Overview
Assignment Discussion 1: I will also send two discussion replies that will require responses for each. I will send this after the initial discussion submission answer is sent.
I Love Lucy: A Colorized Celebration - "Job Switching" clip
Watch this short "I Love Lucy" clip. In it, you will see Lucy and her friend Ethel wrapping candies on an automatic assembly line. Their job is to make sure that each candy is wrapped. You will laugh when you see what happens as the speed increases on the line.
Think about this clip from the point of view of operations management. This clip is much more than poor management techniques. So - what went wrong? What would you do to improve the process? Answer these questions with concepts from this week's readings.
Assignment Discussion 2: I will also send two discussion replies that will require 3-4 sentence responses for each. I will send this after the initial discussion submission answer is sent. (please include references)
Watch the TED Talk What obligation do social media platforms have to the greater good? by Eli Pariser, a co-founder of Upworthy. He believes that we are “letting a kind of good existential crisis in Silicon Valley go to waste”. Reflecting on the Ted Talk and what you have learned this week in your Smartbook readings on social media, write three to five paragraphs summarizing what you have learned. Do you agree or disagree with what is being presented? How has unethical behavior on social media impacted businesses or high-profile professionals today? Do you think modeling social technology platforms after urban centers would reduce the unethical behaviors that have emerged?