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Assignment – 4 Pages (Operational Excellence)

Org Leader and Decision Making

Week 2 Research Paper

This week’s journal articles focus on transformational leadership and knowledge and knowledge sharing within an organization, please review these concepts and answer the following questions:

1. How do trustworthy and ethical leaders enhance knowledge sharing in organizations?  How does this impact the rate of information technology implementations?  How does this impact data management within organizations? 

2. How does servant leadership assist with transferring knowledge in an organization?

3. When thinking about data analytics, how does transformational leadership assist with building good data structures?

Be sure to use the UC Library for scholarly research. Google Scholar is also a great source for research.  Please be sure that journal articles are peer-reviewed and are published within the last five years.

The paper should meet the following requirements:

· 3 – pages in length (not including title page or references)

· APA guidelines must be followed.  The paper must include a cover page, an introduction, a body with fully developed content, and a conclusion.

· A minimum of five peer-reviewed journal articles.

The writing should be clear and concise.  Headings should be used to transition thoughts.  Don’t forget that the grade also includes the quality of writing.

· Chapter 5 in the text

· LE BA PHONG, LEI HUI, & THAN THANH SON. (2018). How Leadership and Trust in Leaders Foster Employees’ Behavior toward Knowledge Sharing. Social Behavior & Personality: An International Journal, 46(5), 705–720.  https://doi.org/10.2224/sbp.6711 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=shib&db=pbh&AN=129468910&site=eds-live&custid=s8501869&groupid=main&profile=eds_new

· CHANHOO SONG, KWANGSEO RYAN PARK, & SEUNG-WAN KANG. (2015). Servant Leadership and Team Performance: The Mediating Role of Knowledge-Sharing Climate. Social Behavior & Personality: An International Journal, 43(10), 1749–1760.  https://doi.org/10.2224/sbp.2015.43.10.1749 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=shib&db=pbh&AN=111059573&site=eds-live&custid=s8501869&groupid=main&profile=eds_new

Optional Resources:

Chapter 5 Journal articles

· Journal Article 5.1: Bormann, K.C. and Rowold, J. (2016) ‘Ethical leadership’s potential and boundaries in organizational change: a moderated mediation model of employee silence,’ German Journal of Human Resource Management, 30(3–4): 225–245.

· Journal Article 5.2: Haney, A.B., Pope, J. and Arden, Z. (2018) ‘Making it personal: developing sustainability leaders in business,’ Organization & Environment. DOI: 10.1177/1086026618806201

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Org Leader and Decision Making

Discussion

After completing the reading this week, we reflect on a few key concepts this week:

1. Discuss what ethical leadership is and how it impacts the organizational culture.

2. What are the various dimensions of ethical leadership?

3. Note some failures in ethical leadership, please find an example, explain the failure and note possible solutions to fix the issue with leadership.

1 Page

At least one scholarly (peer-reviewed) resource should be used in the initial discussion thread.  Please ensure to use information from your readings and other sources from the UC Library.  Use APA references and in-text citations.

· Chapter 5 in the text

· LE BA PHONG, LEI HUI, & THAN THANH SON. (2018). How Leadership and Trust in Leaders Foster Employees’ Behavior toward Knowledge Sharing. Social Behavior & Personality: An International Journal, 46(5), 705–720.  https://doi.org/10.2224/sbp.6711 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=shib&db=pbh&AN=129468910&site=eds-live&custid=s8501869&groupid=main&profile=eds_new

· CHANHOO SONG, KWANGSEO RYAN PARK, & SEUNG-WAN KANG. (2015). Servant Leadership and Team Performance: The Mediating Role of Knowledge-Sharing Climate. Social Behavior & Personality: An International Journal, 43(10), 1749–1760.  https://doi.org/10.2224/sbp.2015.43.10.1749 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=shib&db=pbh&AN=111059573&site=eds-live&custid=s8501869&groupid=main&profile=eds_new

Optional Resources:

Chapter 5 Journal articles

· Journal Article 5.1: Bormann, K.C. and Rowold, J. (2016) ‘Ethical leadership’s potential and boundaries in organizational change: a moderated mediation model of employee silence,’ German Journal of Human Resource Management, 30(3–4): 225–245.

· Journal Article 5.2: Haney, A.B., Pope, J. and Arden, Z. (2018) ‘Making it personal: developing sustainability leaders in business,’ Organization & Environment. DOI: 10.1177/1086026618806201

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Operational Excellence

Week 4 Assignment

Information Systems for Business and Beyond Questions:

· Chapter 4 – study questions 1-13, Exercise 4, 5, & 6 (PAGE no 109 – 110) PDF attached

https://opentextbook.site/exports/ISBB-2019.pdf

4.Do some original research and find two examples of data mining. Summarize each example and then write about what the two examples have in common. 1 paper

5. Conduct some independent research on the process of business intelligence. Using at least two scholarly or practitioner sources, write a 1- paper giving examples of how business intelligence is being used.

