This guide was created to provide resources for students participating in PowerShift Case Competition. While there are many sources listed here, it is in no way exhaustive. You are encouraged to consult additional sources.
Generative AI is a widely discussed topic across trade publications, academic business literature, and business news. Trade publications, written by industry experts, provide sector-specific insights, trends, and practical advice for professionals. Academic business literature, typically authored by scholars, features original research, theoretical analysis, and empirical studies. Business news, often written by journalists, delivers timely updates on economic trends, corporate developments, financial markets, and policy changes. While these sources differ in authorship and purpose, each offers valuable insights into the role of generative AI in the workforce.
Standards are voluntary and sometimes unvoluntary guidelines developed by industry groups, professional organizations, or international bodies (e.g., ISO, IEEE, ASTM). They provide best practices, technical specifications, or quality benchmarks that organizations can follow to improve efficiency, interoperability, and safety
ISO 9001:2015 is an internationally recognized standard for quality management systems (QMS) established by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). It provides a framework for organizations to ensure they consistently deliver products and services that meet customer and regulatory requirements while striving for continual improvement.
Typically, standards can be expensive, but you can access many standards and related literature through Purdue Libraries.
Standards and regulations work together to ensure quality, safety, and consistency across industries, yet they serve distinct roles. Regulations are legally binding rules established by governments or regulatory agencies to protect public health, safety, and the environment. While compliance with standards is often voluntary, regulations carry the force of law, with penalties for non-compliance. In addition to reviewing standards through the databases mentioned above, it may be valuable to explore AI-related regulations and examine current or ongoing cases that address the use of AI in the workplace. Thus, explore Nexis Uni, which offers statutes, regulations, case law, law reviews, and news on a broad range of topics.
ChatGPT has limitations for academic research as it primarily relies on training data from open web sources like Wikipedia and various websites. For more reliable scholarly research, we recommend using AI tools designed for discovering peer-reviewed sources. In particular, Scite.ai offers access to a vast corpus of scholarly literature and provides transparency on citation sources, making it a valuable resource for academic work. Through your affiliation at Purdue, you are able to use Scite.ai for free.
Other tools like Perplexity Pro, Elicit, and Research Rabbit also provide search capabilities using AI to discover academic sources.
The case includes multiple references to different sources. Below provides direct access to those mentioned sources.
