IBM: The Corporate Service Corps Group 3: Flora‚ Mark‚ Tom‚ Larry‚ Peter July 2012 Content 1. Case Introduction 2. Questions and Answers 3. Summary 4. Take away 1. Case Introduction 1.1Background: International Business Machines‚ abbreviated IBM‚ is a multinational computer technology and IT consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk‚ New York‚ United States. The company is one of the few information technology companies with a continuous history dating back to
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SUBMITTED BY: SWATI AGARWAL ROLL NO-01 PGDB-IB STRATEGY CASE STUDY: IBM Q1. Outline the relevant trends in IBM"s external environment which could have prompted its then CEO to consider long term changes in IBM’s business portfolio. Ans.) IBM’s CEO Samuel J. Palmisano‚ was considering a change in long term change in business portfolio in terms that instead of just using in-house resources for merely selling and servicing technology‚ they could help big conglomerates
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Romanticism in Persuasion In the Romantic Era‚ women thought to not make rational decisions and instead go by their emotions. Jane Austen uses her writing in Persuasion and many other novels to prove that society is wrong and women can and do make rational decisions. For example‚ Anne in Persuasion‚ she starts as a meek girl who is easily persuaded by her family‚ but she eventually grows into herself and decides what is best for her. When discussing the Romanticism is Persuasion‚ critics usually
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earliest point studied to present day. It includes all areas of the world and everything that has happened‚ often going into why things happen‚ and what happens afterwards. 2. What interests you about studying history? What does not? Studying history is interesting to me because you can see the difference from other areas and eras and compare them to present day. I also love to learn about wars‚ why they started and how they changed the world. I don’t like how we never seem to get the full
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business environments and key issues the case is trying to address. IBM provides business and IT solutions to help clients become more efficient and competitive. They use 5 major lines of business; global business services‚ global technology service‚ system and technology‚ software‚ and global financing. IBM transformed the knowledge sharing approach so that the access to information is easier for their employees. In so doing quicker service for their clients. 2. Provide your analysis of
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Chapter 1 Philosophy means philein: love and sophia: wisdom‚ the love or pursuit of wisdom Philosophy beings with wonder‚ a search for the answer to a greater question Philosophy is a dynamic process‚ the dynamic nature of philosophical thinking‚ a process that is dialectical in the sense that ideas are continually analyzed in terms of their opposites‚ with the ultimate goal of creating a more enlightened synthesis The ultimate aim of philosophy is the goals is 1. the complete liberty of the
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Amanda Hammer Persuasive Theory Application COM4405.E1 April 13‚ 2015 The SMCR Model was created in 1949 by Shannon and Weaver and it is the most commonly used basic communications model. The basic sequence of the model is a source‚ a message‚ a channel‚ and a receiver. Communication starts with the source‚ or persuader‚ who encodes the message and then transmits it to the receiver. The message is what the source is trying to get the receiver to hear and understand. The message has to be
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Starwood Hotels and Resorts Case Summary Starwood and its competitors Vision and Mission Statement Vision At IBM‚ we strive to lead in the invention‚ development and manufacture of the industry’s most advanced information technologies‚ including computer systems‚ software‚ storage systems and microelectronics. We translate these advanced technologies into value for our customers through our professional solutions‚ services and consulting businesses worldwide. Create experiences that combine
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1) IBM’s transformation from a “product-centric” to a “service-centric” organisation required investments in a number of key areas. The CEO of IBM at that time was Louis Gerstner Jr. He placed importance on focus‚ speed‚ customers‚ teamwork and execution. Gerstner totally revamped the company’s whole operating procedures‚ from top management to bottom‚ by standardising global core processes‚ centralising the company to leverage its strengths as provider of solutions to customers‚ fixing the core
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Event driven program Event-driven programming is a flow of programs which are determined by events like user actions for example mouse clicks‚ sensor outputs‚ or messages from other programs. There are a lot of key features that are used in event driven program. Without these feature then certain event can’t happen. The key features of event driven programs are service oriented‚ time driven‚ event handlers‚ trigger functions‚ events‚ form‚ user interface‚ event loops‚ flexibility‚ suitability for
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