6. Conduct some independent research on the latest technologies being used for knowledge management. Using at least two scholarly or practitioner sources, write a 1 – paper giving examples of software applications or new technologies being used in this field.

Information Technology and Organizational Learning Assignment:

· Chapter 4 – Review the section on Linear Development in Learning Approaches.  Discuss how learning changes over time impact organizational culture.  What is the impact of this cultural change on the success of IT projects?

The above submission should be four -page in length and adhere to APA formatting standards.

**Remember the APA cover page and the references (if required) do not count towards the page length**

Note the first assignment should be in one section and the second section should have the information from the Information Technology and Organizational Learning assignment.  The paper requirements for the two-pages applies to the second part of the assignment directly related to the Information Technology and Organizational Learning assignment.

Text book (attached)

Title: Information Technology and Organizational Learning

ISBN: 9781351387583

Authors: Arthur M. Langer

Publisher: CRC Press

Publication Date: 2017-10-17

Edition: 3rd ED.

Chapter 4 – https://opentextbook.site/exports/ISBB-2019.pdf

https://www.yourhomeworksolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/edd/2021/01/arthur_m._langer___information_technology_and_organizational_learning__managing_behavioral_change_in_the_digital_age_crc_press.pdf

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Information Systems for Business and Beyond (2019)

Information Systems for Business and Beyond (2019)

Information systems, their use in business, and the larger impact they are having on our world.

DAVID BOURGEOIS

JOSEPH MORTATI, SHOUHONG WANG, AND JAMES SMITH

Information Systems for Business and Beyond (2019) by David Bourgeois is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

This book was initially developed in 2014 by Dr. David Bourgeois as part of

the Open Textbook Challenge funded by the Saylor Foundation. This 2019

edition is an update to that textbook.

This book was produced with Pressbooks (https://pressbooks.com) and

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Information Systems for Business and Beyond

Updated edition: August 1, 2019

DAVID T. BOURGEOIS, PH.D.

JAMES L. SMITH, PH.D.

SHOUHONG WANG, PH.D.

JOSEPH MORTATI, MBA

Title Page | v

Copyright

Information Systems for Business and Beyond (2019) by David Bourgeois is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

vi | Copyright

Book Contributors

Information Systems for Business and Beyond was originally

developed in 2014 by David T. Bourgeois Ph.D.

Updates for the 2019 edition were graciously contributed by:

• James L. Smith Ph.D. (all chapters)

• Shouhong Wong, Ph.D. (chapters 4 and 8)

• Joseph Mortati, MBA (chapter 10)

Book Contributors | vii

Changes from Previous Edition

Information Systems for Business and Beyond was written by Dr.

David Bourgeois and originally published in 2014 as part of the

Open Textbook Challenge at the Saylor Foundation. Since then, it

has been accessed thousands of time and used in many courses

worldwide. This 2019 update to the textbook brings it up to date

and adds many new topics. True to its open textbook roots, many

of the updates have come from the community of instructors and

practitioners who are passionate about information systems. See

the page Book Contributors to see the primary contributors to this

edition. A majority of the changes listed below were made by Dr.

James Smith, who did a revision to this text in 2018.

Here is a summary of the changes made:

Overall

• New and updated images, especially those related to statistics,

in order to bring them up to date.

• References brought up to date.

• Added labs for every chapter.

• Added an index.

• Editing for consistency.

Chapter 1: What is an information system?

• Added video: Blum’s fibre optic TED Talk

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Chapter 2: Hardware

• Removed text which discussed increasing dependency on

tablets and decreasing use of desktops

• Clarification of bit vs. byte, binary vs. digital. Added tables to

Understanding Binary sidebar

• Added Huang’s Law on graphics processor units

• Modified text regarding Moore’s Law to state that his law is no

longer able to be maintained

Chapter 3: Software

• Added information about Ubuntu Linux

• Added Eclipse IDE

• Added information about Tableau

• Supply Chain Management: added an emphasis on use of

Information Systems up and down supply chain by Walmart to

gain competitive advantage

Chapter 4: Data and Databases

• Database schemas redesigned

• Data types added

• SQL examples include output

• NoSQL described

• Data Dictionary re-ordered to column name

• New section on “Why database technology?”

• Differentiation of data, information, and knowledge

• Section on Data models

• Changed illustrative example of database tables and

relationships.

Changes from Previous Edition | ix

• Updated section on Business Intelligence to focus on the rise

of analytics and data science. Includes a new “What is Data

Science?” sidebar.

Chapter 5: Networking and Communication

• History of ARPANET initial four nodes, etc.

• Metcalfe’s Law

Chapter 6: Information Systems Security

• Added information on blockchain and Bitcoin.

Chapter 8: Business Processes

• Introduce tools (DFD, BPMN, UML) of business process

modeling

• Introduce examples of DFD.

Chapter 10: Information Systems Development

• Java sample code

• Mismanaging Change side bar

• Added section on mobile development.

