Question 1
Discuss how the growth in analytics can affect organizational structure.Question 2
Discuss how the implementation of intelligent systems will change the nature of your current job.Answer 1
An often-cited change in organizational structure as additional analytics and DI projects are undertaken is the growth or creation of a separate analytics, DI or data science department. This may be a holy new department or be created from or into existing MIS departments. With this growth comes the creation of new positions related to these specialties and possibly the elimination of old positions that have become less relevant to overall company strategy. Conversely, in other organizations this results in embedding analytics specialties within each functional area (such as marketing, operations or finance).Answer 2
Student responses will vary based on the type of job that they identify, but many discussions will focus around how some positions will be eliminated and others created and/or augmented. Students may also discuss how new or changed positions will interact with intelligent systems.