THE SIGNIFICANCE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN THE BUSINESS OF NIGERIA CHEMICAL CORPORATION BY OCHALA YUSUF OJIH MAT. NO: PGSS/ UJ/00442/07 BEING AN ASSIGNMENT ON MBA 505 (ICT MANAGEMENET) SUBMITTED TO MR. OKI‚ E.U.(MBA) DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF JOS FEBRUARY 2009 INTRODUCTION Since the start of the 21st century‚ there has been an emphasis economic reform in Africa‚ which makes regional economies more attractive to foreign investors: Over the
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In the context of computing‚ A Legacy system refers to any outdated computer systems‚ programming languages or application software which are preferred instead of currently available latest upgraded versions. Every organization would start with a system from the initial start to come into existence and with the change in technology in this modern age there are vast advancements which leave these systems in terms of performance and efficiency. And if the organization continue using these systems which
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software engineering and business process are my interesting subject ) from Preston university karachi. In 2006 I started my MS computer science (selected subjects data warehouse ‚ database designing ‚ software engineering and business process reengineering) from SVCE my thesis on business intelligence in education sector. During the few years of my studies‚ I was exposed to fundamental aspects and potentials of my Software engineering. Which helped me gain a firm grasp of fundamentals as well
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manage‚ different scholars‚ researchers and consultants have been contributing their part showing the best ways they think are useful to managers. Among those suggested techniques‚ concepts like Total Quality Management (TQM) and Business Process Reengineering (BPR) earned recognition from many authors in the second half of twentieth century and were found helpful in increasing organizational performance by focusing on operational and process improvements. They were/still being used as tools for management
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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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BACKGROUND With the great speed of economic globalization‚ E-Business is developing in a surprising speed through the wide-spread of information technology. Nowadays‚ there are a lot of big E-business corporations such as Amazon‚ E-bay focus on different E-business model and field. However when these international companies carving up the global market‚ some local enterprises also growing up and want to share this big cake. Taobao (www.taobao.com)‚ a Chinese-based company which is a leading
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DIAGNOSES presents analyses of the management case by academicians and practitioners Infosys Technologies Ltd.: Growing Share of a Customer’s Business James A Narus and D V R Seshadri Case Analysis I Janaki Anant Principal Solution Architect i-flex solutions Ltd e-mail: janaki.anant@iflexsolutions.com T The April-June‚ 32(2)‚ 2007 issue of Vikalpa had published a Management Case titled “Infosys Technologies Ltd.: Growing Share of a Customer’s Business‚” by James A Narus
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Abstract Planned organizational change can be defined in many different ways‚ and characterized on many different levels. The common denominator listed after reviewing two related Internet articles‚ indicates that change cannot take place for "change’s sake"‚ but must be implemented to accomplish a specific goal or task. Another common statement states that change must also be accepted and embraced before the desired outcome is achieved. Planned Organizational Change Planned organizational change
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Case 1: Introduction of the Case: Abstract: Carrefour was the second largest retailer of consumer goods and groceries worldwide‚after Wal-mart. The company pioneered the concept of hypermarket in their homecountry‚ France‚ as early as 1960’s.However‚ towards late 1990’s; Carrefour saw a de-cline in their French hypermarkets owing to certain unfavorable government regula-tions and competition from hard discount stores. Carrefour introduced a series of strategic initiatives in an effort to revamp
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