BUMT3450 Business Information Technology Massoud Tamjidi Wednesday October 22‚ 2013 Chapter 2 1. In what respect does business strategy resemble military strategy? In war strategy is a framework of an approach to obtaining advantageous position. In business a strategy is an approach designed to an organizations performance competitors‚ unlike battle plans‚ however business strategy often takes the form of opportunity rather than beating rivals. 2. Refer to chapter 1’s discussion of different types
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QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW AND DISCUSSION CHAPTER ONE: 1. How does true "reengineering" differ from "reorganizing‚" "downsizing‚" and other concepts of organizational restructuring? Reengineering differs from reorganizing‚ downsizing and other concepts of organizational restructuring because reengineering includes much more than reorganizing‚ downsizing and other named concepts of organizational restructuring. Reengineering is defined as "the systematic redesign of a business’s core processes‚ starting
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acceptance in the marketplace by physician groups although there are many benefits that can be discerned from the platform for patients‚ or employers who might employees who have doctors who are on such a platform. And‚ insurers such as Blue Cross and Cigna have also begun to accept that on-line visits are acceptable and are moving increasingly to reimbursing this approach. In spite of this growing trend less than 3% of the family physicians in the American Academy of Family practice report doing e-visits
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Optical Colonoscopy was invented in 1969 and has been the gold standard for CRC screening ever since (Wolf‚ 1989). The gold standard is its 90% sensitivity for adenoma 5mm‚ and 97% sensitivity for advanced adenoma based on employing CTC as a standard. Colonoscopy is an invasive imaging procedure which visually examines the whole colon and permits the gastroenterologist to perform biopsies on suspicious polyps. A few additional disadvantages to this procedure besides the invasiveness are the prep
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and of specific duties • During his tenure‚ the Department was a an agile and flexible organization‚ with very few hierarchical levels 3 Prop. A: Reengineering • The first proposal for the organizational change is based on the “reengineering” approach • The intervention motto would be: “Let’s create the future” • The reengineering approach is coherent with Graft’s radical “team policing” philosophy • The phases are: Identification of processes‚ Analysis‚ Redesign and Implementation
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1. In what respect does business strategy resemble military strategy? In military strategy‚ business strategy resembles a framework or an approach to obtaining an advantageous position. 2. Refer to Chapter 1’s discussion of different types of information systems. Which types of ISs can gain strategic advantage and which cannot? Why? Maximizing sales and lowering costs are two strategies in information systems that help gain strategic advantage because it helps to maximize its strength
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Applying PR in Crisis Management - 2010 Manila hostage crisis Crisis‚ which public relations counselor James Lukaszewski once described as “unplanned visibility” can strike anyone at any time. As no sector of society is immune from this “unplanned visibility”‚ it is a need for attempting to “manage” crises. By thinking logically and responding thoughtfully and quickly in a crisis‚ like how Hong Thai Travel Service Ltd reacted to the Manila hostage crisis‚ can possibly solidify a positive reputation
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Week 1 Homework 1. In what respect does business strategy resemble military strategy? Obtaining an advantageous position on the opposition is a tactic that is similar in both business and military strategy. 2. Refer to Chapter 1’s discussion of different types of information systems. Which types of ISs can gain strategic advantage and which cannot? Why? Transaction Processing systems are merely used for recording transactions and thus are not used for gaining strategic advantage. Customer
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What will you need to understand and measure for an effective reengineering project? (Points : 1) Cost and risk Performance of existing processes for a baseline Strategic analysis and workflow Inputs and outputs | 2. Enabling organizations to make continual improvements to many business processes and to use processes as the fundamental building blocks of corporate information systems is the goal of (Points : 1) BPM. BPR. reengineering. workflow management. | 3. The _____ is directly responsible
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Essay Questions Question 1 Imagine you have ideas for clothing stores that will directly compete with Abercrombie and Fitch. What will your strategy be? How will that impact your choice for organizational design? In order to effectively compete with large and established firms like Abercrombie and Fitch in the clothing business‚ I would adopt a single product strategy. This would entail opening a number of stores in high market areas where‚ expectedly‚ Abercrombie and Fitch will probably
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