PBU Science Technology and Organizational Behavior Discussion

Please respond to each question with well-reasoned, succinct answers of roughly 350 words, with facts, figures, or quotes from outside material supported with citations.

On Allison’s Three Models

1) As an emerging technology, artificial intelligence poses both risks and benefits to society, and governments around the world are taking steps to regulate it. Imagine you are advising policymakers in the African Unio (Links to an external site).— whose member countries receive substantial foreign direct investment from China — and interpret China’s recent AI policy announcements (Links to an external site.) through the three lenses proposed by Allison. Which of the three interpretations of events do you find most compelling? Why? In one sentence, how might your interpretation of events affect your assessment of the risks and benefits of promoting closer collaboration between African and Chinese startups to commercialize applications of AI?

On Limiting Regulatory Capture

2) Stigler (1971) argues that private industry has a high demand for regulation, because only the government has coercive power. Develop a well-reasoned argument on what this theory could imply for a company’s investments in technological innovation to enhance (a) primarily private economic performance and (b) to enhance primarily collective social performance. Give one example from the reading or your own experience to illustrate your argument.

On Changing Organizational Culture

3) In the aftermath of the “defeat device” scandal, VW’s leadership launched a cultural change effort, the Together4Integrity (T4I) program (Links to an external site.) . Based on the article, what are the primary measures the leadership is taking to change the culture? Using at least two ideas discussed in class, critique the approaches taken or suggest additional ideas for ways the leadership could foster lasting change.