• Added sidebar on risks of end-user computing

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Chapter 11: Globalization and the Digital Divide

• World 3.0 written by economist Pankaj Ghemawat; also his

TED talk video

Chapter 12: The Ethical and Legal Implications of Information Systems

• Facebook and Cambridge Analytics data privacy

• General Data Protection Regulation section

Chapter 13: Trends in Information Systems

• Waze mapping app

• Drone video

• Drone blood delivery in Kenya video

• Added sidebar on Mary Meeker and her Internet Trends report

Changes from Previous Edition | xi

How you can help

This is an open textbook and relies on the support of its users to

stay relevant and available. Here’s how you can help:

1. Let us know you are using this textbook.

◦ If you are an instructor, please let us know you’ve adopted

this textbook by filling out the instructor survey.

◦ If you are not an instructor, please fill out the student

survey.

2. Let us know how to improve the textbook. If you have

suggestions, please let us know by filling out our feedback

form.

3. Finally, the domain, web hosting, security, backup and export

tools used by this textbook are not free. Please consider

supporting us financially through PayPal. Please note: this

donation goes directly to Imperial Digital LLC, the company

hosting and supporting this open textbook project. All

contribution are marked as donations towards this open

textbook project.

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Introduction

Welcome to Information Systems for Business and Beyond. In this book, you will be introduced to the concept of information systems, their use in business, and how information systems can be used to gain competitive advantage.

Audience

This book is written as an introductory text, meant for those with

little or no experience with computers or information systems.

While sometimes the descriptions can get a bit technical, every

effort has been made to convey the information essential to

understanding a topic while not getting overly focused in detailed

terminology.

Chapter Outline

The text is organized around thirteen chapters divided into three

major parts, as follows:

• Part 1: What Is an Information System?

◦ Chapter 1: What Is an Information System? – This chapter

provides an overview of information systems, including

the history of how information systems got to where it is

today.

◦ Chapter 2: Hardware – This is a discussion of information

Introduction | 1

systems hardware and how it works. You will look at

different computer parts and learn how they interact.

◦ Chapter 3: Software – Without software, hardware is

useless. This chapter covers software and the role it plays

in an organization.

◦ Chapter 4: Data and Databases – This chapter explores

how organizations use information systems to turn data

into information that can then be used for competitive

advantage. Special attention is paid to the role of

databases.

◦ Chapter 5: Networking and Communication – Today’s

computers are expected to also be communication

devices. This chapter reviews the history of networking,

how the Internet works, and the use of networks in

organizations today.

◦ Chapter 6: Information Systems Security – This chapter

discusses the information security triad of confidentiality,

integrity, and availability. Different security technologies

are reviewed, and the chapter concludes with a primer on

personal information security.

• Part 2: Information Systems for Strategic Advantage

◦ Chapter 7: Does IT Matter? – This chapter examines the

impact that information systems have on an organization.

Can IT give a company a competitive advantage? This

chapter discusses the seminal works by Brynjolfsson, Carr,

and Porter as they relate to IT and competitive advantage.

◦ Chapter 8: Business Processes – Business processes are the

essence of what a business does, and information systems

play an important role in making them work. This chapter

will discuss business process management, business

process reengineering, and ERP systems.

◦ Chapter 9: The People in Information Systems – This

chapter will provide an overview of the different types of

people involved in information systems. This includes

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people who create information systems, those who

operate and administer information systems, those who

manage information systems, and those who use

information systems.

◦ Chapter 10: Information Systems Development – How are

information systems created? This chapter will review the

concept of programming, look at different methods of

software development, review website and mobile

application development, discuss end-user computing,

and look at the “build vs. buy” decision that many

companies face.

• Part 3: Information Systems beyond the Organization

◦ Chapter 11: Globalization and the Digital Divide – The rapid

rise of the Internet has made it easier than ever to do

business worldwide. This chapter will look at the impact

that the Internet is having on the globalization of business

and the issues that firms must face because of it. It will

also cover the concept of the digital divide and some of

the steps being taken to alleviate it.

◦ Chapter 12: The Ethical and Legal Implications of

Information Systems – The rapid changes in information

and communication technology in the past few decades

have brought a broad array of new capabilities and powers

to governments, organizations, and individuals alike. This

chapter will discuss the effects that these new capabilities

have had and the legal and regulatory changes that have

been put in place in response.

◦ Chapter 13: Future Trends in Information Systems – This

final chapter will present an overview of some of the new

technologies that are on the horizon. From wearable

technology to 3-D printing, this chapter will provide a look

forward to what the next few years will bring.

Introduction | 3

For the Student

Each chapter in this text begins with a list of the relevant learning

objectives and ends with a chapter summary. Following the

summary is a list of study questions that highlight key topics in the

chapter. In order to get the best learning experience, you would

be wise to begin by reading both the learning objectives and the

summary and then reviewing the questions at the end of the

chapter.

For the Instructor

Instructors: if you have adopted this book for your course, would

you be so kind as to let us know in the instructor survey?

Learning objectives can be found at the beginning of