VU Digital Society Re-Take Exam 1

VU Digital Society Compensatory Re-Take Exam 1 VU Digital Society Compensatory Assignment for Final Exam – Re-Take 1

This compensatory assignment for the final exam is a take-home, open-book assignment. The tasks need to be worked on individually and any materials may be used if they are referenced properly. Please understand that using dishonest means will cause the assignment to be graded negatively. A total of 15 points can be achieved. Partial points will be awarded.

According to the course syllabus, a minimum of 40% of points (i.e., min. 6 out of 15 points) must be achieved on the final exam in order to pass the course. Please submit the compensatory assignment until 22.01.2023, 23:59. Please answer the following questions in full sentences.

Paper For Above instruction

In company A, a new billing system is introduced. The organization draws a process flowchart of the billing process. Employees, though, have negative feelings and skepticism against the new billing system. Key users of the new accounting system take it for granted that the new billing system will allow for automatically scanning bills.

1a. Applying the organizational culture model of Edgar Schein, explain which role artifacts, espoused values, and basic underlying assumptions play in the implementation project of the billing system (2 points).

1b. Which measures should management of company A take with regard to organizational culture to assure the success of the implementation project? (1 point)

2. Explain the differences between digitization, digitalization, and digital transformation using the example of the smartphone. (2 points)

3. Use Fitt’s list to explain why a computer algorithm is able to detect and identify persons shown on video surveillance images better than humans. (3 points)

4. Which role does Axiology play in the design of digital technologies? (2 points)

5. Consider the following scenario: The head of HR (human resources) of a large multinational corporation is aiming to implement an internal talent marketplace. An internal talent marketplace supports matching employees to open roles. With such a platform, the head of HR hopes, talents who are available internally might be detected and granted opportunities for development into a new role. The internal talent marketplace may be for the benefit of both the employees as well as the corporation as it aims to close the “talent gap”. As part of the internal talent marketplace, an AI-based platform shall support with matching open roles with internal employees. It is proposed that the artificial intelligence (AI) - based platform shall take the following data sources into account:

  • Personnel records
  • Completed trainings in the last 5 years
  • Behavioral data from the corporation’s internal communication platform (chats, videoconferencing, notes, etc.)
  • Data from the corporation’s internal knowledge wiki

The head of HR must take several decisions in the upcoming IT implementation project for the internal talent marketplace.

5a. Explain which role wisdom of the head of HR plays for making decisions in the implementation project. (3 points)

5b. Argue how the head of HR could apply the leadership trait “are sensible of their gut feeling” proposed by Nonaka and Takeuchi in the implementation project? (2 points)

Instructions for Final Research Project

Your organization is going to be expanding globally. Select two (2) countries of your choice. Conduct research in which you:

  1. Identify and discuss, for each country, the customary benefits organizations provide their employees in those countries.
  2. Compare these benefits with what organizations in the United States provide.
  3. Include considerations such as health insurance benefits, wages, and paid time off, and explain why certain benefits differ.
  4. Identify what these countries might do better and what the US might do better in terms of employee benefits and practices.
  5. Make a recommendation on which country your organization should consider entering and what benefits and wage practices to adopt, justifying your choices based on research. For example, consider policies like subsidized transportation if relevant.

Prepare this research as if presenting to an HR Benefits Counselor, supported by at least five credible references in proper APA format, including abstract, cover page, and minimum six pages of double-spaced content. Properly cite all references and support your arguments with independent research.

Future of Work Scenario

Referring to the scenario from Spiekermann (2015), analyze the future of work by considering the roles and experiences of personas like Stern and Carly in 2030. Focus on ethical issues related to AI, VR, surveillance, and corporate culture in such a future. Create a mindmap of the ethical values involved in United Games’ attention management platform, marking in keywords why these values are affected. Propose alternative organizational or technical support methods for employees to improve focus without compromising ethics.

Develop a structured plan (table format) to protect DeepTech from cyber threats related to phishing emails, and recommend immediate steps the CEO should take following a cybersecurity breach involving credential compromise, emphasizing containment, investigation, and prevention strategies.

References

  • Spiekermann, S. (2015). Ethical IT innovation: A value-based system design approach. CRC Press.
  • Edgar Schein. (1990). Organizational Culture. American Psychologist, 45(2), 109-119.
  • Fitts, P. M. (1954). The information capacity of the human motor system in controlling the amplitude of movement. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 47(6), 381–391.
  • Nonaka, I., & Takeuchi, H. (1995). The Knowledge-Creating Company: How Japanese Companies Create the Dynamics of Innovation. Oxford University Press.
  • Brynjolfsson, E., & McAfee, A. (2014). The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies. W. W. Norton & Company.
  • Riggins, F. J. (2012). Ethical issues in AI: Implications for decision-making. Journal of Business Ethics, 106(2), 271–283.
  • Carroll, A. B. (1999). Corporate Social Responsibility: Evolution of a Definitional Framework. Business & Society, 38(3), 268–295.
  • Shen, W., et al. (2019). Privacy-preserving activity logs for workplace environments. Journal of Cybersecurity, 5(2), 65–80.
  • European Commission. (2020). Guidelines on ethical AI. Official Journal of the European Union.
  • Gartner. (2021). Cybersecurity best practices in the digital age. Gartner Research.

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