Question 1. How has the Internet of Things caused an explosion in the data available for analysis in organizations?
Question 2. How do the underlying assumptions differ for a traditional "pipe" organization and a new platform-based digital organization?
Question 3. In what ways might artificial intelligence incorporate bias into its decision making? Explain.
Question 4. Is Amazon an exchange platform or maker platform organization? Explain.
Question 5. How might a hospital administrator trying to implement cross-functional teams use social network analysis to improve communication and collaboration among nurses, doctors, technicians, and other staff?
Question 6. Discuss some ways a large insurance company such as Allstate, Progressive, or State Farm might use social media tools such as microblogs or social networking. Do you think these tools are more applicable to a service company than to a manufacturing organization? Discuss.
Question 7. Describe your use of codified knowledge when you research and write a term paper. Do you also use tacit knowledge regarding this activity? Discuss.
Question 8. Why is knowledge management particularly important to a company that wants to learn and change continuously rather than operate at a stable state?
Question 9. Caesars Entertainment centralized its big data analytics function to be more efficient. Can you think of some competitive issues that might lead a company to go from a centralized big data function to a function that decentralizes to various units?
Question 10. Why do you think the application of digital technology typically leads to greater decentralization in an organization? Might it also be used for greater centralization in some organizations? Explain.