Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Brian Cameron
Course Overview
BAI 812: Understanding AI: Business-Specific Utilization and Trends to Watch
This foundational course offers an in-depth exploration of AI from a "state of play" perspective, focusing on the maturity life cycle and its application across major functional areas of business. Students will gain practical, hands-on experience in assessing the current state of AI technologies and their strategic impact as well as understanding how to identify and assess evolving trends.
"This course is hands-on and applied; you will have a tool set to use in your organization on day one."
Dr. Brian Cameron
Associate Dean, Professional Graduate Programs and Executive Education
Clinical Professor, Supply Chain and Information Systems
What You'll Gain
In this course, you will move beyond the hype to gain a "state of play" perspective on AI. You will learn to:
- Assess AI maturity across major business functions.
- Evaluate emerging trends for potential adoption using hands-on frameworks.
- Identify organizational strengths and weaknesses to ensure effective implementation.
The AI Mindset
You will develop strategic objectivity by learning a rigorous process for evaluating and implementing technology so that you can make effective, data-driven decisions.
The Evolving Leader
Future AI-driven leaders must bridge the gap between technical teams and stakeholders. You will learn to:
- Ensure Strategic Alignment: Use a top-down approach to solve specific business problems.
- Define AI Vision: Create a roadmap that prioritizes high-value use cases.
- Mitigate Risk: Proactively manage data privacy and ethical compliance, such as the EU AI Act.
Faculty Perspective
- Future Vision on AI: AI will be embedded in nearly every industry's decision-making process, with the added benefit of being more "explainable" than it is today.
Dr. Cameron recently published a book titled "The Execution Challenge: Delivering Great Strategy at Scale."