Category: Management

Assignment Overview
Many firms are using Big Data to power their decision making. Here is a chance to see how firms are using Big data and how it impacts their decision making.
Case Assignment
For Big Data, find a case study and describe the use of Big Data in that firm and provide as much detail as you can about how the system is set up as well as the benefits.
Go to
https://www.teradata.com/Resources?AssetType=Case+Studies
and select your case.
Assignment Expectations
Identify the case study you located in Teradata.com. Provide a description of how Big Data is used by the firm in the case study. Be sure to provide as much as you can about the technical details of how the system was implemented and used.

Assignment Overview
Many firms are using Big Data to power their decision making. Here is a chance to see how firms are using Big data and how it impacts their decision making.
Case Assignment
For Big Data, find a case study and describe the use of Big Data in that firm and provide as much detail as you can about how the system is set up as well as the benefits.
Go to
https://www.teradata.com/Resources?AssetType=Case+Studies
and select your case.
Assignment Expectations
Identify the case study you located in Teradata.com. Provide a description of how Big Data is used by the firm in the case study. Be sure to provide as much as you can about the technical details of how the system was implemented and used.

Assignment Overview
Many firms are using Big Data to power their decision making. Here is a chance to see how firms are using Big data and how it impacts their decision making.
Case Assignment
For Big Data, find a case study and describe the use of Big Data in that firm and provide as much detail as you can about how the system is set up as well as the benefits.
Go to
https://www.teradata.com/Resources?AssetType=Case+Studies
and select your case.
Assignment Expectations
Identify the case study you located in Teradata.com. Provide a description of how Big Data is used by the firm in the case study. Be sure to provide as much as you can about the technical details of how the system was implemented and used.

Assignment Overview
Many firms are using Big Data to power their decision making. Here is a chance to see how firms are using Big data and how it impacts their decision making.
Case Assignment
For Big Data, find a case study and describe the use of Big Data in that firm and provide as much detail as you can about how the system is set up as well as the benefits.
Go to
https://www.teradata.com/Resources?AssetType=Case+Studies
and select your case.
Assignment Expectations
Identify the case study you located in Teradata.com. Provide a description of how Big Data is used by the firm in the case study. Be sure to provide as much as you can about the technical details of how the system was implemented and used.

Assignment Overview
Many firms are using Big Data to power their decision making. Here is a chance to see how firms are using Big data and how it impacts their decision making.
Case Assignment
For Big Data, find a case study and describe the use of Big Data in that firm and provide as much detail as you can about how the system is set up as well as the benefits.
Go to
https://www.teradata.com/Resources?AssetType=Case+Studies
and select your case.
Assignment Expectations
Identify the case study you located in Teradata.com. Provide a description of how Big Data is used by the firm in the case study. Be sure to provide as much as you can about the technical details of how the system was implemented and used.

After reading the Kenan Systems case, respond to the following issues in written form.
1. Based on your readings about teams, is the team approach and the use of self-managed teams appropriate for this type of organization? If so, what are the key attributes that make this approach successful?
2. Kenan Sahin described the organization as an upside-down mound with team as the organic building block of the company. What are the pros and cons of this type of structure?
3. What OB predictions might you make as the company faces the risks identified by Sahin in looking toward the future?
4. What are your views about the AAWE hiring model? About Sahin’s views concerning company ownership and compensation? With a workforce of high achievers, what motivation approach would you use to keep employees from leaving? [MO3.2]
FYI: Update on Kenan Systems:
• Kenan Systems was acquired by Lucent in March of 1999 in a stock deal worth $1.48 billion.
• Lucent unloaded Kenan to CSG Systems in late 2001 for $260 million.
• Kenan Smith has a new venture: TIAX

After reading the Kenan Systems case, respond to the following issues in written form.
1. Based on your readings about teams, is the team approach and the use of self-managed teams appropriate for this type of organization? If so, what are the key attributes that make this approach successful?
2. Kenan Sahin described the organization as an upside-down mound with team as the organic building block of the company. What are the pros and cons of this type of structure?
3. What OB predictions might you make as the company faces the risks identified by Sahin in looking toward the future?
4. What are your views about the AAWE hiring model? About Sahin’s views concerning company ownership and compensation? With a workforce of high achievers, what motivation approach would you use to keep employees from leaving? [MO3.2]
FYI: Update on Kenan Systems:
• Kenan Systems was acquired by Lucent in March of 1999 in a stock deal worth $1.48 billion.
• Lucent unloaded Kenan to CSG Systems in late 2001 for $260 million.
• Kenan Smith has a new venture: TIAX

After reading the Kenan Systems case, respond to the following issues in written form.
1. Based on your readings about teams, is the team approach and the use of self-managed teams appropriate for this type of organization? If so, what are the key attributes that make this approach successful?
2. Kenan Sahin described the organization as an upside-down mound with team as the organic building block of the company. What are the pros and cons of this type of structure?
3. What OB predictions might you make as the company faces the risks identified by Sahin in looking toward the future?
4. What are your views about the AAWE hiring model? About Sahin’s views concerning company ownership and compensation? With a workforce of high achievers, what motivation approach would you use to keep employees from leaving? [MO3.2]
FYI: Update on Kenan Systems:
• Kenan Systems was acquired by Lucent in March of 1999 in a stock deal worth $1.48 billion.
• Lucent unloaded Kenan to CSG Systems in late 2001 for $260 million.
• Kenan Smith has a new venture: TIAX

After reading the Kenan Systems case, respond to the following issues in written form.
1. Based on your readings about teams, is the team approach and the use of self-managed teams appropriate for this type of organization? If so, what are the key attributes that make this approach successful?
2. Kenan Sahin described the organization as an upside-down mound with team as the organic building block of the company. What are the pros and cons of this type of structure?
3. What OB predictions might you make as the company faces the risks identified by Sahin in looking toward the future?
4. What are your views about the AAWE hiring model? About Sahin’s views concerning company ownership and compensation? With a workforce of high achievers, what motivation approach would you use to keep employees from leaving? [MO3.2]
FYI: Update on Kenan Systems:
• Kenan Systems was acquired by Lucent in March of 1999 in a stock deal worth $1.48 billion.
• Lucent unloaded Kenan to CSG Systems in late 2001 for $260 million.
• Kenan Smith has a new venture: TIAX

After reading the Kenan Systems case, respond to the following issues in written form.
1. Based on your readings about teams, is the team approach and the use of self-managed teams appropriate for this type of organization? If so, what are the key attributes that make this approach successful?
2. Kenan Sahin described the organization as an upside-down mound with team as the organic building block of the company. What are the pros and cons of this type of structure?
3. What OB predictions might you make as the company faces the risks identified by Sahin in looking toward the future?
4. What are your views about the AAWE hiring model? About Sahin’s views concerning company ownership and compensation? With a workforce of high achievers, what motivation approach would you use to keep employees from leaving? [MO3.2]
FYI: Update on Kenan Systems:
• Kenan Systems was acquired by Lucent in March of 1999 in a stock deal worth $1.48 billion.
• Lucent unloaded Kenan to CSG Systems in late 2001 for $260 million.
• Kenan Smith has a new venture: TIAX