:44 GMT
Computing, Organizations, Policy, and Society
CORPS
Ph.D Studies in
The Department of Information & Computer Science
and
The Graduate School of Management
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, California 92717
(Jan 1993)
CORPS
Computing, Organizations, Policy, and Society
Our CORPS PhD concentration provides a fascinating opportunity to study a
vital topic: the social aspects of computerization. We encourage reflective
inquiry, lively discussions, and avoiding the hype that often surrounds new
technologies. The computerization of society is taking place at dizzying
speed. The computer industry and computer-using firms are producing a
steady stream of new products and services that depend upon computers in
some form. Decision-support systems, the myriad forms of office automation,
electronic funds transfer systems, automated supermarket scanners, expert
systems, instructional computing, automated command and control systems,
and home computers all have significant social dimensions.
We often hear predictions about the influence of new computer technologies
on emerging social changes. But the real social choices and consequences
of computerization aren't really well understood. Public, professional and
even many scholarly discussions of alternative ways to computerize are
often oversimplified. These are important issues and discussion is being
advanced through high quality university-based research.
We offer a PhD concentration in the Department of Information and Computer
Science (ICS) and in the Graduate School of Management (GSM) for people who
would like to do systematic research and/or teaching about the social
aspects of computerization in their careers. CORPS faculty and students
work together across departmental boundaries on specific research projects
and seminars with faculty in other schools at UC-Irvine. The CORPS faculty
has published many books and articles in this area since the early 1970s.
The main thrust of the CORPS concentration is research and teaching about
the social dimensions of computerization from a critical perspective. The
topics include the social consequences of different forms of
computerization, their social carrying costs, strategies for effectively
managing them, and public policies which will foster the development of
prosocial applications and arrangements.
High quality examinations of the social dimensions of computing are
difficult to find. These Ph.D. concentrations in CORPS at the University
of California, Irvine provide an opportunity for scholars and students to
investigate the social dimensions of computerization in a setting which
supports reflective and sustained inquiry. Students undertake this
concentration as a normal part of their graduate studies in the Department
of Information and Computer Science or in the Graduate School of
Management.
CORPS at UC-Irvine is unique in the nation. There are some similar
programs at a few other universities, but they are much less well developed
at this time, especially in Information and Computer Science.
Computerization is fundamentally a social phenomenon; it is not simply
developing computer technologies and sending them ``into the market." Yet
the common processes of computerization and the social choices possible are
not well understood today. During the last decade, CORPS faculty and
students have conducted several major studies and published some of the
most important scholarly books and articles about computerization.
The primary educational opportunities are the Ph.D. concentrations in the
Department of Information and Computer Science (ICS) and the Graduate
School of Management (GSM). Students in each concentration can specialize
in studying the social dimensions of computing. Several students have
already received graduate degrees from ICS and GSM for studying topics in
the CORPS concentration. Most of our graduates go into faculty positions at
other universities in Computer Science or Information Systems departments
in schools of Management.
The faculty at Irvine have been active in this area, with many
interdisciplinary projects, since the early 1970's. The faculty and
students in the CORPS concentration have approached them with methods drawn
from the social sciences. The CORPS concentration at Irvine has a
distinctive orientation --
1. in focusing on both public and private sectors;
2. in examining computerization in public life as well as within
organizations;
3. by examining advanced and common computer-based technologies ``in
vivo" in ordinary settings;
4. by employing analytical methods drawn from the social sciences; and
5. by encouraging critical inquiry about the management and consequences
of computerization while eschewing monolithic positions ``pro" or
``anti" computing.
The CORPS concentration within ICS focuses upon five related areas of
inquiry:
1. Examining the social consequences of different kinds of
computerization on social life in organizations and in the larger
society:
- What are the consequences of computerization for the character of
working life of workers and managers who use computer-based
information systems routinely?
- What kinds of choices do organizational participants have in
shaping pro-social work arrangements?
- To what extent does the use of automated information systems alter
balances of power among groups in organizations?
- How are automated information systems used by planners, top
managers, and elected officials in formulating, developing,
debating, and evaluating policies in public agencies? Under what
conditions are these systems most useful and effective?
- What kinds of social value conflicts are catalyzed by different
kinds of electronic funds transfer (EFT) systems and ways of
organizing access to them?
- To what extent are EFT systems likely to alter social inequities
between rich and poor, urban and rural groups, the physically
handicapped and the physically healthy, those who are skilled in
dealing with bureaucracies and those who are less so, etc.?
- What is the character of computerized systems which have become
institutionalized in organizations?
- What are the repercussions of computer use at home for family
life?
