Reading Briefs Questions
Reading Brief Qs for Session 2-3 – Will Humans Go the Way of Horses?
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/2015-06-16/will-humans-go-way-horses
- How do the authors (Brynjolfsson and McAfee) compare humans to horses?
- What are the advantages of humans vis-a-vis machines?
- What are the authors’ policy proposals?
Reading Brief Qs for Session 2-2 – Airbnb
- What happened to EJ?
- Why is an online reputation system needed?
- What is Airbnb’s plan to facilitate safe transactions?
Reading Brief Qs for Session 2-1 – IT Adventures Ch. 10, 11, and 18
- What happened at IVK on Thursday, June 28 (Ch. 10)?
- What are the three recovery plans? What is Mr. Barton’s recommendation and why does he recommend it (Ch. 10 and 11)?
- What is Mr. Williams’ decision? How does he use a poker analogy to justify his decision (Ch. 11 and 18)?
Reading Brief Qs for Session 1-3 – Volkswagen of America
- What are the enterprise goal areas in VWoA’s “Next Round of Growth” (NRG)?
- Who participates in the decision processes to decide which project to fund at VWoA?
- What are the investment types of IT projects?
Reading Brief Qs for Session 1-3 – IT Adventures Ch. 4, 5, and 8
- What is the funding mechanism for IT at IVK? What is a chargeback? (Ch. 4)
- What are the concepts of “Competes vs. Qualifiers” and IT Strategic Grid (Ch. 5)
- Why has Mr. John Cho’s request for IT security funding been being denied? (Ch. 8)
- Why had Mr. Davies, the former IVK CIO, had to set up a slush fund? How? (Ch. 8)
Reading Brief Qs for Session 1-2 – Otis Elevator
Read Otis Elevator case from the Harvard Business School coursepack and explain the following three points in no more than 200 words.
- What is the direction of Otis’ strategic move?
- Why is Otis trying to shift its strategic focus?
- How does e*Logistics support such a move?
This is due by 8:00 AM on Jan 7 (before the first day).
Reading Brief Qs for Session 1-1 – IT Adventures Ch. 1 and 2
Read Ch. 1 and 2 of “The Adventures of an IT Leader” and write answers to the following questions in no more than 200 words (for all three questions, not for each).
- What happened to Jim Barton on Friday, March 23?
- What did Barton learn from his web search after his “promotion”?
- What did Bill Davies tell Mr. Barton when they encountered while jogging?
This is due by 8:00 AM on Jan 7 (before the first day).