1. Suppose you are a manager being asked to develop e-business and e-commerce applications to gain a competitive advantage in an important market for your company. What reservations might you have about doing so? Why? As a manager you are responsible to be aware of these emerging technologies and new ways of conducting business in the new economy. Of course‚ if the manager is familiar with the concepts of developing an e-business or e-commerce application they certainly will have personal
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List 3 strategic goals for Ted’s business and provide an explanation of each. Development of the business layouts of buildings‚ personnel and supplies for Old Dominion Trail Bikes. This will show where the demand for this service is while having the personnel and supplies in the location cutting cost by having a accountability using a Enterprise resource planning system. Develop target marketing with information technology being Old Dominion Trail Bikes has very little information
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1) ___________ means doing the right things to create the most benefit for the company. A) Efficiency B) Effectiveness C) Value D) Productivity E) None of the above 2) In general‚ transformation process is not categorized as: A) physical B) location C) exchange D) social E) storage 3) Efficiently scheduling material and labor is an example of ______ decisions. A) strategic B) tactical C) operational D) short-term E) none of
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Executive Summary Majestic Printing Works Ltd. is one of East Africa’s leading high end print houses. The family-owned business was established in the 1940’s and has since developed into a successful‚ one-stop printing house with a presence throughout East Africa. Their previous system had many shortfalls and lacked the insight and functionality that a growing business requires. Do to the fact that many transactions were completed manually and accounts outsourced. This lack of access to information
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technical‚ cost‚ and time constraints. a. Configuration management b. Process analysis c. Project management d. Process improvement e. Riddle’s law 5. The radical change paradigm‚ introduced by Michael Hammer and major consulting firms‚ is referred to as a. total quality management b. synchronous manufacturing c. electronic enterprise d. manufacturing strategy paradigm e. business process reengineering 6. A company that can offer on-site repair in only 1 or 2 hours is an example
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working on a business plan or trying out a new industry‚ job function or organisation. The organisation‚ in turn‚ benefits from the objective and unbiased perspective the student provides based on concepts and skills imbibed in the first year at the MBA institute. The summer interns also serve as unofficial spokespersons of the organisation and help in image building on campus. Some ideal projects for summer internships can be in the areas of strategy formulation‚ business process reengineering‚ MIS‚ ERP
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Critiques of Taylorism Taylorism promotes the idea that there is "one right way" to do something. As such‚ it is at odds with current approaches such as MBO (Management By Objectives)‚ Continuous Improvement initiatives‚ BPR (Business Process Reengineering)‚ and other tools like them. These promote individual responsibility‚ and seek to push decision making through all levels of the organization. The idea here is that workers are given as much autonomy as practically possible‚ so that they
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Q1. What is the virtual supply chain? Virtual supply chain (VSC)‚ which has been actively implemented by Amazon.com‚ is a supply chain integrating several different businesses in the sequence of delivering a product or service to the final customer. Since online retailers themselves do not manufacture any product‚ the cooperation with actual manufacturers is very important for customer service. It makes suppliers‚ manufacturers‚ distributors and warehousing agents of different tiers work as one
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International Jour nal of e-Education‚ e-Business‚ e-Ma nagement and e-Learning‚ Vol. 1‚ No. 1‚ April 2011 Abstrac t —Cus tomer re lationship management (CRM) has the potential for achieving succe ss and growth for organizations in the nowadays environment of extensive competition and rapid technological developmen t. CRM enables organizations to know their customers better and to build sustainable relationships with them. However‚ CRM is considered as buzzword and it is not understood
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Change occurs daily within any organization. The dynamics effects of change can reach every part of an organization‚ weather the changes are good or bad. When an organization decides to expand their business on a global scale they must take into considerations the type of changes that they will encounter short and long term. This paper will discuss organizational change models that can be used short-term‚ small-scale and for long-term change for the organization change. Background Information on
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