2. Examining the social dimensions of the work and organizational worlds
in which computer technologies are developed, marketed, disseminated,
deployed, and sustained:
- differences between organizations that invest heavily in computer
applications and those that do not
- social organization of technology-push innovation in computing
- differences between continual innovation rather than one-shot
implementation
- the nature of computer abuse in routine work practices
3. Evaluating the effectiveness of strategies for managing the
deployment and use of computer-based technologies:
- effectiveness of centralized vs. decentralized computing
arrangements in organizations
- the role of the carrying costs of computer technologies in
organizations
- the role of values of workers and clients in shaping
computerization
4. Examining the economics and management of computing developments.
- performance of information systems service providers
- economic and managerial impacts of information systems
- strategic implications of information technology for
organizational welfare
- impact of interorganizational systems and electronic markets on
economic performance
5. Evaluating and proposing public policies which facilitate the
development and use of computing in pro-social ways:
- effectiveness of alternative national computer policies in
promoting domestic production of hardware, software, and services
- influence of government investment on private sector investment in
computing
- role of governmental and private sector institutions in societal
investments in computing use
These questions ask about significant aspects of computerization in private
and public life. Our studies have been administered by the Public Policy
Research Organization, an interdisciplinary research institute.
CORPS faculty and graduate students have conducted studies during the last
20 years which shed light on these questions. These studies have been
published in numerous books, articles and Ph.D. theses. Contact us for a
publication list.
CORPS Faculty Research Interests
The primary faculty in the CORPS concentration hold appointments in the
Department of Information and Computer Science and the Graduate School of
Management. Additional faculty in the Department of History, the School of
Social Sciences, and the Program on Social Ecology, have collaborated in
research or have taught key courses for students in the CORPS
concentration. The Public Policy Research Organization, an
interdisciplinary research institute at UCI, administers the CORPS research
projects.
The CORPS faculty are recognized nationally and internationally for their
scholarship about computerization in organizations and public life. The
faculty have published numerous books and articles about these topics
during the last 20 years. In addition, they regularly give talks at major
conferences about the sociology and management of computing and also serve
on the editorial boards of several major journals.
Mark Ackerman (Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology) -- Assistant
Professor of ICS. CSCW systems for information access; organizational
memory systems; social worlds of software developers.
J. Yannis Bakos (Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology) -- Assistant
Professor of Management;Economic impacts of information technology;
Strategic Information Systems; Corporate Information System
Architectures
James Danziger (Ph.D. Stanford University) -- Professor of Political
Science; Politics of Computing; Computerization and Changes in Work;
Computing in the Social Sciences
Julian Feldman (Ph.D. Carnegie Institute of Technology) -- Professor
Emeritus of Information and Computer Science; Management of Computing
Resources
Jonathan Grudin (PhD University of California, San Diego). -- Assistant
Professor of Information and Computer Science; Computer Supported
Cooperative Work; Social Strategies for System Development;
Human-Computer Interaction
Vijay Gurbaxani (Ph.D. University of Rochester) -- Associate Professor of
Management; Economics of Information Systems Management; Information
Systems Investment Strategies; Performance Measurement of Information
System Organizations; Organizational Implications of Information
Technology
John King (Ph.D. University of California, Irvine) -- Professor of
Information and Computer Science and Management; Management and
Economics of Computing; Social and Organizational Impacts of
Computing; National Policies about Computerization
Rob Kling (Ph.D. Stanford University) -- Professor of Information and
Computer Science and Management; Social and Organizational Impacts of
Computing; Computing and Public Policy; Computerization and Social
Theory; Computerization and Utopian Thought; Management of
Information Systems and New Workplace Technologies
Kenneth Kraemer (Ph.D. University of Southern California) -- Professor of
Administration and Information and Computer Science; Director, Public
Policy Research Organization; National Computer Policy; Investment
and Procurement Policy; Management of Computing; Organizational
Impacts of Computing; Use of Computers in Policy Making
Mark Poster (Ph.D. New York University) -- Professor of History; Director -
Critical Theory Institute; Postmodernism; Mode of Information;
Poststructuralist European Intellectual Movements
Alladi Venkatesh (Ph.D. Syracuse University) -- Associate Professor of
Administration; Information Technology and the Consumer; Philosophy
of Science Perspectives; Sociology of Consumption
Programs of Study for CORPS Students
CORPS students are regular Ph.D. students in the Ph.D. programs of ICS or
GSM. You satisfy the normal degree requirements of the program you have
chosen. The CORPS name is unique to UC-Irvine, although many aspects of the
concentration are related to scholarship and study in the fields of
information systems, science-technology-and-society, computer supported
cooperative work, and social impacts of computing. The CORPS concentration
is also called CORPS within ICS. However it is called Management
Information Systems (MIS) within GSM since that is a recognized specialty
within schools of management, and consequently makes CORPS more readily
intelligible to students and faculty outside of CORPS in GSM.
ICS' Ph.D. program is divided into three phases. In the first phase,
students take courses in a variety of areas within ICS and specialty
courses outside the department. These include artificial intelligence,
algorithms, computer architecture, and social analysis of computing. Some
students start developing their research interests in this first phase
while others wait until their coursework is completed.
The first phase of the Ph.D. program differs from an undergraduate or
masters program in that students are introduced to the research aspects of
different topics. All Ph.D. students are routinely invited to research
seminars hosted in the department. There is a series of seminars of special
interest to CORPS faculty and students. All ICS Ph.D. students also receive
computer accounts on one of the department's computers which are connected
via an ethernet and connected to international computer networks.
