MIS Management Information System Crowdsourcing at AOL Case Analysis 1. A brief analysis of the case study AOL engaged in what is called “micro-tasking”‚ and is believed to revolutionize the virtual workforce. Micro-tasking is what Daniel Maloney‚ an AOL executive‚ applied when he was faced with inventorying a vast video library. He broke the large job into small pieces and utilized a crowdsourcing IT platform‚ Mechanical Turk‚ in order to describe each task that he required to be done. Each
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Crowdsourcing A popular way to outsource tasks which are originally been achieved by internal worker to unknown‚ large and external crowds. Jeff Howe‚ who first creates the word‚ states that “Ceowdsourcing is an open call to an undefined group of people‚ it gathers those who are most fit to perform tasks‚ complex problems and contribute with the most relevant and fresh ideas to benefits from their inputs.” (Wikipedia) It is a new labor relationship which becomes popular in business by the spreading
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would you define crowdsourcing? I would define crowdsourcing as a new and innovative way of outsourcing‚ whereas a job that used to be performed by employees is outsourced to a large‚ undefined group of people‚ whereby the medium used generally the internet is. Crowdsourcing is different from an ordinary outsourcing since it is a task / problem that is outsourced to an undefined public rather than to a specific‚ named group or to a traditional employee or supplier. Crowdsourcing further is a mix
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CROWDSOURCING AT AOL CASE STUDY Crowdsourcing at AOL Enterprise Information Systems Nova Southeastern University February 16‚ 2014 Abstract America Online (AOL) recently turned to crowdsourcing to help inventory AOL’s immense video library. The large job was broken up into several micro-tasks completed by several different people. This paper will discuss what happened during the crowdsourcing project that took place at AOL.
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1. Is crowdsourcing‚ as used by AOL‚ a form of outsourcing? Why or why not? In a way yes because the work is ”outsourced” to workers outside the company itself. The tasks are not done by companies employees instead the tasks are put on Amazon’s Mechanical Turk and half a milion workers that are registered there could read about the tasks and decide if they wanted to perform them. Outsourcig means that the purchase of a god or service that was previously provided internally or that could be provided
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and Multimedia‚ Vol. 17‚ No. 1‚ April 2011‚ 73Á97 A crowdsourcing framework for the production and use of film and television data GARY GEISLER*‚ GEOFF WILLARD and CARLOS OVALLE School of Information‚ University of Texas at Austin‚ Austin‚ TX‚ USA (Received 19 July 2010; final version received 30 November 2010) This paper outlines a framework that would enable the detailed indexing of film and television media through crowdsourcing. By making it easier to generate detailed data about these
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PressReleasePing Shipbird‚ A Crowdsourcing Delivery Service‚ Offers A Greener Option for Businesses Shipbird‚ a delivery service that allows users to employ ?on your way? technology‚ offers a cleaner‚ more environmentally-friendly option for businesses to distribute packages throughout the Bay Area. SAN FRANCISCO‚ CA‚ June 19‚ 2014 /PressReleasePing/ – Shipbird‚ a delivery service that allows users to employ ‘on your way’ technology‚ offers a cleaner‚ more environmentallyfriendly option
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3. Depreciation percentage=$1‚640‚200/$15‚411‚620 = 10.64% New Fixed Assets=$15‚411‚620 + $30‚000‚000 = $45‚411‚620 $45‚411‚620*.1064 = $4‚831‚796 new depreciation Pro forma Income Statement Sales ($36‚599‚300*1.12) $40‚991‚216 Cost of Goods Sold ($26‚669‚496*1.12) 29‚869‚836 Other Expenses ($4‚641‚000*1.12) 5‚197‚920 Depreciation 4‚831‚796 EBIT 1‚091‚664 Interest 573‚200 Taxable Income 518‚464 Taxes
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The 1950’s-60’s70’s-80’s Miranda Moultrie Nixon Back Again The United States presidential election of 1968 was the 46th quadrennial presidential election‚ held on Tuesday‚ November 5‚ 1968. Moon Shot On July 21‚ 1969‚ President Nixon spoke from the Oval Office to Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin at the Sea of Tranquility on the Moon. Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first humans on the Moon‚ Americans Neil Armstrong and Woodstock A village in New York state
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• Which is the better software tool: Internet Explorer‚ Mozilla Firefox‚ or Google Chrome? • Supplement your argument with evidence‚ and indicate whether or not you changed your position based upon the discussion. Why or why not? In today’s web browser market there are many options however‚ the three big name competitors are Microsoft Internet Explorer‚ Mozilla Firefox‚ and Google Chrome. The debate over the best browser is on that has raged on for several years and the “Browser Wars” are beginning
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