Authoritative Readings and Resources

These resources extend the supplied learning chapters in AINS6202 AI Strategy for Executives. They were selected because they are primary standards, official documentation, open textbooks, or authoritative institutional guidance—not unsourced link lists.

How to Read Them

For each module, read the supplied chapter first. Then use the two linked resources at the end of that chapter to test terminology, compare the course’s worked example with an authoritative treatment, and identify one point that should change or qualify your recommendation. Students are not expected to read every linked document cover to cover.

1. Stanford AI Index

Evidence for strategic assumptions about AI markets and capability.

Use with: AI strategy and competitive positioning, Build, buy, partner, or wait, Risk appetite and governance, Executive AI strategy brief.

2. OECD AI Policy Observatory

Policy, adoption, incidents, and national strategies.

Use with: AI strategy and competitive positioning, Investment thesis and portfolio design, Risk appetite and governance, Metrics, value realization, and accountability.

3. GAO AI Accountability Framework

Executive accountability and evidence framework.

Use with: Investment thesis and portfolio design, Capability maturity and operating model, Metrics, value realization, and accountability, Talent, culture, and change.

4. NIST AI Risk Management Framework

Enterprise risk vocabulary and governance functions.

Use with: Capability maturity and operating model, Build, buy, partner, or wait, Talent, culture, and change, Executive AI strategy brief.

Source-Use Standard

Assignments should distinguish among measured notebook evidence, course-provided synthetic evidence, claims supported by these sources, and the student’s own professional judgment. Cite the specific page, section, control, or documentation topic used; a bare homepage link is not adequate evidence.