In the second phase, students emphasize directed research and work
closely with one or two faculty. This is a particularly good time to take
courses in social analysis and research methods in other departments on the
campus. Since student interests vary, you create a program of research and
study which best meets your interests. You also write some research papers
in close collaboration with faculty. The second phase of the Ph.D. program
naturally leads into the third phase in which you complete a substantial
study as a Ph.D. dissertation.
The Department of Information and Computer Science (ICS) and the Graduate
School of Management (GSM) offer about 15 courses which are central to
studies in the CORPS concentration. These include studies of organization
theory, research methods, information systems, the social analysis of
computing, the management of computing resources, database technologies,
and policy analysis. Most students in CORPS select courses in other
programs at UCI to round out their education.
The following courses which are offered by the Department of Information
and Computer Science (ICS) and the Graduate School of Management (GSM) are
central to studies in the CORPS concentration. Other courses in ICS and GSM
and in other programs at UCI, such as the Department of History and the
Schools of Social Sciences, will be helpful in rounding out a student's
program. The CORPS concentration is growing, and we expect the number and
variety of courses to increase.
ICS/GSM CORPS Courses
ICS131 - Computerization in Society
ICS132 - Information Systems in Organizations
ICS135 - Projects in the Social and Managerial Analysis of Computing
ICS184 - Database Management Systems
ICS205 - Human-Computer Interaction
ICS245 - Introduction to Software Engineering
ICS230 - Research Seminar on Computerization in Society
ICS233 - Computer Supported Cooperative Work
ICS234A - Computerization, Work, and Organizations.
ICS234B - Theories of Computerization and Information Systems
ICS235A - Qualitative Research Methods in Information Systems
ICS235B - Quantitative Research Methods in Information Systems
ICS237A - Computing and Information Resource Management
ICS239 - Research Workshop on the Social Dimensions of Computing
MGMT202 - Organizational Analysis
MGMT207 - Information Systems for Management
MGMT211 - Public Policy Making
MGMT212 - Public Policy Implementation/Evaluation
MGMT252 - Information Systems in Government
MGMT271 - Systems Analysis and Design
MGMT272 - Decision Support Systems
MGMT290* - Advanced Systems Analysis and Design
MGMT290* - Management of End User Computing
MGMT290* - Database Management Systems
MGMT290* - Economics of Computing
MGMT290* - Strategic Information Systems
MGMT290F - Business Telecommunication
MGMT290E - Data Communications
MGMT 290* - Ph.D. Seminar in Management Information Systems
Social Ecology 201 - Research Methods
*MGMT290 - These courses do not currently have specific numbers because
they are part of the special topic series.
Organizational Arrangements and Admissions for CORPS
Your choice of whether to enter ICS or GSM should be based upon whether you
would like:
1. to learn more about Computer Science or Management in
the courses you take during the first year or two; or
2. to earn a Ph.D. in Computer Science or in Management.
These lead to somewhat different career opportunities.
Students matriculate for standard PhD degrees in ICS and GSM and meet the
normal degree requirements of the degree program they select. Students who
wish a Ph.D. in CORPS should apply to the regular graduate programs at UCI
in ICS or GSM. Each of these programs has special tracks which allow
students to specialize in this area while meeting other requirements of the
disciplines of Computer Science or Management. Ph.D. students in CORPS must
meet the other degree requirements of ICS and GSM, which include other
courses in their respective disciplines.
ICS and GSM admit students to their Ph.D. programs based on their promise
as researchers. Since most applicants have not conducted research,
surrogates such as grades, Graduate Record Examination scores, work
experience, and letters of recommendation play a strong role in
evaluations.
In ICS, the CORPS concentration is a special track within the PhD program.
The ICS faculty evaluates CORPS applicants with the same criteria that they
use for their other PhD students. CORPS students need strong quantitative
and verbal skills. (One's prior preparation should include a bachelor's
degree from a recognized college or university, at least two years of
college mathematics, and at least one year of undergraduate courses in
computer science or a closely related field). Since CORPS studies apply
social science theories and research methods to studies of computerization,
some prior exposure to the social sciences (or history) will be specially
helpful.
The CORPS concentration in ICS is particularly appropriate for students
with strong scientific or technical backgrounds who wish to expand their
horizons and skills by studying issues of computerization from a social
scientific perspective. CORPS provides a superb opportunity for students
with scientific or technical backgrounds to leverage their educations into
a new and vital areas. Students more interested in management should
consider the Graduate School of Management.
Students who wish additional information about the CORPS concentration
should write to:
Professor Rob Kling (Kling@UCI)
Department of Information and Computer Science
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA 92717
or to:
Professor Kenneth Kraemer (Kraemer@UCI)
Graduate School of Management
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA 92717
For further information about graduate study at UCI (including general
degree requirements, housing), contact:
Graduate Admissions
Department of Information and Computer Science
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA 92717
or
Graduate Admissions
Graduate School of Management
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA 92717
University of California, Irvine
The Irvine campus is one of nine campuses of the University of California.
