* Define the industry Dell‚ Inc. is an American multinational information technology corporation that develops‚ sells and supports computers and related products and services. Bearing the name of its founder‚ Michael Dell‚ the company is one of the largest technological corporations in the world‚ employing more than 103‚300 people worldwide. Dell is listed at number 41 in the Fortune 500 list. Dell has grown by both increasing its customer base and through acquisitions since its inception; notable
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Dell-New Horizons HBS case-9-502-022 Introduction As a consecutively successful and fast-growing company‚ Dell’s management got the pressure of maintaining the rapid growth. On the other hand‚ the hyper-growth in the PC industry over-drafted some growth potential in the coming years and the bubble of the internet economy burst so the speed of the growth would slow down. Since March 2000‚ Dell’s performance in market capitalization and stock prices had got a slump. In addition‚ competitions were
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Dell Inc. Identify and evaluate Mission Statement ES# 2-2 Dell‚ Inc. manufactures and markets PC’s. They also offer many other types of products that are marketed towards the private consumer‚ education‚ enterprise‚ and government sectors. The company was created by Michael Dell in 1984 with a mere $1‚000. Instead of using traditional retail channels Dell decided he would make computers made-to-order. By doing this Dell could eliminate a mass of inventory
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What attract me in the Dell Company is to see how a vision can match the future. □ The Company was founded in 1984 by Michael Dell‚ now the computer industry’s longest-tenured chief executive officer‚ on a simple concept: that by selling personal computer systems directly to customers‚ Dell could best understand their needs‚ and provide the most effective computing solutions to meet those needs. Dell Computer’s mission statement is: "Dell’s mission is to be the most successful computer
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Dell company Dell mission:. fully integrate environmental stewardship into the business of providing quality products‚ best-in-class services‚ and the best customer experience at the best value. I think it’s a good mission because it talks about the actual position of dell and what its doing‚ not about future‚ and because it includes the customers and products and services‚ which is important to be included in a mission statement. Dell vision: to Provide Accessible Computers to Visually-Impaired
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BUSINESS RISK EVALUATION FOR DELL COMPUTER CORPORATION OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS: For the fiscal year ending February 2008‚ Dell’s net revenue totaled $61.1 billion‚ and its net income was $2.9 billion. The company’s total assets valued $27.561 billion‚ with cash and equivalents making up the largest portion‚ which totaled $7.764 billion. The company’s cash flow in operating activities was $3.949 billion‚ and had approximately 88‚200 total employees‚ including around 82‚700 regular employees and 5‚500
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Case Discussion – Assignment Questions Thursday‚ February 17‚ 2011 Case (6): Dell Inc in 2008 1. What is your evaluation of Michael Dell’s performance in his roles as Dell’s CEO and Chairman? How well has he performed the five tasks of crafting and executing strategy that were discussed in Chapter 2 I was impressed with what Michael Dell has done for the company. Dells first company‚ PC’s Ltd. had a strategy of selling PC computers which mimicked IBM‚ except for a few minor components‚ were
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HBS CASE: BUILDING A SOCIAL MEDIA CULTURE AT DELL Answers from Chenghao Zheng (Chuck) 1. Why has Dell been successful at building a social media program? Dell developed a social media program that helped solve customers’ problems‚ improve Dell’s reputation‚ and educate customers. It depended on social media to improve sales‚ predict trends of the market and create the better brand perception online. The company builds the business case for social media‚ which creates an astonishing model to reduce
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Dell’s Working Capital We can see from the exhibit 4 that sales in 1996 was 52% higher than that in 1995. To support that growth‚ Dell needs to increase its operating assets. Total Assets (% of sales) 45.87% Loss:Short Term Investments (% of sales) (13.93%) Operating Assets (% of sales) 31.94% The increase in Dell’s operating assets should be the change in 1996’s forecasting operating assets and operating assets in 1995. So operating assets should be increased by $5‚296M*31.94% - $3‚475M*31
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of Management Company: DELL What do your news items tell you about the strategy of your allocated organisation? 1. Introduction Dell tries to place itself in the market as a strategic leader by planning and changing its strategies based on its goals and current situation. For an organisation to remain competitive in the market‚ it is essential to identify and set an appropriate strategy. Planning is an important step towards identifying and setting the strategy which is most suitable for
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