PROF. STEVEN L. JOHNSONTwitter: @StevenLJohnsonhttp://stevenljohnson.org

Week 8 – CrowdsourcingMIS5001: Management Information Systems

Today’s Agenda

Case Discussion

Activity: Crowdsource This! Reading and Blog Post Discussion

Case Study Discussion

Describe the basic business model of TopCoder. What makes TopCoder successful? Hughes wants to grow revenue to $200 million. Is

this realistic? Use TopCoder and globalization in the same

sentence. How does TopCoder manage the “Community”?

Where is there room for improvement? Is TopCoder Direct and the use of CoPilots

effective?

90-Second Reflection

1. What would you like to remember at the end of the semester about the TopCoder case?

3. What would you like to know more about?

5. Any other comments?

Activity: Crowdsource This!

Form Groups of 2-3 ... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ...

Pick a job or major job role one of you does: Identify at least one major component of that job that could be

crowdsourced. Of the crowdsourcing models we’ve read about, what would

work best for the target job task? Do you think it is a good idea? Why or why not?

When is crowdsourcing effective?

What is crowdsourcing?

The rise of crowdsourcing Crowdsourcing data not without pitfalls

PROF. STEVEN L. JOHNSONEMAIL: STEVEN@TEMPLE.EDU

Twitter: @StevenLJohnsonhttp://stevenljohnson.org

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