Christopher McNicholas

Before taking this course, I was unfamiliar with the daily use of technology with in a business. I had never even heard of swim lane diagrams and ERDs, but now I know how helpful they can be with running an efficient business. The correct utilization of technology in the workplace can lead to companies introducing ERPs and CRMs. This technology is…[Read more]

Though they are not on the roads all over the place yet, autonomous cars are still being tested and have been for at least a few months now. Before reading about them in this class, I saw people on the news taking them for test drives on highways and other larger roads. I am enamored with the idea of cars that drive themselves, and I am really…[Read more]

I would say data is a part of every job, especially most of them in business. I am currently undeclared, but I am leaning towards doing finance, where data would be vital to the job on a daily basis. If I was a financial consultant, I would need good data on their financial situation. If I was to have bad information, it could have a negative…[Read more]

I think a decision tree could be used in all types of scenarios, including an everyday task. One example to me would be deciding if you want to go a nice restaurant or just to order food. You ask yourself what is on tv that night. Is my TV show on tonight? Will I miss it if I go out to dinner? Also you have to ask yourself how much dinner will…[Read more]

I am currently undeclared, but I am leaning towards becoming a finance major. I feel as if both of these diagrams will be extremely useful, but I think I would use swimlane diagrams more often than ERD’s. A swimlane diagram would allow me to give a visual representation of business processes. After analyzing the process, I could work on making i…[Read more]

There were so many interesting facts in the world, but there were two that really stuck out for me. The first was how all four generations will be working together. It will be interesting to see what we can all learn from each other and how we will co-exist in the workplace. The second fact I found intriguing was that there will be 75 billions…[Read more]