Thursday, January 21, 2016

Business Management and Digital Skills

So for this next assignment I was asked to create a google survey on digital skills and business management. This was my first time creating a google survey, and to be completely honest the process was surprisingly simple. Google docs has a number of templates to choose from that makes the process easy, you can easily type each question, and select the parameters of your response.

Enough about that, back to digital management, the results of the survey are posted below. Sixty percent of the students that were surveyed felt that having computing skills as a business management major was very important. Overall the students felt that it was important to have these skills. Of all the students that were surveyed, 100% felt that there has been more of an integration of technology in business operations. This is evident by the use of satellites, and GPS to locate shipments, P.O.S ( point of sale systems ), and a number of other systems that have dramatically changed the way that we do business. The majority of the respondents felt that today business management is still a male dominated field. Overall of the sample most people felt that there was a need as a business management major to have some understanding of computing, and information systems.

Here is a link to the survey

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1cbC6sBRIzE_2XxZ26VqsFLmNmj1uwSfhaZliFkOg4cw/viewform?c=0&w=1

And here are the results!!! Cheers!!!!!!!


Summary

Computing Skills and Business Management

40%60%


5: Very Important3
4: Important2
3: Neutral0
2: Not Important0
1: Not Important at All0
5: Very Important360%
4: Important240%
3: Neutral00%
2: Not Important00%
1: Not Important at All00%

Technology and Business Operations

100%


Yes5
No0
Yes5100%
No00%

Business Management

40%60%


Yes3
No2
Yes360%
No240%

Increasing your digital skills

I personally would be interested however, I feel that the courses would need to be tailored specifically to business. I have a sufficient tech skills, however I am lacking business information skills.
No because I want to graduate soon.
yes, because as the tech world changes so does the business world.
Yes because computing is interesting
no

Tech and Business

in some ways yes in some ways no
Absolutely, if you think about it everyday business has dramatically changed, as there are more technological changes. In the business world technology and business changes are binary in that if technology evolves than business does as well.
yes more online shopping
yes, social media marketing, business systems integration with tech.
Yes its changing the way we do everything.

Number of daily responses

0.01.53.04.56.0


Jan 20, 20160
Jan 21, 20165

Thursday, January 14, 2016


Your moms about to be on Snapchat!

 Image result for snapchat

Snapchat is on the verge of becoming more mainstream, and according to wired.com more users means many millennial’s parents will also use the application. Many teens and young adults rely of the fact that new technology, or new applications have UI’s (user interfaces) that are entirely too confusing for the older people to catch on to. This decreases the likelihood that they would even use the applications. However as the demographics of users grow, and along with it their age there is a chance that many young people may see their parents on Snapchat. For those of you who don’t know what Snapchat is, its basically a video messaging application where users can take photo’s, or video’s.

The business cycle for new technology is very different from other products. Although Snapchat is available to anyone with a smartphone the user is limited to the  number of people that they know who also have Snapchat, similar with Facebook and twitter. With Snapchat as it moves toward more mainstream use the younger demographic who covets the technology will now have to understand that they can expect older family members checking out their snaps as well.

Reflecting on this article made me think that the value of new technology or applications is sometimes derived from the exclusivity of that technology. For instance, initially I was a huge Facebook user however when my parents, and older aunties began using the website it didn’t offer the same use for me. This can make a huge difference in the number of users of a new website or app if the technology is not user friendly for an older demographic. Businesses may see this a value proposition in the future, allowing users of only a certain demographic to use their services so that it doesn’t reach the mainstream and devalue the brand. Maintaining that exclusivity can be a huge selling point for new tech in the future. 

- Baiyinah Brookins