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Brittany M Cougle commented on the post, Four Unconventional Ways To Tell If Your Workplace Culture Is Toxic, on the site 9 years, 3 months ago
I do think that company culture is important and fitting in with the company culture would improve my work life. At my internship I noticed that many of the employees spend time together outside of the office at happy hours, sporting events, and on intramural sports teams. You’re at your job for at least 40 hours a week so I think it is important…[Read more]
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Brittany M Cougle commented on the post, Color's attempt to tackle at-home cancer testing on the cheap, on the site 9 years, 3 months ago
I think this is a great idea because so many women choose not to get screened for breast and ovarian cancer because they do not want to visit a doctor’s office. These kits would make it much easier for women to get tested and will hopefully decrease the number of deaths from breast and ovarian cancer. I do think there are some risks involved with…[Read more]
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Brittany M Cougle commented on the post, Nailing the group presentation, on the site 9 years, 3 months ago
I would also agree that the points seem to be common sense but many times people do not actually follow these guidelines in their presentations. I think the most interesting point made was to create two decks with one being very high-level and the other having more details to distribute after the presentation. I think this is a great idea and…[Read more]
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Brittany M Cougle wrote a new post on the site MIS4596 – Section 3 Spring 2015 9 years, 3 months ago
In the U.S more than $2.5 trillion flows through car-related industries every year. This article states that where this money will flow in the future depends on whether cars will require human drivers. The big […]
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Brittany M Cougle wrote a new post on the site MIS4596 – Section 3 Spring 2015 9 years, 3 months ago
Target partnered with Lilly Pulitzer, a luxury clothing line, and created a collection that would sell at a fraction of the cost of regular Lilly Pulitzer items. The demand for the product line was incredible […] -
Brittany M Cougle wrote a new post on the site MIS4596 – Section 3 Spring 2015 9 years, 3 months ago
Earlier this week someone posted an article about why CIOs can’t sell enterprise collaboration tools and today I saw an article where IT leaders gave tips on how to drive enterprise collaboration and ensure […]
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Interesting, collaboration is key for growing business!
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Interesting, collaboration is key for growing business!
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I work for Dorma Door Controls and our main location in Germany has recently implemented a collaboration tool that is new to our business, and it is called Yammer. Yammer is essentially Facebook for organizations, but it is owned by Microsoft. Since it is relatively new to the company, the entire business hasn’t really adopted it and has been using it to its full potential yet, but it allows for employees all over the globe to communicate and share documents privately or publicly and it has sort of been successful so far, but it is still too early to measure its effectiveness.
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I think that the easier the training for a collaboration tool the better. Most employees tend to freak out when there is a new technology tool presented to them. As we learned in 3535, some employees don’t adapt to change so easily. So the easier the process or the more they understand the collaboration tool, the more comfortable they are with adopting a new tool. Making this new collaboration tool successful in the end. The company that I’m interning now is big on collaboration and have devoted several SharePoint sites to collaboration tools. Prior to launching these sites, they sent out emails with training material and had presentations on how to use these tools. They wanted to make sure they provided enough information, before launching these sites.
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Brittany M Cougle wrote a new post on the site MIS4596 – Section 3 Spring 2015 9 years, 3 months ago
This article talks about how there is a growing global community of digital citizens that are demanding more from businesses, and that meeting these demands can be make-or-break for the business. Jeremy […]
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Brittany M Cougle commented on the post, Weekly Question #7: Complete by March 27, 2017, on the site 9 years, 3 months ago
At my internship I work for the corporate marketing operations team, and we work with the regional marketing operations teams across the country. There has been a serious lack of communication lately and emails have been getting lost in the shuffle so my team is trying to implement an enterprise collaboration tool. I think our biggest hurdle will…[Read more]
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Brittany M Cougle commented on the post, Disruptive innovators and missteps, on the site 9 years, 3 months ago
I don’t think this is fatal for Sling TV as it’s still in the early stages and this was only its first major test. Yes, there will be people that will be completely done with Sling after this incident, but I think Sling still has time to change public opinion. Other streaming services struggle to meet demand during peak viewing times such as HBO…[Read more]
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Brittany M Cougle commented on the post, Progress Report for Week Ending, February 16, on the site 9 years, 4 months ago
I agree with you in that I think employees should also evaluate themselves. My only concern with this system is that the employee will evaluate themselves and then the manager will simply submit the employees evaluation as their own, meaning the employee doesn’t receive any feedback. My manager told me about her performance review experience and…[Read more]
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Brittany M Cougle wrote a new post on the site MIS4596 – Section 3 Spring 2015 9 years, 4 months ago
This article talks about how Apple’s new Apple Watch could disrupt various industries, including the fitness wearable and luxury watch industries. Apple’s low-end Apple Watch Sport will likely disrupt the […]
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I do think that the watch industry is underestimating the apple watch a bit. I don’t think that it can compete with true luxury watches (Cartier, Rolex, etc), because if someone wants a watch covered in diamonds that they saw someone famous wearing, they aren’t gonna go for the Apple Watch. However, there is a bit of a cult surrounding Apple and everything they produce, so I think that a lot of people will buy an Apple Watch just because it’s an Apple product. I absolutely think the fitness wearables industry should be worried, as the Apple Watch Sport, if priced competitively, far outranks the competition in terms of functionality.
