1. Identify how some Accenture-type efforts have and have not occurred in your current and previous workplaces. Also‚ discuss why focusing on employee retention pays off for Accenture clients‚ and not just for Accenture itself. It is imperative to analyze the different work backgrounds that some of our team members have experienced in order to find some similarities with Accenture. One team member is currently working in a small air conditioning business with less than 50 employees. According to
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Accenture Simplifies IT‚ Reduces Costs with Single Technology Platform Global management consulting‚ technology services‚ and out-sourcing company Accenture was at a crucial business juncture. When it separated from its parent company in 1999‚ Accenture had to create its own internal IT organization. Accenture inherited its parent company’s disparate technologies and hundreds of specialized global applications‚ but it quickly realized it needed to improve upon these systems and services to serve
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History Initially called Andersen Consulting‚ Accenture was formally established in 1989 when a group of partners from the Consulting division of the various Arthur Andersen firms around the world formed a new organization focused on consulting and technology services related to managing large-scale systems integration and enhancing business processes. Accenture changed its name from Andersen Consulting in 2001 after severing ties from its parent company Arthur Andersen. The company went public
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Running head: Marketing Spotlight - Accenture Marketing Spotlight - Accenture What have been the key success factors for Accenture? One large success factor for Accenture has been its timing. "Accenture started life as the consulting arm of accounting firm Arthur Anderson In 1989‚ Anderson Consulting separated from Arthur Anderson in order to position itself against its IT services competitors" (Keller & Kotler‚ 1994/2006‚ 366). Accenture was able to take advantage of its large parent company
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1. How did Accenture transfer the brand equity from its original name‚ Andersen Consulting‚ to the new company name? To find a name that represents their company in a new face‚ the company put it as its top priority. Through marketing campaign‚ internet search‚ consulting outside firms‚ and employees’ participation worldwide‚ the company finally found its name‚ which is Accenture. During the process‚ the company was worry of how to transfer the brand equity from its original name‚ Andersen Consulting
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Byron Hernandez Marketing September 5‚ 2012‚ 2012 Module 5 – Activity 5.6 CASE STUDY: Accenture 1. How did Accenture transfer the brand equity from its original name‚ Andersen Consulting‚ to the new company name? The way that Accenture transferred brand equity from its original name to the new company name was by specially branding the new one‚ and looking at a new name as a fresh start‚ re-introducing itself to its customers‚ and the world. With a new name‚ this allows them to
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Information Systems Case Study: Strategic IT Transformation at Accenture Professor Karaganis 12 November‚ 2013 Accenture is today one of the world’s leading organizations providing management consulting‚ technology and outsourcing services‚ with approximately 275‚000 employees. Accenture has offices and operations in more than 200 cities in 56 countries and net revenues of $28.6 billion for fiscal 2013. Over a decade ago‚ Accenture was part of the group Arthur Andersen. Arthur Andersen was founded
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analysis-Strategic IT Transformation at Accenture Accenture was separated from its parent company and rebranded as a new organization. They face a challenge of building a new IT infrastructure to support their business. Because the new Accenture’s organization structure is different from the Anderson Consulting‚ the Anderson’s IT is deficient in several ways. Based on the deficient aspects I have some own recommendations and then I will analyse what Accenture did to deal with the situation. First
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Selection System. Richard Ivey School of Business‚ 11th December‚ p. 3. 2. Krause‚ D. & Piske‚ R.‚ (2011). Development of a Multinational Personnel Selection System. Richard Ivey School of Business‚ 11th December‚ p. 1. 3. Krause‚ D. & Piske‚ R.‚ (2011). Development of a Multinational Personnel Selection System. Richard Ivey School of Business‚ 11th December‚ p. 4. 4. Krause‚ D. & Piske‚ R.‚ (2011). Development of a Multinational Personnel Selection System. Richard Ivey School of Business‚ 11th December
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Infosys: The Challenge of Global Branding by Jeff Saperstein‚ Padmini Murty‚ Viren Desai Source: Richard Ivey School of Business Foundation 28 pages. Publication date: Jul 18‚ 2005. Prod. #: 905A01-PDF-ENG Information technologies outsourcing is one of the emergent fast-growth industries in the global high-tech economy. India is the leading country for IT outsourcing and Infosys is the largest Indian company in this sector. The branding challenge for Infosys is to leverage its reputation for
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