Group 5: Acorn Industries‚ Continental Computer Corporation‚ and Goshe Corporation Goshe Coporation In the case study on the Goshe Corporation‚ we are introduced to the head of the organization‚ Banyon. He announced that there would be an average salary increase of 7% for workers. The problem began to arise when the Finance division only received a 5.5% salary increase. The scientific programmers in the Finance division felt that their Electronic Data Processing (EDP) efforts should be duly
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[pic] Case Study: Dell Computer – Organization of a Global Production Network; using E-Commerce to support its Virtual Company 1.0 Executive Summary Dell’s Direct Model of selling PCs directly to the consumers‚ bypassing the distributors and retailers (resellers) channel‚ has been pioneered and provides distinct advantages over the indirect sales model. Customers have the ability to contact Dell directly and order technologically advanced systems at competitive prices. This direct contact
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SAUDI BASIC INDUSTRIES CORPORATION Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) was established in 1976‚ and the main reason behind its establishment was to add value better and improve the Saudi Arabia’s natural hydrocarbon resources. Currently‚ SABIC is leading petrochemical company in terms of product diversity and sales. The company is headquartered in Riyadh‚ and it is the largest non-oil corporation in Middle East‚ in terms of market capitalization‚ SABIC has more than $100 billion and it records
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Introduction Dell Computer Corporation continues to have successful growth due to its innovative “built to order” business model and customer service focus which includes direct selling. Dell’s ability to maintain low levels of finished goods inventory minimized the cash conversion cycle to a high extent‚ thus minimizing the need for costly working capital. In past years‚ Dell has mainly financed its operations internally and secondly through the issuance of shareholder equity and small amounts
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Atlantic Computer: Case Study Strategic Management Mitchell D. Upchurch Dr. Johnny Eluka July 19‚ 2011 Amidst an emerging U.S. marketplace opportunity‚ Atlantic Computers tasked the newly appointed product manager‚ Jason Jowers‚ with marketing and selling the company’s new product‚ the Atlantic Bundle. A server‚ software combination‚ the Atlantic Bundle would offer performance up to four times faster than the competitions standard speed‚ all within one machine. External Analysis: Externally
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Case Study on ethical leadership (1) Values The Key to Effective Ethical Leadership The lack of ethical leadership is a pervading factor in today’s society. Although interest in ethical leadership has increased dramatically‚ ethics in the global context of leadership has not been a subject of great discourse. Examining the essential role of values and ethics in the quest for effective leadership is the subject of this article. Public concern about the ethical performance of leaders in
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overview of Dell Inc‘s Supply chain OMS 511 Introduction The Personal Computer industry has revolutionized the way of life. Technological forces have the most significant influence on the computer hardware industry. The extremely short product life cycle for computers‚ influenced by the upgrade cycle‚ has both positive and negative effects on companies within the industry. It challenges companies to maintain superior inventory management and supplier relationships: areas where Dell excels. Technological
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Introduction Atlantic Computer developed a product‚ the “Atlantic Bundle”‚ to meet an emerging basic server market. The Atlantic Bundle is a Tronn server coupled with the Performance Enhancing Server Accelerator software tool “PESA”. Atlantic Computer must decide on the pricing strategy. Situational Analysis The external analysis is as follows: • Customers: The first customer identified has a primary need to host websites‚ “Web Server” customer. The second customer identified has a primary
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customers are the best ones who provide highest value to Fortis while the lower-right customers are the worst ones. The upper-right and lower-left customers are average customers but have different preferences between price and service. With the analysis from Exhibit 8‚ Fortis can classify its customers and exert different strategies to deal with different customers. The benefit to Fortis is that they may further understand customers’ characteristics and requirements‚ thus optimizing their resource
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Case Study on Leadership Styles 1. Devon seems for me to have task-oriented or transactional leadership style. His opinion about being a leader is that the one who is successful should be able to exert power. The transactional leader is provided with the power for particular task performance‚ as well as for the reward and punishment of his subordinates. And Devon considers that leadership constitutes predominantly actions the person takes with his employees. For him it is everything about appropriate
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