CASE 1 - Volkswagen of America: Managing IT Priorities Q#1: Given the case‚ provide your assessment of the new process for management of IT priorities. Are some of the criticisms warranted? Is it better than the last old process? Be specific. The new process for managing IT priorities showcased the ambidexterity of the leadership of Volkswagen of America. Considering VWoA’s original outlook on IT as more of an expense than an asset‚ necessary changes were made in order
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Cisco Systems: New Millenium – New acquisition strategy The case deals with the acquisition policy implemented by Cisco‚ by giving some real samples. The most interesting point concerns the way Cisco acquired companies during 90s with 4 main goals: a shared vision‚ shareholders’ satisfaction‚ motivating value added for employees‚ shareholders‚ customers and partners and a perfect “chemistry” (P.9). Contrary to the global trend of big companies’ acquisition‚ Cisco was involved in smaller companies
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Volkswagen of America: Managing IT Priorities Submitted by: Saahil Goel Q. What should Dr. Uwe Matulovic do about the unfunded Supply Flow project? A. There is clearly a problem with the classification of the Supply Flow project and its benefits. The Project Management Office and the Digital Business Council is responsible‚ in conjunction with the Executive Leadership Team‚ for prioritizing IT projects basis their alignment with the company’s strategic goals and the smooth running of the
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1. At the start of the case‚ Cisco’s information systems are failing‚ yet no one steps forward to lead the effort to replace them. Why is this? Why were no managers eager to take on this project? Why is this? When Peter Solvik joined Cisco in January 1993 as the company’s CIO‚ Cisco was a $500 million company running a UNIX-based software package to support its core transaction processing‚ including financial‚ manufacturing‚ and order entry systems. At that time‚ Cisco was experiencing significant
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Cisco case 1. What are the challenges faced by Cisco in introducing a major product like Viking? There are four main challenges encountered by Cisco: Time-to-Market pressure: Cisco has only one year to launch Viking. Since the development of technology accelerates information exchange and boost customers’ demand‚ only companies that can catch the market transitions quickly can survive in the rapidly-changing society. Cost pressure: Price competition in hi-tech market is rather fierce. E.g.
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Case Analysis: Volkswagen (Color-Coding Key: Lizzie; Ryan) I. Current Strategic Position Introduction Infamous German automobile company‚ Volkswagen‚ was formed on May 28‚ 1937 by the German government‚ then under the power of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. The state-owned company was originally named Gesellschaft zur Vorbereitung des Deutschen Volkswagens mbH but later in 1937 was changed to simply Volkswagenwerk‚ meaning "The People’s Car Company." With Ferdinand Porche‚ automobile engineer
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PG0-002 MAY 6‚ 2011 PANKAJ GHEMAWAT RAVI MADHAVAN Mittal Steel in 2006: Changing the Global Steel Game On January 27‚ 2006‚ Laxmi Niwas Mittal (LNM) and his son‚ Aditya Mittal‚ Chairman & CEO and CFO respectively of Mittal Steel‚ prepared for the press conference at which they would announce Mittal Steel’s unsolicited €18.6 billion bid to acquire the European steelmaker Arcelor. Although Mittal Steel had been a prime mover behind the consolidation of the industry—and most participants
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Part A Executive Summary (one Page) Part B+ Part C + Part D= Max 8 pages Part B (imp) Q. Cisco is committing to produce Viking at a single source Foxconn. Moreover‚ the Viking production mostly takes place within two-hour driving distance of the Hong Kong fulfillment center. “Cisco ran the risk of being overly dependent on a single supplier and whatever financial and operational constraints it had”. What are the potential risk factors in and around Hong Kong? Some risk factors are natural disasters
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY January 1994 Cisco’s legacy system surpassed its standard modification requirements and encountered a malfunction that resulted in corrupting the database. The company was almost completely shut down for two days. It became clear that the legacy system would not continue much longer and a solution was required. Cisco was faced with the dilemma of selecting from three potential solutions to the system issue: 1) Upgrade to the new version of the legacy‚ 2) Implement a single
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The New Beetle – Case Study Contents The New Beetle – Case Study 1 Introduction 1 1. The meaning of the VW brand 1 2. The appeal of The New Beetle 3 3. Why the positioning decision is termed “Mission Impossible?” 4 4. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the different positioning options? 6 5. How would the pricing and media selection choices be affected by the positioning of the car? 7 Conclusion 8 Introduction The case under discussion in this assignment is “The New
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