Week 6 assignment completed

I did a lot a research for this assignment. I searched and searched for information on how macro companies managed a workforce of micro companies. My Google searches were the most useful (see screenshots of some searches below).

The assignment is now complete.

The paper: Micro and Macro Enterprises
(Paper on how macro companies select and manage micro companies for the improvement of their technological know-how and processes, including improving the development of decision-support systems. Prepared for the PhD-level Information Technology Decision Support course at NCU.)

http://www.slideshare.net/FahmeenaOdettaMoore/moorefmis70036finalfahmeenaodetamoorepdf
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/312372939_Micro_and_Macro_Enterprises

Paper submitted:

Making progress with assignment

Finally, internet connectivity went back to normal in the lab. (My personal blog has a post on this.)
Maybe the staff here were working on an upgrade or some other "thing." When I arrived, I found the Cabana Beach website up and open on all computers.

The assignment this week:

For this assignment, be sure to:
* Compare and contrast micro and macro enterprises and provide examples of each being careful to define all terms.
* Evaluate how leaders of macro enterprises manage a diverse workforce of micro enterprises that specialize in the decision-support systems.
* Examine and assess the characteristics of small business, which are used as measures in the selection process that aimed to focus on best practices used for developing decision support systems.

When I started, I recalled micro enterprises from economics, but did not know much about management of these firms by macro or larger enterprises/companies. I spent a lot of time looking for articles and thinking about when & how macro enterprises would manage the micro enterprises. Some of what I came up with - when a macro enterprise acquires smaller companies (area: mergers & acquisitions), when there is some alliance or partnership etc. I found general articles on the topic - not articles specifically on decision support systems. I will read what I have and search some more later. This is a tricky assignment.

Week 5 presentation complete

I just submitted the week 5 assignment. It was an interesting assignment. I got a little tired near the end.

Presentation: COLLABORATION TECHNOLOGIES - A TAXONOMY
http://www.slideshare.net/FahmeenaOdettaMoore/moorefmis70035finalfahmeenaodettamoorepdf
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/312155179_Presentation_COLLABORATION_TECHNOLOGIES_-_A_TAXONOMY

Still working on my assignment

I am am currently putting the presentation due this week together - and close to finishing. This presentation will include (more) information on the use of collaboration technologies in other areas of a company - contract management, supply chain management etc. In the past, I worked on a contract management system/application employees & contractors used to collaborate on the review and approval of task orders, invoices, and so on. I will draw on that experience. Work continues.

Working on the typology

I am making progress with the typology. I found very useful information on the internet, such as an organization/summary of collaboration tools in Pinterest. I want to come up with my own organization. Work continues.

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Links:
My Groups board/category in Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/fahmeenaodetta/groups/
My Pinterest profile: https://www.pinterest.com/fahmeenaodetta/

Next assignment

For the next assignment, I need to create a taxonomy of collaborative applications using information from last week's assignment. I started working on the assignment this morning (a few hours ago). There was some drama. There was a problem with files for last week's assignment on my USB (thumb) drive - I think the file format changed (very strange!). I still need to work on retrieving those files.

I completed the assignment yesterday so it is still "fresh in my memory." I pulled together ideas from the last presentation and options/applications for collaboration:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1L3X0i5UiQ3TsV-eOaJQbL9uGlsN104uQTlwzDxrx7g8/edit

Work continues!

Week 4 assignment completed and submitted

I ended up preparing the presentation without information/knowledge from managers and directors in the field (collected from interviews designed for the assignment). I managed to find articles with interviews and surveys, which helped tremendously. I even found a useful video.
I think the assignment turned out great (I like it a lot)!! I think I connected dots I would not have otherwise connected.

Presentation:
Contributions of business unit leaders in problem solving and decision-making at the organization level
http://www.slideshare.net/FahmeenaOdettaMoore/moorefmis70034-112017finalpdffahmeenaodettamoorenotes

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/312021980_Presentation_Contributions_of_business_unit_leaders_in_problem_solving_and_decision-making_at_the_organization_level

https://www.academia.edu/30698716/Presentation_CONTRIBUTIONS_OF_BUSINESS_UNIT_LEADERS_IN_PROBLEM_SOLVING_and_DECISION-MAKING_AT_THE_ORGANIZATION_LEVEL