1. A company has been losing market share to their competitors due to some recent poor decision making. The CEO has hired you as a consultant to help his company to gain back their market share. After a thorough analysis you discover that whenever management is faced with a problem they are too quick to come up with a fix and then they rush to put the fix into effect. What would you recommend? 2. A large Ontario company desperately needs to improve their decision making technology. Their existing technology has enabled them to solve most of their business decisions easily and quickly. However, every now and then they need to deal with decisions that are not so easily solvable. The company's success at dealing with these "unsolvable" decisions has not been as good as it needs to be. What would you recommend? 3. A Canadian bank is moving into the financial services industry in a big way. The bank has an advantage due to its ability to provide customer-driven services. However, the financial services industry is very competitive so they have to find an edge in the industry to get ahead. The bank hopes to gain an advantage by tracking the exact locations of both competitors and customers. This would help them analyze the market share of their competitors and gain from their success. The bank manager asks for your advice on what technology would best suit their needs. 4. A Vancouver based company is trying to determine what customers are mostly likely to respond to a social-media campaign within 30 days by purchasing at least two products in the advertised product line. They need your help to find the right technology to be able to do this. What technology do you recommend? 5. The managers at a Vancouver company have to make decisions every day. Most of the decisions they need to make are decisions they often deal with, such as deciding what price to sell new products. Today the company is going through a merger with another Vancouver company. Once they have completed making all the necessary decisions then the two companies will become one. The decisions they need to make to complete the merger are much more challenging than their usual decision making. Using the key terms and concepts from your textbook discuss the decisions the managers often need to make compared to the decision they are making during the merger. Explain your answer 6. A shipping company needs to find the shortest distance for traveling. This includes picking up loads from ships and making deliveries on the way. They want to be able to avoid busy traffic times and traffic problem areas. They are hoping to find the right artificial intelligence software to help them solve these problems. What would you recommend? Explain your answer. 7. Banks use artificial intelligence to find solutions for business issues analyzing risks and probable profits. For example, whether to give credit to a certain person. Which specific artificial intelligence system discussed in your textbook would be best suited for
