MIS 3534 – Prof. Min-Seok Pang

Week 13 – IT and Your Career

Week 13 – IT and Your Careers – class slides and videos

Week 13 – Your Career (color).pdf

Week 13 – Your Career (bw).pdf

Amazon Go – Amazon.com (https://www.amazon.com/b?node=16008589011#)

Firms Replacing Derivatives Traders with Algorithms – Bloomberg (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/b/47459f6d-644e-4db4-bf14-84be53c81b40)

Robot Journalists – The Daily Show (http://www.cc.com/video-clips/fh76l0/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-robot-journalists)

Self-Driving Truck Makes First Shipment – CNNMoney (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOPwq8WZB6c)

Technology Kills Middle Class Jobs – AP (http://www.usatoday.com/media/cinematic/video/1857519/ap-analysis-technology-kills-middle-class-jobs/)

The Future of CIO – CIO (http://www.cio.com/article/704050)

The Promise of 3-D Printing – TIME (http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2091589_2092033_2096601,00.html)

World Business – Legal Outsourcing – YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbCKYLu8Xmg#!)

Online discussion questions – Dec 7

  • What kind of jobs are increasingly being replaced by robots and computers?
  • What kind of jobs are increasingly being outsourced abroad?
  • What kind of jobs will not be replaced by robots and computers in the next 30 years?
  • What should you do to survive changes in the job markets made by technologies?
  • Why can a successful CIO become a candidate for the CEO position?
  • What should be your competitive advantages as MIS majors or minors?
  • How would you convince your job interviewer who is skeptical of the value of MIS majors?

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?