Pfeffer & Sutton
Chapter 18
Davenport & Sviokla
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making decisions based on data and research instead of intuition or experience

evidence-based management

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Critical threat for companies that is a byproduct of technology advancement 

Cybercriminality

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What is generative AI?

powerful AI that is capable of performing creative and complex tasks autonomously by applying pattern learning on large datasets

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The belief that the first company to enter a market gains a significant advantage

First-Mover advantage myth

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What are the attributes of useful information?

Quality, Timeliness, Relevance, Completeness

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What is required to enable the successful implementation of generative AI?

behavioral change of individuals and organizations

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What is team continuity?

the idea that teams with stable, longterm membership perform better due to improved communication and mutual understanding

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What impact did the advance technology have on organizational structures?

flattened hierarchies & more horizontal communication

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Responsible rebels

metaphor for innovation within organizations, emphasizing the need to support those who push for change and improvement while balancing the risk of chaos against the potential for valuable information
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A talent management system where employees are ranked and the worst performers are either coached to improve or dismissed 

Rank and Yank

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Name and explain 3 Management Information Systems

Transaction-processing, Operations Information, Decision support, Expert, ERP, E-commerce

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Why is proper data management one of the biggest pain points in the adoption of gen AI?

gen AI learns from unstructured data such as text and images so there's a huge need to collect, store, and curate this type of data..but most companies are already struggling with structured data for analytical machine learning