Monthly Archives: November 2016
Week 12 – IT-Driven Competitive Strategies (II) – class slides
In-class discussion questions – Week 13 (Dec 5)
- What is a jobless recovery?
- What are the causes of a jobless recovery?
- What kind of jobs are increasingly being replaced by computers and robots?
- What kind of jobs are increasingly being outsourced abroad?
- What kind of jobs will be neither replaced by technologies nor outsourced abroad in the next 30 years?
- What kind of skills do these jobs require?
- What does it take for you to survive challenges in the job market?
- In a job interview, how would you answer this question – “Why should we hire you?”
- If the interviewer asks what you’ve learned in MIS 3534, what would you say?
- What would it take to be a great CIO like Mr. Barton?
- What should be your competitive advantages as an MIS major that differentiate yourself from other majors?
- What should be your core competencies?
Online discussion questions – Nov 28
- What are the examples of platforms with two-sided network effects (other than Uber, Airbnb, eBay)?
- What are the examples of measures in two-sided platforms to protect customers or suppliers?
- What are the measures adopted by Airbnb or Uber to prevent racial discrimination?
Week 13 – IT Adventures Ch. 18 – Brief Guideline
- What are the three choices that Mr. Barton has?
- Why did Goldman and Luce give Barton job offers?
We will play a two-sided platform game on Nov 28
Tomorrow (Nov 28), we will play a two-sided platform game, which is going to be with a lot of fun. Each of you will become a platform business operator (e.g. Uber, Airbnb) and compete with each other to attract more customers and make more profits!
Please bring a laptop tomorrow, and make sure to complete registration before the class at http://www.tradewindbusiness.com/. It’s free!
In registration, you can either create a new account or use your own Google/Facebook/Twitter account. After registration and login, go to “Class list”
and use this class code to join in MIS 3534 class. – EAD1-1F94-7DBD-9C25
Please complete this registration before 5:30pm, Nov 28.
Best Executive Report #2
Unofficial LETTER Grades updated with Executive Report #2 and ROI Homework #2
Grading Executive Report #2 and ROI Homework #2 has been finished. It took me a while to complete grading because my travels to Nashville and Seattle.
The unofficial letter grades have been updated at Gradebook – https://community.mis.temple.edu/gradebook/
Executive Report #3 Topic #2 – References
- Alaska Airlines, Flying above an Industry’s Troubles – New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/03/business/alaska-airlines-flying-above-an-industrys-troubles.html?ref=technology
- M.C. Lacity, L.P. Willcocks, and D.F. Feeny, “The Value of Selective IT Outsourcing,” MIT Sloan Management Review (Spring 1996)
- J.C. Linder, “Transformational Outsourcing,” MIT Sloan Management Review (Winter 2004)
- J. Ross and N.O. Fonstad, “Planning a Strategic Outsourcing Profile,” MIT Center for Information Systems Research
- J. Ross and C.M. Beath, “Sustainable Value from Outsourcing: Finding the Sweet Spot,” MIT Center for Information Systems Research
Executive Report #3 – due by Dec 9 (draft due by Dec 2)
In-class discussion questions – Week 12 (Nov 28)
- Why have Airbnb or Uber been growing so fast?
- Without potential guests, hosts would not list their apartments at Airbnb. Without apartments listed, guests would not try Airbnb. How did Airbnb solve this problem?
- Why is there a “Girls Free Night” at a night club?
- What happened to EJ, an Airbnb host?
- What would happen if Airbnb did nothing in response to EJ’s incident?
- What are the policies in Uber to manage the pool of drivers?
Week 12 – Airbnb – Brief Guidelines
- What happened to EJ?
- Why is an online reputation system needed?
- What is Airbnb’s plan to facilitate safe transactions?
Week 11 – IT-Driven Competitive Strategies (I) – class slides and videos
Week 11 – Strategy (color).pdf
Adam Nash from Wealthfront – CNBC (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0ylo1114vc)
eChoupal – YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RH8Xl1C8eE)
FreshDirect – Business Insider (http://www.businessinsider.com/jason-ackerman-on-freshdirect-growth-2013-10)
Historic Blockbuster – Onion News (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5o4oo_historic-blockbuster_news)
Jeff Bezos Interview – The Daily Show (http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/baettl/jeff-bezos)
Online discussion questions – Nov 14
- How does Uber’s pricing work? How different is it from pricing of traditional taxicabs?
- What would be reasons for city governments to ban AirBnb or Uber? How would you counter them?
- What would be reasons for online education to be valuable to education providers or students?
- Why are technologies of FreshDirect sophisticated and state-of-the-art?
In-class discussion questions – Week 11 (Nov 14)
- What is eChoupal? With eChoupal, what is ITC trying to accomplish?
- How did the old supply chain of soybean work? Who are the losers and the winners?
- What are the “choke points” in the old supply chain of soybean?
- What are the benefits of eChoupal to farmers?
- What is the other information from eChoupal to farmers?
- Is ITC a charity? Why is it concerned about farmers’ lives and well-being?
- What bottleneck do Amazon.com and Netflix eliminate?
- How do FreshDirect, Uber, Airbnb, and Khan Academy disrupt the existing industries by address which bottlenecks?
Week 11 – ITC eChoupal – Brief Guidelines
- Why was the supply chain for soybean so inefficient and how does eChoupal change it?
- What kind of information does eChoupal provide to farmers?
- What are the benefits of eChoupal to farmers and ITC?
Your brief may not cover page 11-16, but please DO NOT SKIP to read them.
Online discussion questions – Nov 7
- In IT Adventures Ch. 10, why did Mr. Wells, IVK’s legal counsel, request to “pull the plug”?
- What would have happened if Mr. Barton pulled the plug at the request of Mr. Wells?
- What would be the worst possible ramifications from the incidents in Ch. 10?
- How would you explain “set up parallel systems built from development files, then switch over the those” to your non-IT boss?
- What are the reasons for IVK to disclose the security incidents? What would be the reasons not to disclose?
- From IT Adventures Ch. 17, What is Mr. Williams’ point with respect to his poker analogy? What is Mr. Barton’s point with respect to his risk escalator analogy?