It first opened its doors for students in 1965. The campus enrolls
approximately 16,000 students and has about 750 faculty. In addition to a
strong concentration in CORPS, UCI has particularly strong programs in
Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Cognitive Sciences, Social History, and
Critical Theory. The campus has supported interdisciplinary research and
instruction from its inception. The Irvine campus has also had a long
standing involvement with computer-assisted instruction.
The Department of Information and Computer Science (ICS) primarily offers
B.S. and Ph.D. degrees. ICS has approximately 700 undergraduate majors and
110 Ph.D. students. Currently, there are about 29 faculty, and several
affiliated lecturers. One faculty member holds a joint appointment in both
GSM and ICS, three GSM faculty hold courtesy appointments in ICS, and two
ICS faculty hold courtesy appointments in GSM. Further, one professor of
history holds a courtesy appointment in ICS. ICS is well supported by the
campus and has open faculty positions to support growth in the next few
years.
In addition to research in CORPS topics, ICS faculty conduct research in
network protocols, dataflow database designs, software engineering methods,
programming environments, parallel algorithms, software safety, natural
language processing, and machine learning.
The ICS faculty is an energetic group with good interactions between
themselves and with the graduate students. These interactions are enhanced
by the favorable ratio of Ph.D. students to faculty. A great deal of
attention is placed on teaching at the graduate level. Class sizes for
lectures range between five and twenty-five in graduate courses. Besides
breadth courses, there are small research seminars in each area. In the
CORPS concentration there is an ongoing research seminar in which faculty
and students discuss their current research and in which outside visitors
from other universities explain their recent studies. There is an attempt
to integrate students into research relatively early in their graduate
program.
The ICS Department's computing hardware includes Sun and Integrated
Solutions workstations, Xerox and Symbolics Lisp machines, two Sequent
Balance 21000's, two HP 9000 minicomputers, numerous micro-computers, and
several laser printers. Most of these machines are tied together by
internal computer networks, and the department maintains access to Internet
and Usenet. In addition, the department has a variety of instructional
computers as well as access to the large computer systems run by the campus
computing facility. Access to regional super-computer capability is also
available.
ICS is a relatively collegial environment for graduate students and
faculty. Recent ICS PhD graduates have found faculty positions at schools
such as UC-Berkeley, UC-Davis, the University of Southern California, the
University of Texas, Georgia Tech, the University of Houston, and the
University of Oregon. Graduates from the CORPS concentration are among
those who have found good university positions.
The Graduate School of Management (GSM) offers the MBA, MPA, MBPA (Masters
in Business and Public Administration), and Ph.D. degrees. It is a
``generic" management school by design - its programs span management in
the public and private sectors. The school currently has approximately 300
students in its Masters degrees programs, and about 20 Ph.D. students. The
school currently has over 30 faculty positions and a large number of part
time lecturers. As noted above, there are six joint faculty appointments
between GSM and ICS.
In addition to the CORPS concentration, GSM has strong research and
instructional programs in organizational behavior, public policy and public
management. GSM utilizes UCI's campus-wide computing facility for its
computing support and also has acquired a number of microcomputers for
instruction.
Location
Irvine is located in Orange County in Southern California. It is
approximately 35 miles Southeast of Los Angeles, adjacent to Newport Beach
on the Pacific Ocean. The Orange County area is a rapidly growing,
economically strong urban region.
Thirty years ago, Orange County was primarily rural and somewhat
conservative. Today, the county has grown to a population of over 2 million
people, and is very cosmopolitan. Irvine has an active industrial park and
there is a strong industrial base in the surrounding communities. Many
organizations are high-technology firms that develop or make use of
advanced computer technologies.
There is an internationally visible arts community in the Los
Angeles/Orange County region, and good performing arts theaters on and near
UCI. In addition to a regular film series on campus, there are three
theaters nearby that regularly show foreign films. The multi-million
dollar Orange County Performing Arts, South Coast Repertory Theater, The
Bren Sports Center, The Western Regional Offices of the National Academies
of Sciences and Engineering are major cultural and scientific facilities on
or near campus.
There are many recreational opportunities in the immediate area, including
ocean and bay sailing, swimming from wide beaches, and hiking in the Santa
Ana Mountains. The City of Irvine has extensive bicycle paths and the beach
areas are an easy cycling ride. There are good areas for jogging on the
campus and throughout Southern California. Several major mountain ranges
within reasonable driving distance offer hiking, camping, skiing and snow
sports. There are a variety of landscapes including 11,000 foot alpine
peaks, dense forests, vast desert expanses, valleys, canyons, lakes, and
reservoirs. Sports equipment can be rented from the UCI Associated
Students' cooperative outdoor program. UCI's sailing club offers membership
and boat use to all members of the UCI community. Most of these activities
are available throughout the year since the climate is moderate year
round.
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Computer Privacy Digest Thu, 18 Nov 93 Volume 3 : Issue: 077
Today's Topics: Moderator: Dennis G. Rears
Re: Graduate Program on Social Dimensions of Cmputing
The Computer Privacy Digest is a forum for discussion on the
effect of technology on privacy. The digest is moderated and
gatewayed into the USENET newsgroup comp.society.privacy
(Moderated). Submissions should be sent to
comp-privacy@pica.army.mil and administrative requests to
comp-privacy-request@pica.army.mil.
