Reading Brief Questions

Reading Brief Qs for Session #6 – Will Humans Go the Way of Horses?

Published April 18, 2017 | By Min-Seok Pang, Ph.D.

Read “Will Humans Go the Way of Horses” articles from Foreign Affairs and write answers to the following questions in no more than 200 words.

How do the authors (Brynjolfsson and McAfee) compare humans to horses?
What are the advantages of humans vis-a-vis machines?
What are the authors’ policy proposals?

The article is available at https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/2015-06-16/will-humans-go-way-horses and free upon registration.

Posted in Reading Brief Questions, Session #6 - IT and Your Career

Reading Brief Qs for Session #5 – Airbnb (A)

Published April 11, 2017 | By Min-Seok Pang, Ph.D.

What happened to EJ?
Why is an online reputation system needed?
What is Airbnb’s plan to facilitate safe transactions?

Posted in Reading Brief Questions, Session #5 - IT-Driven Competitive Strategies

Reading Brief Qs for Session #4 – IT Adventures Ch. 10, 11, and 18

Published April 4, 2017 | By Min-Seok Pang, Ph.D.

Read Ch. 10, 11, and 18 of “The Adventures of an IT Leader” and write answers to the following questions in no more than 200 words.

What happened at IVK on Thursday, June 28 (Ch. 10)?
What are the three recovery plans? What is Mr. Barton’s recommendation and why does he recommend it (Ch. 10 and 11)?
What is Mr. Williams’ decision? How does he use a poker analogy to justify his decision (Ch. 11 and 18)?

Posted in Reading Brief Questions, Session #4 - IT Risk Management

Reading Brief Qs for Session #3 – IT Adventures Ch. 4, 5, and 8

Published March 28, 2017 | By Min-Seok Pang, Ph.D.

Read Ch. 4, 5, and 8 of “The Adventures of an IT Leader” and write answers to the following questions in no more than 200 words (for all four questions, not for each).

What is the funding mechanism for IT at IVK? What is a chargeback? (Ch. 4)
What are the concepts of “Competes vs. Qualifiers” and IT Strategic Grid (Ch. 5)
Why has Mr. John Cho’s request for IT security funding been being denied? (Ch. 8)
Why had Mr. Davies, the former IVK CIO, had to set up a slush fund? How? (Ch. 8)

Posted in Reading Brief Questions, Session #3 - Value and Cost of IT

Reading Brief Qs for Session #3 – Volkswagen of America

Published March 28, 2017 | By Min-Seok Pang, Ph.D.

What are the enterprise goal areas in VWoA’s “Next Round of Growth” (NRG)?
Who participates in the decision processes to decide which project to fund at VWoA?
What are the three investment types of IT projects?

Posted in Reading Brief Questions, Session #3 - Value and Cost of IT

Reading Brief Qs for Session #2 – Otis Elevator

Published March 22, 2017 | By Min-Seok Pang, Ph.D.

Read Otis Elevator case from the Harvard Business School coursepack and explain the following three points in no more than 200 words.

What is the direction of Otis’ strategic move?
Why is Otis trying to shift its strategic focus?
How does e*Logistics support such a move?

Posted in Reading Brief Questions, Session #2 - IT and Competitive Strategies