subject name: management information systems

question:

For this week your team will be creating a power point on Management Information Systems. It would be best to pick a company to talk about as the usually makes it easier and more fun. For example you can talk about the UPS Worldport system, or Amazon robots and how management information systems makes all this work. Please, don’t everyone pick UPS or Amazon, in fact DO NOT, they are just an example and we don’t want to hear from 8 groups on the same topic. So I won’t mention other companies but you can easily name a lot, and probably find some good videos to go along with your presentation.

Please try to keep presentation to 30 slides per student

instructions:

Slide requirements:

1. Bullet points only! No paragraphs. If you need to discuss put it in the presenters notes section. 

 2. All references go at the end of the presentation. 

Submit your Portfolio Project Outline and References

An APA formatted document that contains:

1. A 2-3 page outline addressing all required topics with subtopics. There must be a paragraph describing each topic and a 2-3 sentence description under each subtopic topic.

2. A reference list with at least five scholarly sources listed on the reference page. These must be scholarly and within the last 5 years

Below is the Final – Portfolio Project (FYI: The current assignment is not a Final Portfolio Project submission, it is an initial Outline and references submission)

Portfolio Project

For this project, select an organization that has leveraged Cloud Computing technologies in an attempt to improve profitability or to give them a competitive advantage.  Research the organization to understand the challenges that they faced and how they intended to use Cloud Computing to overcome their challenges.  The paper should include the following sections each called out with a header.

• Company Overview:  The section should include the company name, the industry they are in and a general overview of the organization.

• Challenges: Discuss the challenges the organization had that limited their profitability and/or competitiveness and how they planned to leverage Cloud Computing to overcome their challenges.

• Solution:  Describe the organization’s Cloud Computing implementation and the benefits they realized from the implementation.  What was the result of implementing Cloud Computing?  Did they meet their objectives for fall short?

• Conclusion:  Summarize the most important ideas from the paper and also make recommendations or how they might have achieved even greater success.

The paper must adhere to APA guidelines including Title and Reference pages.  There should be at least five scholarly sources listed on the reference page.  Each source should be cited in the body of the paper to give credit where due.  Per APA, the paper should use a 12-point Time New Roman font, should be double spaced throughout, and the first sentence of each paragraph should be indented .5 inches.  The body of the paper should be 4 – 5 pages in length.  The Title page, Abstract, and Reference pages do not count towards the page count requirements.

From Chapter 12, page 379 WEB-BASED CASE STUDY, THE FUTURE OF LIFE INSTITUTE.  Read the case and answer all questions (20 points).

Elon-Musk donated $10 million to a foundation called the Future of Life Institute.  The institute published an open letter from an impressive array of AI experts who call for careful research into how humanity can reap the benefits of AI “while avoiding its pitfalls.”  Go online and find out about the institute’s initiatives.  What are its primary goals?  How can humans establish and maintain careful oversight of the work carried out by robots?  How valid are Elon Musk, Bill Gates, and Stephen Hawking’s concerns?  What other concerns should the public bear in mind as the technological revolution advances?

Sources:  Future of Life Institute.  http://futureoflife.org

Module 5 Forum

Describe social bandwidth and share an experience you’ve had with this concept within your previous interactions.

Post your response to the weekly question(s) by 11:59 PM (Eastern) on Wednesday.  This posting should be at least 250 words.  Respond to at least 2 other postings on separate days in each forum by 11:59 PM (Eastern) on Saturday.  Your primary posting can end with a “tag-line” or a related question of your own.  Your secondary postings can either answer another student’s question, or comment on their answering my question.  In addition, please ensure that you answer all of my questions.