Back issues are available via anonymous ftp on ftp.pica.army.mil
[129.139.160.133].
----------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Rob Kling <kling@ics.uci.edu>
Subject: Re: Graduate Program on Social Dimensions of Cmputing
Date: 18 Nov 93 16:25:44 GMT
Computing, Organizations, Policy, and Society
CORPS
Ph.D Studies in
The Department of Information & Computer Science
and
The Graduate School of Management
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, California 92717
(Jan 1993)
CORPS
Computing, Organizations, Policy, and Society
Our CORPS PhD concentration provides a fascinating opportunity to study a
vital topic: the social aspects of computerization. We encourage reflective
inquiry, lively discussions, and avoiding the hype that often surrounds new
technologies. The computerization of society is taking place at dizzying
speed. The computer industry and computer-using firms are producing a
steady stream of new products and services that depend upon computers in
some form. Decision-support systems, the myriad forms of office automation,
electronic funds transfer systems, automated supermarket scanners, expert
systems, instructional computing, automated command and control systems,
and home computers all have significant social dimensions.
We often hear predictions about the influence of new computer technologies
on emerging social changes. But the real social choices and consequences
of computerization aren't really well understood. Public, professional and
even many scholarly discussions of alternative ways to computerize are
often oversimplified. These are important issues and discussion is being
advanced through high quality university-based research.
We offer a PhD concentration in the Department of Information and Computer
Science (ICS) and in the Graduate School of Management (GSM) for people who
would like to do systematic research and/or teaching about the social
aspects of computerization in their careers. CORPS faculty and students
work together across departmental boundaries on specific research projects
and seminars with faculty in other schools at UC-Irvine. The CORPS faculty
has published many books and articles in this area since the early 1970s.
The main thrust of the CORPS concentration is research and teaching about
the social dimensions of computerization from a critical perspective. The
topics include the social consequences of different forms of
computerization, their social carrying costs, strategies for effectively
managing them, and public policies which will foster the development of
prosocial applications and arrangements.
High quality examinations of the social dimensions of computing are
difficult to find. These Ph.D. concentrations in CORPS at the University
of California, Irvine provide an opportunity for scholars and students to
investigate the social dimensions of computerization in a setting which
supports reflective and sustained inquiry. Students undertake this
concentration as a normal part of their graduate studies in the Department
of Information and Computer Science or in the Graduate School of
Management.
CORPS at UC-Irvine is unique in the nation. There are some similar
programs at a few other universities, but they are much less well developed
at this time, especially in Information and Computer Science.
Computerization is fundamentally a social phenomenon; it is not simply
developing computer technologies and sending them ``into the market." Yet
the common processes of computerization and the social choices possible are
not well understood today. During the last decade, CORPS faculty and
students have conducted several major studies and published some of the
most important scholarly books and articles about computerization.
The primary educational opportunities are the Ph.D. concentrations in the
Department of Information and Computer Science (ICS) and the Graduate
School of Management (GSM). Students in each concentration can specialize
in studying the social dimensions of computing. Several students have
already received graduate degrees from ICS and GSM for studying topics in
the CORPS concentration. Most of our graduates go into faculty positions at
other universities in Computer Science or Information Systems departments
in schools of Management.
The faculty at Irvine have been active in this area, with many
interdisciplinary projects, since the early 1970's. The faculty and
students in the CORPS concentration have approached them with methods drawn
from the social sciences. The CORPS concentration at Irvine has a
distinctive orientation --
1. in focusing on both public and private sectors;
2. in examining computerization in public life as well as within
organizations;
3. by examining advanced and common computer-based technologies ``in
vivo" in ordinary settings;
4. by employing analytical methods drawn from the social sciences; and
5. by encouraging critical inquiry about the management and consequences
of computerization while eschewing monolithic positions ``pro" or
``anti" computing.
The CORPS concentration within ICS focuses upon five related areas of
inquiry:
1. Examining the social consequences of different kinds of
computerization on social life in organizations and in the larger
society:
- What are the consequences of computerization for the character of
working life of workers and managers who use computer-based
information systems routinely?
- What kinds of choices do organizational participants have in
shaping pro-social work arrangements?
- To what extent does the use of automated information systems alter
balances of power among groups in organizations?
- How are automated information systems used by planners, top
managers, and elected officials in formulating, developing,
debating, and evaluating policies in public agencies? Under what
conditions are these systems most useful and effective?
- What kinds of social value conflicts are catalyzed by different
kinds of electronic funds transfer (EFT) systems and ways of
organizing access to them?
- To what extent are EFT systems likely to alter social inequities
between rich and poor, urban and rural groups, the physically
handicapped and the physically healthy, those who are skilled in
dealing with bureaucracies and those who are less so, etc.?
- What is the character of computerized systems which have become
institutionalized in organizations?
- What are the repercussions of computer use at home for family
life?
