Monthly Archives: April 2015
Online discussion questions – Apr 27
- 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?
Week 14 – IT and Your Career – class slides and videos
Week 14 – Your Career (color).pdf
Week 14 – Your Career (bw).pdf
Amazon Testing Drone Delivery System – YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le46ERPMlWU)
Firms Replacing Derivatives Traders with Algorithms – Bloomberg (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/b/47459f6d-644e-4db4-bf14-84be53c81b40)
Law Schools Shrink as Enrollments Drop – WSJ (http://www.wsj.com/video/law-schools-shrink-faculty-as-enrollments-drop/9E6C5592-96E0-45E1-967E-ECCAB4788CFE.html)
Technology Kills Middle Class Jobs – AP (http://www.usatoday.com/media/cinematic/video/1857519/ap-analysis-technology-kills-middle-class-jobs/)
TEDxBoston – Andrew McAfee (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfMGyCk3XTw)
Will The U.S. Have A Jobless Recovery – CNN (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOC_l_fbYwE)
A Ride in the Google Self Driving Car – Google (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsaES–OTzM)
The Promise of 3-D Printing – TIME (http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2091589_2092033_2096601,00.html)
Banking’s Precarious Position – Less Branch Customers – NBR (http://nbr.com/2013/04/11/bankings-precarious-position-less-branch-customers/)
The Future of CIO – CIO Magazine (http://www.cio.com/article/704050)
World Business – Legal Outsourcing – YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wbCKYLu8Xmg#!)
In-class discussion questions for Apr 27
We will discuss these questions on Monday, Apr 27. Do not post comments on this.
- 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 – Apr 24
- 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?
In-class discussion questions for Apr 24
We will discuss these questions on Fri, Apr 24. Do not post comments on this.
- 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?
Online discussion questions – Apr 22
- What kind of jobs are increasingly being replaced by robots and computers?
- What kind of jobs are increasingly being outsourced abroad?
Online discussion questions – Apr 20
- 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?
Week 14 – IT Adventures Ch. 18 – Brief Guidelines
Due by Monday, April 27, 10AM
- What are the three choices that Mr. Barton has?
- Why did Goldman and Luce give Barton job offers?
In-class discussion questions for Apr 22
We will discuss these questions on Wed, Apr 23. Do not post comments on this.
- 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?
Online discussion questions – Apr 17
- What were the roles of Samyojak (former CAs at Mandis) in eChoupal?
- Why did ITC allow farmers to continue doing business with CAs at Mandis as they used to, even if it could ban the farmers from doing so?
- Do you think ITC’s competitive advantages from eChoupal can be sustainable? Why or why not?
- Any other examples, in which a new entrant with IT disrupts the existing industry by eliminating “choke points” or market inefficiency?