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Christine Owuonda commented on the post, Weekly Question #6: Complete by October 15, 2015, on the site 9 years, 5 months ago
5 years from now I would like to remember that information technology changes are inevitable and to be open to learning more about IT. As I adopt any new IT changes I would also like to remember that there are two sides to the coin and look at the risk that may come with the change so that I can take precaution against any negative effects such as…[Read more]
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Christine Owuonda commented on the post, Case Question: Radiohead, on the site 9 years, 5 months ago
Thanks for responding Tonia. The “set your own price” method is certainly a big marketing idea to get any artist music to most people that the option of fixed price. For the new artists, this might be a good idea if the intent is for exposure only and not counting on record profit. For Radiohead, this idea opened up their market to those who did…[Read more]
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Christine Owuonda commented on the post, Reading Question: Disruption of Abundance, on the site 9 years, 5 months ago
Stephen, I agree with you that abundance drives innovation as the need for a new market arises. Like I mentioned in my post, I believe people start looking at what else can be done with the excess available or what is the new big thing. I also agree that anything that is scarce is in that status because the market has not found a way to replicate…[Read more]
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Christine Owuonda commented on the post, Case Question: Radiohead, on the site 9 years, 5 months ago
Hi Duke,
Great post, I agree with you that the record companies resisted digital media because they were losing the control they had over artists. Artists would not be very eager to renew or sign contracts with the record labels if they can get their music to their fun in a different way or directly as with the case of Radiohead and still be able…[Read more] -
Christine Owuonda commented on the post, Reading Question: Disruption of Abundance, on the site 9 years, 5 months ago
When there is scarcity both supply and demand tend to go into survival mode and more energy is spent on how to conserve the resource than how to come up with other uses for that particular resource. Abundance, however, creates a surplus which allows for more positive or negative disruption to society compared to scarcity. The negative side of…[Read more]
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Christine Owuonda commented on the post, Weekly Question #5: Complete by February 25, 2016, on the site 9 years, 5 months ago
From the perspective of recording industry, digital media offers cost saving when it comes to production such as cost of CD’s used to record the music, packaging the discs and cost of shipping to retailers or consumers. Digital media also increases the rate of distribution because people can simply download the music on their devices instead of w…[Read more]
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Christine Owuonda commented on the post, Weekly Question #5: Complete by February 25, 2016, on the site 9 years, 5 months ago
A community of practice that I participate in is the Society for Human Resources Management in Lancaster. I first learned of the community while studying for my human resource certification exam. By participating in the group I was able to learn from the seasoned HR professionals in different industries and also go over case studies with HR…[Read more]
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Christine Owuonda commented on the post, Weekly Question #5: Complete by February 25, 2016, on the site 9 years, 5 months ago
Using Siemens as an example any company considering open innovation should consider their internal culture and their established process of doing business. This would help then adequately plan for a buy-in strategy and any required information session for key potential internal/external participants.The company could also consider incorporating…[Read more]
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Christine Owuonda commented on the post, Case Question: Globalization and Decentralization, on the site 9 years, 5 months ago
Hi Kristin,
I agree with you that IT was the only part of the business that was positioned to organize data management that helped link various parts of the business together in an effort to create globalization. The process took longer than expected because of various reason such as dealing with time needed to educate and allow buy-in by the key…[Read more] -
Christine Owuonda commented on the post, Case Question: Globalization and Decentralization, on the site 9 years, 5 months ago
As Wyeth was working on their goal of achieving globalization, IT was identified as the key that would enable the organization to achieve its goals. Although top management did not have a clear picture of the true potential of IT they all understood the need to revamp the system. The role of IT included transforming some of the business systems…[Read more]
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Christine Owuonda commented on the post, Reading Question: BYOD, on the site 9 years, 5 months ago
Hi Stephen,
I understand your concern with managing user access especially in an organization that has a high turnover rate. In our organization’s case, everyone who chooses to use their own devices gets an access ID that they use to login to company information. More like the way we log into temple website. They still have the same restrictions…[Read more] -
Christine Owuonda commented on the post, Reading Question: The Cloud, on the site 9 years, 5 months ago
Hi Elaine,
Using facebook to explain what “the cloud” is a great idea since almost everyone has used facebook before and they understand the concept when it come to uploading picture or videos. Your example of the friends who lost everything in a house fire that consumed their desktops and laptops being able to still have access or records of…[Read more] -
Christine Owuonda commented on the post, Case Question: Amazon Web Services, on the site 9 years, 5 months ago
The four major web services offered by Amazon that are described, in this case, are, Amazon Simple Storage Services (Amazon S3) which provides customers with a basic interface for storing and retrieving data that is accessible anywhere on the web. Amazon Elastic compute cloud (Amazon EC2) offered Amazon’s customers computing capacity in the c…[Read more]
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Christine Owuonda commented on the post, Weekly Question #8: Complete by November 2, 2017, on the site 9 years, 5 months ago
BYOD is supported in our organization. We have a policy in place that any employee choosing to bring and use their own devices for business purposes needs to review and sign. IT department also needs to certify that the device has adequate antivirus and provide login ID for the device, this ensures that they still have some control over the…[Read more]
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Christine Owuonda commented on the post, Reading Question: The Cloud, on the site 9 years, 5 months ago
I would explain “the cloud” as a new form of storage space like what we have in our computers or flash drive that we can use to store the programs or documents we are working on. The difference between “the cloud” and our computer or flash drives when it comes to personal use, is that we don’t have to carry it around to have access to our docum…[Read more]
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Christine Owuonda commented on the post, Reading Question: Business Models, on the site 9 years, 5 months ago
Thanks for your response. Although the services we offer are very much needed, there are so many hoops to jump through to get approvals from private and federal insurers to provide services. At some point our organization tried to start a department that would cater for a type of group home setting that would address mental health services needs…[Read more]
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Christine Owuonda commented on the post, Case Question: Volkswagen – Advice for Matulovic, on the site 9 years, 5 months ago
I agree with you that being direct with those looking for favors by explaining to them why their ideas do not support the new process is a good advice for Matulovic. The integrity of the whole process depends on the agreed upon procedure and approval process, the idea of granting favors would undermine the system and eventually no one would want…[Read more]
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Christine Owuonda commented on the post, Reading Question: IT Investments, on the site 9 years, 5 months ago
Hi Duke,
Thanks for sharing your experience. Like Saqib mentioned it is interesting to hear that a microchip company did not maintain its initial IT projects and funding plus the CEO stating that the goal is to strive to be a world-class microchip shop, not a world-class IT shop, makes me wonder if the value of IT in any organization depends on…[Read more] -
Christine Owuonda commented on the post, Reading Question: IT Investments, on the site 9 years, 5 months ago
Hi Tonia,
Thanks for your response. Thanks for sharing that you work for a large network that has been using EMR for years and there is still a lag in integrating all department to the EMR. I am not sure if this is because old habits are hard to break or if people are just not willing to put in the effort to even utilize a system that is already…[Read more] -
Christine Owuonda commented on the post, Reading Question: IT Investments, on the site 9 years, 5 months ago
Thanks for your response Jonathan, As much as it is critical to have a robust record keeping system in the medical field the cost of implementation usually blocks any progress unless it is legally mandated. I believe the problem in this situation is not having the talent to map out how to maximize the use of the proposed or implemented information…[Read more]
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