Research

Questions under investigation, documented as they develop.

My current research interests sit around enterprise information systems, AI governance, and the changing role of AI in organisational decision-making.

This page documents questions I am investigating, Research Notes as those questions develop, Working Papers that may emerge from deeper study, and formal Publications. The purpose is also to preserve the research trail — including how questions, assumptions and ideas change as I read, test and learn.

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The Understanding Project

A three-part inquiry into human judgement, cognitive offloading and AI architecture—following the gap between fluent output and understanding, the boundary of cognitive delegation, and the capabilities we must continue to build within ourselves.

Explore the three essays
The Understanding Project trilogy: the gap, the boundary and the construction of understanding.

Research Notes

Current investigation trail

RN-001 · Published

From Enterprise AI Recommendations to AI Actions

How Does Delegated Discretion Change Along the Way?

September 2026 · Version 1.0

An exploratory investigation into how different forms of organisational discretion may emerge as enterprise AI moves from retrieving information and providing advice toward preparing, approving and executing organisational actions.

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RN-002 · Planned

What Does Authority Mean When an AI Agent Acts on Behalf of an Employee?

Will examine identity, delegated authority, purpose, scope, temporary authority boundaries, and the distinction between technical access and organisational authority.

RN-003 · Planned

What Makes Human Approval Meaningful Rather Than Ceremonial?

Will investigate when human-in-the-loop approval provides meaningful control and when it risks becoming procedural sign-off.

RN-004 · Planned

When an AI Agent Delegates to Another Agent, What Travels With the Task?

Will examine whether identity, purpose, restrictions, authority, context and accountability survive as work moves through multi-agent chains.

RN-005 · Provisional

Can an Organisation Reconstruct Why an AI Agent Acted?

A possible future investigation into provenance, auditability and reconstruction of authority, data use, tool selection and actions across agentic workflows.

Working Papers

No Working Papers released yet.

A Research Note may develop into a Working Paper only when deeper literature review, conceptual development or empirical work justifies that transition.

Publications

Formal publication records

Research Notes are not peer-reviewed publications. Genuine publication records remain available through my established research profiles.

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Research identity

Veera Babu Tiragatla

PhD Scholar, Business Management · SR University