Discussion paper 2

Post 1:

We all know that our era belongs to technology; we are very much depending on technology. Data is everywhere, for every second lot of data is producing around us. In order to handle all these huge data we are relying on information technology to make use of the data. Below are the most essential directions for the information delivery

The Internet of things. Wireless communications and radio frequency identification (RFID) product tags will be used in every organization in the future days to track the physical objects (car parts, etc) as they are moving through the supply chain. Already Walmart started conducting large-scale trials with RFID with hundreds of its major suppliers. In future RFID replace the universal code (Langton 2004). As the usage of technologies are continuously increasing, so organizations will be able to track and they can remotely control the status of everything from the freshness of lettuce between the field and the store to the location of the hospital suppliers. Even though this technology is almost ready for prime time, most organizations are nowhere near ready to cope with making sense of such a large influx of information; this will be one of the biggest challenges of the future (Smith and Konsynski 2003).

Networkcentric operations: The improvement of the standardizing communication network protocols such as network devices, high- speed data will provide to access the data to collect, distribute, create and exploit very fast. There are three critical elements which must be in place to achieve this goal:

Sensor grids. Small sensor devices are connected to the computers to filter different types of data, highlighting areas and anomalies to which the organization should pay attention ((Watson et al. 2010).

High- quality visual information.  Along with all the sophisticated modeling and the simulation capabilities and the displaying the technology, high- quality visualized information will provide dramatically create better awareness about the market place, operations and the environmental impact.

Value- added command and control process:  Great information will make the loop of control shorter, effectively taking the decisions rights away from the competitors and providing rapid feedback to frontline workers.

Self synchronizing systems:  In general, leaders are worked from the top down to get synchronization of effort. In the future, data in the organizations will be used to get self synchronization to improve a well organized work force to coordinate the tough or complex activities.

Feedback Loop: The main feature of self- synchronization is the creation of the closed feedback loops which enable the individuals and groups to make their behavior dynamically. Researchers have already demonstrated the power of feedback to change behavior (Zoutman et al. 2004).

Informal Information management: Finally, companies have great unmined resources in the data which kept by the knowledge workers in their own personal files. The field of informal information management is still in the earlier stages, but it is certainly one to which IT managers should pay more attention because it represents a huge, untapped pool of data.

 

                                                            References:

Zoutman, D., D. Ford, A. Bassili, M. Lam, and K. Nakatsu. “Impacts of Feedback on Antibiotic Prescribing for Upper Respiratory Tract Infections.” Presentation available from the authors (zoutman@ cliff.path.queensu.ca), Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, 2004.

Watson, R. T., J. W. Boudreau, and S. Li. “Telematics at UPS: Energy Informatics in action.” MISQ Executive 9, no. 1 (2010): 203–13.

Smith, H. A., J. D. McKeen, and T. A. Jenkin. “Exploring Strategies for Deploying Knowledge

 Management Tools and Technologies.” Journal of Information Science and Technology 6, no. 3 (2009): 3–24.

           

Post 2:

Information delivery is one of the primary activities performed in any analytics work. It makes the reason why the software providers create improved methods of presenting the data to the user. Therefore, using the analytic project, users get satisfactory on their needs as well as the capability that aligns with the made application. Thus, the development of information delivery makes it a necessary action.  As the days pass, the future might have the following changes and developments in information delivery:

The internet of things in which technology used is related to computing devices, objects, the mechanical and machines, and persons with a unique identification. They can transfer information and data through a given network without any social support in the computers. What makes a thing on the internet of things is the person having a heart monitor plant, an automobile having a sensor to monitor the system, and others (Castle, DeVries & Kovatchev, 2017). The operation under the internet of things makes it easier to understand what customers need and improves their decisions on what to purchase.

The network-centric operations due to the growing standardization of the protocol of communication together with the network devices will lead to the accessible collection, storage, and distribution of information. These three parts that help in achieving network-centric operation, and they include the sensor grids, high-quality visual information, and the value-added command and control processes.

The self-synchronization systems help perform work digitally to synchronize the information and monitor the activities (Tourani et al., 2017). For instance, in tradition, the leaders followed the top to the bottom method of synchronization to make a decision. However, the future of an organization will get used to synchronize and make information passed to all in the workplace. Therefore, the system will get designed to monitor all the processes that take place within an organization.

The main feature of the self-synchronization is to create closed-loop feedback making people adjust behaviors instantly. Therefore, the system requires the creation of new metrics for monitoring the practices in the workplace. The system will use the right technology and infrastructure to make an accessible collection of information (Bauchner, Berwick &  Fontanarosa, 2016).

Reference

Bauchner, H., Berwick, D., & Fontanarosa, P. B. (2016). Innovations in health care delivery and the future of medicine. Jama, 315(1), 30-31.

Castle, J. R., DeVries, J. H., & Kovatchev, B. (2017). Future of automated insulin delivery systems. Diabetes technology & therapeutics, 19(S3), S-67.

Tourani, R., Misra, S., Mick, T., & Panwar, G. (2017). Security, privacy, and access control in information-centric networking: A survey. IEEE communications surveys & tutorials, 20(1), 566-600.