2. Examining the social dimensions of the work and organizational worlds
in which computer technologies are developed, marketed, disseminated,
deployed, and sustained:
- differences between organizations that invest heavily in computer
applications and those that do not
- social organization of technology-push innovation in computing
- differences between continual innovation rather than one-shot
implementation
- the nature of computer abuse in routine work practices
3. Evaluating the effectiveness of strategies for managing the
deployment and use of computer-based technologies:
- effectiveness of centralized vs. decentralized computing
arrangements in organizations
- the role of the carrying costs of computer technologies in
organizations
- the role of values of workers and clients in shaping
computerization
4. Examining the economics and management of computing developments.
- performance of information systems service providers
- economic and managerial impacts of information systems
- strategic implications of information technology for
organizational welfare
- impact of interorganizational systems and electronic markets on
economic performance
5. Evaluating and proposing public policies which facilitate the
development and use of computing in pro-social ways:
- effectiveness of alternative national computer policies in
promoting domestic production of hardware, software, and services
- influence of government investment on private sector investment in
computing
- role of governmental and private sector institutions in societal
investments in computing use
These questions ask about significant aspects of computerization in private
and public life. Our studies have been administered by the Public Policy
Research Organization, an interdisciplinary research institute.
CORPS faculty and graduate students have conducted studies during the last
20 years which shed light on these questions. These studies have been
published in numerous books, articles and Ph.D. theses. Contact us for a
publication list.
CORPS Faculty Research Interests
The primary faculty in the CORPS concentration hold appointments in the
Department of Information and Computer Science and the Graduate School of
Management. Additional faculty in the Department of History, the School of
Social Sciences, and the Program on Social Ecology, have collaborated in
research or have taught key courses for students in the CORPS
concentration. The Public Policy Research Organization, an
interdisciplinary research institute at UCI, administers the CORPS research
projects.
The CORPS faculty are recognized nationally and internationally for their
scholarship about computerization in organizations and public life. The
faculty have published numerous books and articles about these topics
during the last 20 years. In addition, they regularly give talks at major
conferences about the sociology and management of computing and also serve
on the editorial boards of several major journals.
Mark Ackerman (Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology) -- Assistant
Professor of ICS. CSCW systems for information access; organizational
memory systems; social worlds of software developers.
J. Yannis Bakos (Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology) -- Assistant
Professor of Management;Economic impacts of information technology;
Strategic Information Systems; Corporate Information System
Architectures
James Danziger (Ph.D. Stanford University) -- Professor of Political
Science; Politics of Computing; Computerization and Changes in Work;
Computing in the Social Sciences
Julian Feldman (Ph.D. Carnegie Institute of Technology) -- Professor
Emeritus of Information and Computer Science; Management of Computing
Resources
Jonathan Grudin (PhD University of California, San Diego). -- Assistant
Professor of Information and Computer Science; Computer Supported
Cooperative Work; Social Strategies for System Development;
Human-Computer Interaction
Vijay Gurbaxani (Ph.D. University of Rochester) -- Associate Professor of
Management; Economics of Information Systems Management; Information
Systems Investment Strategies; Performance Measurement of Information
System Organizations; Organizational Implications of Information
Technology
John King (Ph.D. University of California, Irvine) -- Professor of
Information and Computer Science and Management; Management and
Economics of Computing; Social and Organizational Impacts of
Computing; National Policies about Computerization
Rob Kling (Ph.D. Stanford University) -- Professor of Information and
Computer Science and Management; Social and Organizational Impacts of
Computing; Computing and Public Policy; Computerization and Social
Theory; Computerization and Utopian Thought; Management of
Information Systems and New Workplace Technologies
Kenneth Kraemer (Ph.D. University of Southern California) -- Professor of
Administration and Information and Computer Science; Director, Public
Policy Research Organization; National Computer Policy; Investment
and Procurement Policy; Management of Computing; Organizational
Impacts of Computing; Use of Computers in Policy Making
Mark Poster (Ph.D. New York University) -- Professor of History; Director -
Critical Theory Institute; Postmodernism; Mode of Information;
Poststructuralist European Intellectual Movements
Alladi Venkatesh (Ph.D. Syracuse University) -- Associate Professor of
Administration; Information Technology and the Consumer; Philosophy
of Science Perspectives; Sociology of Consumption
Programs of Study for CORPS Students
CORPS students are regular Ph.D. students in the Ph.D. programs of ICS or
GSM. You satisfy the normal degree requirements of the program you have
chosen. The CORPS name is unique to UC-Irvine, although many aspects of the
concentration are related to scholarship and study in the fields of
information systems, science-technology-and-society, computer supported
cooperative work, and social impacts of computing. The CORPS concentration
is also called CORPS within ICS. However it is called Management
Information Systems (MIS) within GSM since that is a recognized specialty
within schools of management, and consequently makes CORPS more readily
intelligible to students and faculty outside of CORPS in GSM.
ICS' Ph.D. program is divided into three phases. In the first phase,
students take courses in a variety of areas within ICS and specialty
courses outside the department. These include artificial intelligence,
algorithms, computer architecture, and social analysis of computing. Some
students start developing their research interests in this first phase
while others wait until their coursework is completed.
