MAN406 Strategy Instructor: Dr. Timothy Kiessling Email: kiessling@bilkent.edu.tr Office Locale: V301 Class Times: Tuesday 8:40 – 10:30 and Thursday 10:40 – 12:30 (MA 301) Required Text: Mastering Strategic Management‚ Dave Ketchen‚ Jeremy Short Where to buy: http://students.flatworldknowledge.com/course?cid=1341477&bid=684011 Course Description This course is about the creation and maintenance of a long-term strategic vision for the firm and formulating a competitive strategy in
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just some ideas: Dell keep the competitive advantage by bringing assembly and distribution closer to its customers. Dell’s manufacturing‚ logistics and shipping strategies make it possible to customize computers for individual consumers at low cost and for low price. Days of inventory. Dell days of inventory is 7.11 in 2000 and 5.73 in 2001. These incredible numbers allows it to pass on component price declines faster than anyone else in the industry. Lean inventories help Dell benefit from falling
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DELL INC STRATEGIC POSITION‚ CHOICE AND FINANCIAL ANALYSIS Table 1: PESTEL | | |Meaning to dell? |Dell’s ability to | | | | |address. | |Political Factors |China’s five-year plan has a clear set of social objectives
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based on Dell Inc. Essay 1 : Introduction to Dell 3 Parts - Look at the Business Model in Particular (Is it fit for purpose?) – Then the Ecosystem – The Modularization and mention licensing Look the Paradigm of Dell Conclusion - - Essay 2 : Look at the Core Competence of Dell What part has the Ecosystem played in Dell’s growth? What is happening now? KPI’s Conclusion - - Written By SiraJemmy REF OF GROUP MEMBERS’: TABLE 1 : 5 C’s SITUATION ANALYSIS Factors Dell Company:
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Discuss how the HR environment at Dell is managed. Your discussion must cover the following: Linking HRM practices to the company’s business objectives. Designing work that motivates and satisfies the employees as well as maximising customer service quality and productivity. Human Resource Management refers to the policies‚ practices and systems that influence employee’s behaviour‚ attitudes and performances. Nowadays more and more companies are recognising the fact that the key to company
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Dell Computer Corporation Embry Riddle Aeronautical University October 6‚ 2012 Dell Computer Corporation The Dell Computer Corporation was founded in 1984 by Michael Dell from his dorm room at the University of Texas at the age of 19 with $1000. The original name of the company was PC’s Unlimited. The corporation was started with a simple premise as its basic foundation: so that personal computers could be built and sold directly to customers and by doing this‚ Dell could address their specific
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Marketing Opportunities Bruno Tini Fernanda Saldanha Yosiro Delgado DELL Description of the business • The company was founded in 1984 by Michael Dell. Dell is a leading provider of desktop personal computers‚ software . The company designs‚ develops‚ manufactures‚ markets‚ sells and supports information technology systems such as laptops‚ desktops‚ mobiles‚ workstations‚ storage devices and printers. Dell provides consulting services such as capacity planning‚ data center optimization
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MATCHING DELL CASE ANALYSIS This analysis describes the case of computer and peripherals industry especially the successful management of Dell Computer Corporation which grew twice as fast as its major rivals like Compaq‚ Gateway‚ Hewlett Packard and IBM. The main reason for the success of Dell was their "Direct Model" of selling computers which eliminated all traditional channels like distributors‚ resellers and retailers. Traditionally all its competitors
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4. Is Dell’s strategy working? What is your assessment of the financial performance that Dell’s strategy has delivered during fiscal years 2000-2008? Use the financial ratios presented in the Appendix of the text (pages 240-241) as a basis for doing your calculations and drawing conclusions about Dell’s performance. Selected Financial Statement Data for Dell Inc.‚ Fiscal Years 2000 – 2008 (in million‚ except per share data) | February 1‚ 2008 | February 2‚ 2007 | February 3‚ 2006 | January
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Matching Dell 1. Describe Dell’s strategy. 2. What are the key trade-offs involved in Dell’s strategic positioning? One trade-off is Dell’s strategic positioning of personalized computers refrains it from the benefits of supply-side economies of scale. The personalized products and customer-centric services mean higher cost. The other trade-off is that Dell loses sales opportunities to a variety of distributors by focusing on direct sales. Although the strategic positioning of direct sales can
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