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Mark J. Ramacciotti commented on the post, 100 second reflection on the course, on the site 9 years, 8 months ago
The biggest takeaway for myself would be just the power of data and the need for all corporations to integrate data analytics into their business is some capacity. Whether it be finding out more about a specific customer segment or doing market research, data can only help in the decision making process. I would tell a future MIS5101 student…[Read more]
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Mark J. Ramacciotti commented on the post, Weekly Question #8: Complete by November 2, 2017, on the site 9 years, 8 months ago
One key point I would like to remember is whenever you are making a business decision always see how that decision is going to affect the entire operations and functionability of the company. As easy way to look at this is to map out value propositions, financials, and customer segments. Business’s function as an entire system and to ignore a…[Read more]
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Mark J. Ramacciotti commented on the post, What is Knowledge Management?, on the site 9 years, 9 months ago
Knowledge management can be related to writing a sentence for a five year old. You first need to learn small details such as letters of the alphabet. You then need to connect these smaller details together to form words with these letters. Then, you need to put these bigger chunks of information together to form a solid structure, or words to…[Read more]
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Mark J. Ramacciotti commented on the post, Technology and Manufacturing, on the site 9 years, 9 months ago
I do believe that manufacturing with shift from a centralized structure but not as rapidly as people may expect. Crowdsourcing and new technologies are becoming increasing more popular but I still think this needs time to develop in order to resonate with a variety of different high level executives who are ultimately making the final decision.…[Read more]
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Mark J. Ramacciotti commented on the post, Weekly Question: Week 12, on the site 9 years, 9 months ago
I thought the presentations were extremely insightful and could be directly applied to the field in which we are interested in. I thought the biggest takeaway from my end was the ability for them to translate data in an easy to understand manner. They told us about the data set that they were using and the ways they could graphically depict the…[Read more]
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Mark J. Ramacciotti commented on the post, Retail Store Data Breaches, on the site 9 years, 9 months ago
I think that most businesses are taking proper precautions to prevent fraud, but with the advancement in technology over the past decade anything is attainable with the right level of ‘hacking skill.’ This relates to last weeks post about stealing ATM information in the sense that there are so many ways criminals can get people’s private…[Read more]
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Mark J. Ramacciotti commented on the post, Weekly Question: Week 10, on the site 9 years, 9 months ago
Q: What are the top three most common reasons for visiting the ER?
A: Chest Pain (2,285), Difficulty Breathing (1,508), and Pain, Abd General (1,352) -
Mark J. Ramacciotti commented on the post, Discussion Question: Fraud and Safety, on the site 9 years, 9 months ago
I think that this answer can go both ways in that technology definitely makes it easier to keep private information safer, but if also allows thieves an ability to capture more information. I think however with the new advances in technology it is easier to commit fraud because there are so many different ways someone can get your personal…[Read more]
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Mark J. Ramacciotti commented on the post, Weekly Question: Week 9, on the site 9 years, 10 months ago
If I were in charge of data.gov I would advertise the publicity of data being shown around the internet. I would really try and drive traffic towards the data.gov website and encourage people to use this data freely. Once people arrive at the site data.gov should provide tutorials and walk-thrus for people who would like to learn more about how…[Read more]
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Mark J. Ramacciotti commented on the post, Discussion Question: Agents, Publishers, and Self-Publishing Options, on the site 9 years, 10 months ago
I do not believe that the the age of agents and publishers are dead, but I do definitely see a trend not only in this little blurb, but from other readings on various articles recently in the news. Self-publishing is becoming more common now more than ever, and I think there are some advantages that outweigh some of the pros in signing with…[Read more]
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Mark J. Ramacciotti commented on the post, Week 8 weekly question, on the site 9 years, 10 months ago
Continuing off of our discussion last week on Intermountain Health Care, it is a very distinct relationship that exists between process and data. Intermountain’s original process of gathering and organizing data was unstructured and very time-consuming. They re-vamped the entire data process to reduce redundancy and while cutting back on…[Read more]
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Mark J. Ramacciotti commented on the post, These are a few of my favorite things…, on the site 9 years, 10 months ago
While I enjoy using gadgets I do not utilize them as often as others, but I do enjoy using apps on my smartphone quite often. My favorite apps are usually social media (twitter, instagram, and snapchat) and I use them for a few different reasons. I usually just use twitter now for getting up-to-date sports information, as I have found that…[Read more]
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Mark J. Ramacciotti commented on the post, Weekly Question #7: Complete by March 27, 2017, on the site 9 years, 10 months ago
At one of my jobs we survey fans of sports teams that attend games each week. For example, we would collect data from the Philadelphia Eagles on their ticket buyers ahead of time and send out surveys to a select group of fans that attended the game each home week. We would segment these surveys to send them out to season-ticket holders,…[Read more]
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Mark J. Ramacciotti commented on the post, Question: Bad Graphics, on the site 9 years, 10 months ago
http://infographicality.com/category/general-infographics/page/599/
Here is the right link. It is down a little under the number 04 and name Afghanistan Stability / COIN Dynamics.
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Mark J. Ramacciotti commented on the post, Question: Bad Graphics, on the site 9 years, 10 months ago
Way too much information going on at once and very confusing to even look at.
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Mark J. Ramacciotti commented on the post, Weekly Question: Week 6, on the site 9 years, 10 months ago
https://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=AwrB8py4JDRU1zMAr42JzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTIzZGwzMjNhBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1nBG9pZAMyMDM4NzA0OTMwNWFkNTYwZDU5OTRkMWU4MjEyMjNlMQRncG9zAzEyBGl0A2Jpbmc-?back=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Dsports%2Binfographic%26fr%3Dyfp-t-224%26fr2%3Dpiv-web%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D12&w=612&h=792&img…[Read more]
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Mark J. Ramacciotti commented on the post, Progress Report for Week Ending, February 9, on the site 9 years, 10 months ago
In my position in the Sport Industry Research Center, we have data on six different organizations and they are all listed in different files. We would need to join all six tables together to get overall values for the Philadelphia Youth Sport Collaborative (PYSC). Then when we would make individual reports for each organization, we need to…[Read more]
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Mark J. Ramacciotti commented on the post, Happy Birthday SNL // the typists from the Carol Burnett show, on the site 9 years, 11 months ago
When thinking about how an ERD model accurately depicts your business, you first need to evaluate your business strategy from top to bottom. Make sure your company is aligning its strategy with its overall organizational goals and then use the ERD model to more efficiently organize your business structure. I would say that one needs to lay out all…[Read more]
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Mark J. Ramacciotti commented on the post, Happy Birthday SNL // the typists from the Carol Burnett show, on the site 9 years, 11 months ago
When thinking about how an ERD model accurately depicts your business, you first need to evaluate your business strategy from top to bottom. Make sure your company is aligning its strategy with its overall organizational goals and then use the ERD model to more efficiently organize your business structure. I would say that one needs to lay out…[Read more]