The first phase of the Ph.D. program differs from an undergraduate or
masters program in that students are introduced to the research aspects of
different topics. All Ph.D. students are routinely invited to research
seminars hosted in the department. There is a series of seminars of special
interest to CORPS faculty and students. All ICS Ph.D. students also receive
computer accounts on one of the department's computers which are connected
via an ethernet and connected to international computer networks.
In the second phase, students emphasize directed research and work
closely with one or two faculty. This is a particularly good time to take
courses in social analysis and research methods in other departments on the
campus. Since student interests vary, you create a program of research and
study which best meets your interests. You also write some research papers
in close collaboration with faculty. The second phase of the Ph.D. program
naturally leads into the third phase in which you complete a substantial
study as a Ph.D. dissertation.
The Department of Information and Computer Science (ICS) and the Graduate
School of Management (GSM) offer about 15 courses which are central to
studies in the CORPS concentration. These include studies of organization
theory, research methods, information systems, the social analysis of
computing, the management of computing resources, database technologies,
and policy analysis. Most students in CORPS select courses in other
programs at UCI to round out their education.
The following courses which are offered by the Department of Information
and Computer Science (ICS) and the Graduate School of Management (GSM) are
central to studies in the CORPS concentration. Other courses in ICS and GSM
and in other programs at UCI, such as the Department of History and the
Schools of Social Sciences, will be helpful in rounding out a student's
program. The CORPS concentration is growing, and we expect the number and
variety of courses to increase.
ICS/GSM CORPS Courses
ICS131 - Computerization in Society
ICS132 - Information Systems in Organizations
ICS135 - Projects in the Social and Managerial Analysis of Computing
ICS184 - Database Management Systems
ICS205 - Human-Computer Interaction
ICS245 - Introduction to Software Engineering
ICS230 - Research Seminar on Computerization in Society
ICS233 - Computer Supported Cooperative Work
ICS234A - Computerization, Work, and Organizations.
ICS234B - Theories of Computerization and Information Systems
ICS235A - Qualitative Research Methods in Information Systems
ICS235B - Quantitative Research Methods in Information Systems
ICS237A - Computing and Information Resource Management
ICS239 - Research Workshop on the Social Dimensions of Computing
MGMT202 - Organizational Analysis
MGMT207 - Information Systems for Management
MGMT211 - Public Policy Making
MGMT212 - Public Policy Implementation/Evaluation
MGMT252 - Information Systems in Government
MGMT271 - Systems Analysis and Design
MGMT272 - Decision Support Systems
MGMT290* - Advanced Systems Analysis and Design
MGMT290* - Management of End User Computing
MGMT290* - Database Management Systems
MGMT290* - Economics of Computing
MGMT290* - Strategic Information Systems
MGMT290F - Business Telecommunication
MGMT290E - Data Communications
MGMT 290* - Ph.D. Seminar in Management Information Systems
Social Ecology 201 - Research Methods
*MGMT290 - These courses do not currently have specific numbers because
they are part of the special topic series.
Organizational Arrangements and Admissions for CORPS
Your choice of whether to enter ICS or GSM should be based upon whether you
would like:
1. to learn more about Computer Science or Management in
the courses you take during the first year or two; or
2. to earn a Ph.D. in Computer Science or in Management.
These lead to somewhat different career opportunities.
Students matriculate for standard PhD degrees in ICS and GSM and meet the
normal degree requirements of the degree program they select. Students who
wish a Ph.D. in CORPS should apply to the regular graduate programs at UCI
in ICS or GSM. Each of these programs has special tracks which allow
students to specialize in this area while meeting other requirements of the
disciplines of Computer Science or Management. Ph.D. students in CORPS must
meet the other degree requirements of ICS and GSM, which include other
courses in their respective disciplines.
ICS and GSM admit students to their Ph.D. programs based on their promise
as researchers. Since most applicants have not conducted research,
surrogates such as grades, Graduate Record Examination scores, work
experience, and letters of recommendation play a strong role in
evaluations.
In ICS, the CORPS concentration is a special track within the PhD program.
The ICS faculty evaluates CORPS applicants with the same criteria that they
use for their other PhD students. CORPS students need strong quantitative
and verbal skills. (One's prior preparation should include a bachelor's
degree from a recognized college or university, at least two years of
college mathematics, and at least one year of undergraduate courses in
computer science or a closely related field). Since CORPS studies apply
social science theories and research methods to studies of computerization,
some prior exposure to the social sciences (or history) will be specially
helpful.
The CORPS concentration in ICS is particularly appropriate for students
with strong scientific or technical backgrounds who wish to expand their
horizons and skills by studying issues of computerization from a social
scientific perspective. CORPS provides a superb opportunity for students
with scientific or technical backgrounds to leverage their educations into
a new and vital areas. Students more interested in management should
consider the Graduate School of Management.
