David A Ventura

The main point I would make is that when making decisions in the workplace, especially as a manager or someone that has an effect over multiple divisions of the company, that you need to keep all the pieces in mind. The big take away in the class has really been to be able to identify all areas that are being affected. Now when I think about a…[Read more]

Knowledge management is like doing an arts and craft project in pre school. First you need to know what the teacher wants you to make. Once you know that you have to figure out where to get your crayons, your glue, your scissors, and your paper. Now your teacher may tell you that you need to share the supplies with others. This means you will need…[Read more]

It depends what type of manufacturing is being done. For major manufacturing lines that produce car parts, canned food and the like then no. These products are just too numerous to use open source methodology. A smaller company would not be able to keep up with the demand and the cost per item to produce would be much higher than in larger…[Read more]

I do believe that retailers should put more emphasis on securing their patrons’ payments and information but in this day and age of technology it is a very challenging feat. Consider how much you probably use your card and how often your information is out there. I know I use Amazon at least bi weekly and only use credit cards in stores, I a…[Read more]

Advances in technology have definitely made it easier to commit crimes fraud and theft. This is evident by one very specific fact. All of the technology created to protect us was conceived because fraud had already been committed in that manner. Any new technology is created in a direct reaction to a new type of method, hack, or scam that was…[Read more]

As many of the others have said, agents and publishers will still be relevant. I do think that that relevance will dwindle as time goes on as accessibility goes on. What I mean is that with all the resources available to us via the internet nowadays a lot of the old fashion ways are becoming obsolete. For instance you can create a startup company…[Read more]

One of my favorite apps is Spotify. It is a music app that lets you search by artist, song, etc as most do. The beauty of spotify is two fold. First, you can create a custom radio station based off a song and spotify will play other simialr artists and songs. Since I have started my new job I find it very hard to research and identify new bands…[Read more]