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I genuinly do not think that the Apple watch will disrupt the watch industry. Even though they are trying to with the Gold Apple Watch, I feel that they are two different customer bases. There is an art to a mechanical watch which a lot of customers see as value. I think if Apple is trying to disrupt the watch industry, then Tesla trying to attract customers who drive manual cars is a good analogy. Even though it is possible, I think we are very far from that occurring.
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I agree with Dan. I don’t believe Apple can disrupt the luxury watch market. A smartwatch has a life cycle, a watch by Rolex or Omega does not. You are expected to purchase a new smartwatch when the next iteration comes around, while the value of the luxury watch increases as it ages. Apple watches may be more functional, but no one buys a mechanical watch for it’s functionality.
As for the fitness wearable angle? I agree, Apple’s brand name in technology products can move mountains and this is one of them. -
I do not think Apple will disrupt the luxury watch industry because they are different customer segments. When I think of a luxury watch I think of high end classy watch that you would wear to work or if you are going somewhere nice. For Apple to create a luxury watch, thats more technologically based. The apple watch has a lot more functions and you can do a lot more. I think Apple will take away the meaning of a luxury watch. Its more for a fashion statement rather than a watch that does everything from a touch of a finger.
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I don’t think the luxury watch industry should feel threatened by Apple’s new watch. People who buy luxury watches, like Rolex, are going for a particular look or style, which Apple’s smart watch will not be able to compete with. Some luxury watches also appreciate in value over time while an Apple smart watch will only depreciate over time as its technology and capabilities become obsolete. Wearing this smart watch would also convey the wrong message over time. People wear luxury watches as a status symbol, a nice Rolex 20 years ago will most likely still be looked at as a fine watch now. Where as a first generation smart watch would be looked at as a low end watch.
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Brittany M Cougle commented on the post, Happy Birthday SNL // the typists from the Carol Burnett show, on the site 9 years, 5 months ago
I think once autonomous car adoption reaches a critical mass, autonomous cars will be required to drive on the road. However, like the article you posted said, it will take about 20 years before autonomous cars enter the mainstream. Therefore, that leaves a lot of time for the general public to fully realize the benefits of autonomous cars. Once…[Read more]
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Brittany M Cougle wrote a new post on the site MIS4596 – Section 3 Spring 2015 9 years, 5 months ago
This article talks about how Mark W. Johnson (Clayton Christensen’s business partner) says that disruptive innovation is not about being better than what currently exists. He says disruptive innovation “transforms a complicated, expensive product into one that is easier to use or is more affordable than the one most readily available.You know an innovation is disruptive when a new population has access to products and services that previously were only affordable for the few or the wealthy.”
A subset of disruptive innovations called catalytic innovations is introduced and described as “providing good-enough solutions to inadequately addressed social problems.” An example would be the MinuteClinic which provides affordable walk-in health services for common health problems. The idea of the MinuteClinic lead to the creation of other walk-in clinics that serve people who cannot afford health care.
As business students we usually focus on the profits to be earned from a new idea or technology, but I think it’s interesting to look at the social changes we can achieve. What other examples can you think of where disruptive innovation was used for social causes? How do you think disruptive innovation can be used for social change in the future?
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Though not as noble as the minute clinic, I think that personal health trackers (Nike+ FuelBand, FitBit, etc) are an example of disruptive innovation working to make things more accessible. Before these personal health trackers, people had to see dieticians and sleep specialists to learn if they were eating and sleeping well. Now, these trackers, which are conveniently worn on the wrist as a small bracelet, allow people to take control of their own health by tracking food intake, exercise, and sleep patterns for under $200, which is a one time cost just to buy the band. Everything else is conveniently linked up through a free app, thus making these health trackers a disruptive innovation that’s inciting some positive social change.
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Brittany M Cougle wrote a new post on the site MIS4596 – Section 3 Spring 2015 9 years, 6 months ago
Last week we talked about how everything is measurable and it is necessary for organizations to measure the value of IT so that the entire organization sees the importance of IT. This author of this article speaks with Doug Laney, research vice president for Gartner Inc., who says there is a gap between the realized and potential value of information. Laney gives his six models for how businesses can treat data as an asset in order to help close that gap.
Non-financial Methods
1. Intrinsic value of information – breaks data into characteristics such as accuracy, accessibility, completeness, then rates each characteristic and tallies for final score.
2. Business value of information – measures data characteristics in relation to business processes.
3. Performance value of information – measures data impact on key performance indicators over time.
Financial Methods
4. Cost value of information – measures the cost of “acquiring or replacing lost information” as well as lost revenue caused by loss of data
5. Economic value of information – measures how data contributes to revenue
6. Market value of information – measures the revenue generated by “selling, renting or bartering” corporate data.
Do you agree with the methods Laney suggests? Are their other ways you would measure the value of data? Which methods do you think would be most effective at convincing your CEO that data is an asset to your company?
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I agree that these are all great ways of expressing the value of data to a CEO. I think that the non-financial measures will be harder to communicate, however. In IT we tend to understand the value of data and what would happen without it better than other areas of the business. Trying to communicate the intrinsic value or business value, however, is difficult if the person does not already know that data is important. I think that the cost value and market value will be much better because you can show some hard numbers as to why data is important. I think the most effective measure that Laney states is the Economic value of information. This is a hard thing to measure but trying the data directly to the company’s bottom line will be very persuasive.
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For the first time on record, the delinquency rate on student loans has jumped above the rate for credit cards, car loans, or any other kind of consumer loan. The tragedy? Many of those loans will default, with […]
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