Students who wish additional information about the CORPS concentration
should write to:
Professor Rob Kling (Kling@UCI)
Department of Information and Computer Science
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA 92717
or to:
Professor Kenneth Kraemer (Kraemer@UCI)
Graduate School of Management
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA 92717
For further information about graduate study at UCI (including general
degree requirements, housing), contact:
Graduate Admissions
Department of Information and Computer Science
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA 92717
or
Graduate Admissions
Graduate School of Management
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA 92717
University of California, Irvine
The Irvine campus is one of nine campuses of the University of California.
It first opened its doors for students in 1965. The campus enrolls
approximately 16,000 students and has about 750 faculty. In addition to a
strong concentration in CORPS, UCI has particularly strong programs in
Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Cognitive Sciences, Social History, and
Critical Theory. The campus has supported interdisciplinary research and
instruction from its inception. The Irvine campus has also had a long
standing involvement with computer-assisted instruction.
The Department of Information and Computer Science (ICS) primarily offers
B.S. and Ph.D. degrees. ICS has approximately 700 undergraduate majors and
110 Ph.D. students. Currently, there are about 29 faculty, and several
affiliated lecturers. One faculty member holds a joint appointment in both
GSM and ICS, three GSM faculty hold courtesy appointments in ICS, and two
ICS faculty hold courtesy appointments in GSM. Further, one professor of
history holds a courtesy appointment in ICS. ICS is well supported by the
campus and has open faculty positions to support growth in the next few
years.
In addition to research in CORPS topics, ICS faculty conduct research in
network protocols, dataflow database designs, software engineering methods,
programming environments, parallel algorithms, software safety, natural
language processing, and machine learning.
The ICS faculty is an energetic group with good interactions between
themselves and with the graduate students. These interactions are enhanced
by the favorable ratio of Ph.D. students to faculty. A great deal of
attention is placed on teaching at the graduate level. Class sizes for
lectures range between five and twenty-five in graduate courses. Besides
breadth courses, there are small research seminars in each area. In the
CORPS concentration there is an ongoing research seminar in which faculty
and students discuss their current research and in which outside visitors
from other universities explain their recent studies. There is an attempt
to integrate students into research relatively early in their graduate
program.
The ICS Department's computing hardware includes Sun and Integrated
Solutions workstations, Xerox and Symbolics Lisp machines, two Sequent
Balance 21000's, two HP 9000 minicomputers, numerous micro-computers, and
several laser printers. Most of these machines are tied together by
internal computer networks, and the department maintains access to Internet
and Usenet. In addition, the department has a variety of instructional
computers as well as access to the large computer systems run by the campus
computing facility. Access to regional super-computer capability is also
available.
ICS is a relatively collegial environment for graduate students and
faculty. Recent ICS PhD graduates have found faculty positions at schools
such as UC-Berkeley, UC-Davis, the University of Southern California, the
University of Texas, Georgia Tech, the University of Houston, and the
University of Oregon. Graduates from the CORPS concentration are among
those who have found good university positions.
The Graduate School of Management (GSM) offers the MBA, MPA, MBPA (Masters
in Business and Public Administration), and Ph.D. degrees. It is a
``generic" management school by design - its programs span management in
the public and private sectors. The school currently has approximately 300
students in its Masters degrees programs, and about 20 Ph.D. students. The
school currently has over 30 faculty positions and a large number of part
time lecturers. As noted above, there are six joint faculty appointments
between GSM and ICS.
In addition to the CORPS concentration, GSM has strong research and
instructional programs in organizational behavior, public policy and public
management. GSM utilizes UCI's campus-wide computing facility for its
computing support and also has acquired a number of microcomputers for
instruction.
Location
Irvine is located in Orange County in Southern California. It is
approximately 35 miles Southeast of Los Angeles, adjacent to Newport Beach
on the Pacific Ocean. The Orange County area is a rapidly growing,
economically strong urban region.
Thirty years ago, Orange County was primarily rural and somewhat
conservative. Today, the county has grown to a population of over 2 million
people, and is very cosmopolitan. Irvine has an active industrial park and
there is a strong industrial base in the surrounding communities. Many
organizations are high-technology firms that develop or make use of
advanced computer technologies.
There is an internationally visible arts community in the Los
Angeles/Orange County region, and good performing arts theaters on and near
UCI. In addition to a regular film series on campus, there are three
theaters nearby that regularly show foreign films. The multi-million
dollar Orange County Performing Arts, South Coast Repertory Theater, The
Bren Sports Center, The Western Regional Offices of the National Academies
of Sciences and Engineering are major cultural and scientific facilities on
or near campus.
There are many recreational opportunities in the immediate area, including
ocean and bay sailing, swimming from wide beaches, and hiking in the Santa
Ana Mountains. The City of Irvine has extensive bicycle paths and the beach
areas are an easy cycling ride. There are good areas for jogging on the
campus and throughout Southern California. Several major mountain ranges
within reasonable driving distance offer hiking, camping, skiing and snow
sports. There are a variety of landscapes including 11,000 foot alpine
peaks, dense forests, vast desert expanses, valleys, canyons, lakes, and
reservoirs. Sports equipment can be rented from the UCI Associated
Students' cooperative outdoor program. UCI's sailing club offers membership
and boat use to all members of the UCI community. Most of these activities
are available throughout the year since the climate is moderate year
round.
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