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Invoking AI technology in organisations – a systemic examination

March 17, 2021

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In this webinar Igor will address the introduction of AI technology in an organisation, proposing a systemic examination of structures, interactions and goals redefinitions related with introducing AI to the processes.

Dr Igor Perko

Igor Perko is an assistant professor at the University of Maribor, Faculty of Economics and Business, Slovenia. He is appointed as a director-general in World Organisation of Systems and Cybernetics (WOSC) and co-editor of Kybernetes, an JCR indexed scientific journal.  His professional backgrounds include development of information systems in the financial industry, focusing on business intelligence systems, predictive analytics and risk management systems. He integrates information technology- based data processes with the concepts of management, systems thinking and cybernetics. His PhD thesis was “Intelligent agents in management information systems”. In his professional work with the students, he introduces management information systems, business intelligence tools and concepts based on: OLAP, predictive analytics, balanced scorecards and cyber-systemic thinking. He was running a Jean Monnet funded international summer school: “Big Data EU Business Implications”. In his research work, he is connecting the use of systems thinking, cybernetics, big data, predictive and prescriptive analytics, to provide value added in business, non-profit organisations and people. He is passionately involved in joining active people and organisations in the systems thinking and Cybernetics community through his activities WOSC. He is an author and editor of multiple professional and research publications, among them he co-edited a book “Cybernetics and Systems: Social and Business decisions”, based on the WOSC 2017 Congress contributions.

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