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Wharton Computing Strategic Directions
2006 May 9
Wharton Characteristics
Wharton Characteristics
Innovation
Wharton Characteristics
Scale
Innovation
Wharton Characteristics
Scale
Innovation
Engagement
Innovation
Innovation
Harker: "Innovation is in our blood"
• First business school (1881)
• First ongoing executive education program (1953)
• Designed the business research center model
• Wharton faculty: The most published on any business school
• Pioneered curricular developments
Wharton: Characteristics
Innovation Scale Engagement
Scale
The largest international business school in the world
• Broadest range of programs, reach of audience, diversity of clients
• Largest fulltime student body
• Philadelphia and San Francisco
• Programs with INSEAD, Singapore, India and China
Wharton: Characteristics
Innovation Scale Engagement
ScaleInnovation Engagement
Engagement
Active engagement in the practice of business
• More than two-thirds of the 2004 Fortune 500 companies are active partners
• More than 8,000 executives from around the world participate in Wharton executive education programs
• Wharton research centers explore issues and create growth for global business
Wharton Characteristics
Scale
Innovation
Engagement
Wharton Characteristics: Scale
Innovation
Scale
Wharton Characteristics: Innovation
Wharton Characteristics: Innovation
Innovation
Wharton Characteristics: Innovation
Innovation
Scale
Innovation
Engagement
Engagement
Faculty Students External
Systems & Infrastructure
Engagement
Engagement: Faculty
Engagement
Faculty Students External
Systems & Infrastructure
• Faculty advisory board
• Expand support for Wharton faculty
• Data from 39 vendors
• 163 subscribers
Faculty Research: WRDS
Grid System
Faculty Research: Grid System
FacultyCafé
Faculty Research: FacultyCafé
Faculty Recruiting System
Faculty Research: Recruiting System
Distributed Representative Model
• Balance of centralized and decentralized support.
• Put resources close to the faculty
• Customized support: One size doesn't fit all
• Coordination on standards & economies of scale
Faculty Research: Support Model
Challenges
• Increasing complexity & security issues
• New faculty
• Large-scale project support
Faculty Research: Support Model
Direction
• Integrate work of WRDS staff and departmental reps
• Emulate aspects of student services model
• Centralized knowledgebase
• Help desks
• Share cross departmental experience
• Work with faculty to refine model
Faculty Research: Support Model
• Four new applications launched Fall 2005
• Nine new proposals for this Spring cycle
• Wharton’s OTIS: 2,200 students at 62 institutions since July 2005
• Challenge: Balancing ongoing support, new development, and outreach
Faculty Instruction: Learning Lab
Innovations in Technology
• Rich Internet application platforms
Focus: Curriculum initiative
Faculty Instruction: Learning Lab
Faculty Instruction: Classroom Environment
Faculty Instruction: webCafe
webCafé usage
Faculty Instruction: New Course Tools
New applications
• Peer Evaluation
• Seating chart
Faculty Instruction: OPIM 651
MKTG 101/622 and Sabre
Faculty Instruction: MKTG 101
Scale
Innovation
Engagement: Students and Alumni
Engagement
Faculty Students External
Systems & Infrastructure
SPIKE and Student Services
Students: SPIKE and Student Services
Students: Course Registration
“I am amazed and very impressed by the new Auction interface. It is very rich, interactive, highly usable and employs the latest in Web 2.0 technologies. I feel that you have taken something that we felt could not be improved upon and made it better.”
A Wharton MBA Student
The MBA Auction
Future Directions
• Student technology advisory boards
• Mobile platform support
• Next-generation web-development tools
Students: What’s Next?
Systems & Infrastructure
Engagement
Faculty Students External
Systems & Infrastructure
Future Directions
• Commoditization of services
• Exploring email outsourcing
• Unrestricted growth
Systems & Infrastructure
Engagement: External
Engagement
Faculty Students External
Systems & Infrastructure
• SunRay thin client architecture
• Wharton Virtual Classroom
External Engagement: Executive Education
External Engagement: Internal Services
These are impressive apps, from student portals to virtual simulation teaching tools to server monitoring tools and much more. Every time I have seen the Wharton guys present their apps I have been impressed, and this time was no exception.
Ben Forta’s blog2006 Feb 21
External Engagement: Knowledge@Wharton
External Engagement: WRDS
External Engagement: Learning Lab
Wharton Computing
Expanding scope, fostering innovation, engaging with our constituents
Supporting Innovation, Scale, Engagement
Scale
Innovation
Engagement
