Discussion Response 9/30

In class we learned about a good way to present our ideas in front of the class.
It was organized into these categories:
Organize: need to organize your ideas and the topic. The audience needs to leave the presentation knowing what exactly was your topic.
Attention Grabber: Within the fist minute of your presentation the audience will know if they want to listen or if the presentation will be boring. A good attention grabber will get the job done.
Readability: If using a powerpoint presentation, make the presentation realative to your presentation to help the audience understand better.
Simplicity: Be simple, the class is full of all types of people that experience different things. Help them all to understand
Questions: Leave room for questions, ask questions that will spark a discussion, but that are not too broad where no one will participate.

Consider Your Net Worth- Career Assignments

I would love to be a CFO for some big company some day. I know that it will take some time to get to that position but I want that to be my goal and to always strive to that position.

How can I use IS in my career?
How can I use IS to give me the competitive advantage in my career?
How can I make my job easier with IS?
What is necessary in my career that can be replaced with IS?
How can I excell myself using IS?
How can I plan better using IS?
What is the best way I can earn money using IS?

I might be interested in any type of financial analysts position and any type of financial job. I really like to read trends and see what the markets for certain indistries are.

Discussion Response 9/28

I found it interesting the Apple experience. It really does give a different experience. I love the ipod but I always seem to have problems with the mac platform. Apple has really sent out the message that anything less than an ipod is too complicated or not enough. I think that apple has become trendy and the fact that they sell so much is just for the name and the atmosphere that apple gives out. It is more for artsy, fad lovin people.

Do you think Apple will suffer when Steve Jobs retires?

Ch.3

I found it interesting in this chapter the concept of the business process especially referring to the value chain. The way that the book goes through the steps is interesting on the evolution of IS in the workplace. The way that diagram 3-7 shows the value chain activity of a bike rental place seems very unrealistic when I look at the "supporting business process." It seems like the sales part of business is very personal and that this process can not substitute it. A lot of business can be taken over by automated devices but a lot of business is too personal and about who you know so part of it can not ever be automated unless some form of intellectual advance artificial intelligence is formed in the future.

Will there ever be a fully automated business sales process?

IRS Requirements Creep

Our discussion on Wednesday about Ownership was interesting. I saw that ownership not only entails the fact that one owns something but that they take responsibility for the actions of the company or thing that they own. I like look at this in a corporation point of view with the concept ownership. When a person owns stock in a company they legally own a portion of the company and have a say in all the company's actions, directly or indirectly. Directly by voting straight for the notion to be passed or not to be passed. Indirectly by electing corporation officers to make decisions for the company.

Can any company stay up to date with the latest IT these days?

Ch.1

I found that the part about a Password etiquette really stood out to me. First the part that talked about how normal and expected it is to select a password that is private and secure and how normal and expected it is to be courteous of other peoples' passwords. The book said that it is normal for some one to get up and let you type in your password and how you have to look away and it is right to respect their privacy. Really it is important. It seems like today there are many problems with etiquette in the workplace and privacy. We all have the right to it and we all should know what we can and what we can't do.

Pertaining to the five components of information systems, as IS evolves, is it really necessary to have people as as the fifth step?

IT Doesn't Matter

I found it interesting the part that talks about how industries in the beginning of electric motors were able to adapt their old techniques so that they didn't have to change as much of their equipment as was really needed. They went from using the water-turned wheel to just attaching the electric generator to the pulleys and the existing machines. They finally saw that the new technology was much more efficient at the location of the machine used for manufacturing. They were able to become more effective in their work by ridding themselves of this complex pulley system. This is definitely important to the business world in how necessary it is to adapt to new technology that is brought out into the public and the fact that we have to conform to it all in the workplace to be profitable.

If you want to know more about electrical engineering see here.

What do you think the world would be like now if Thomas Edison hadn't invented the light bulb? Would it be the same? or different?

Me, Myself, and I

My name is Steve and I am from San Diego, California. I have been at BYUH for one year now and I am a senior in IBM with an emphasis in Corporate Finance. I want to take from this class the some skills to help me in the modern workplace. I live here with my wife Jenny and we have been married for about 15 months and we are lovin it here. I love to go to the beach and downhill longboarding. I plan on working for some company in the finance dept one day.