1) IBM’s transformation from a “product-centric” to a “service-centric” organisation required investments in a number of key areas. The CEO of IBM at that time was Louis Gerstner Jr. He placed importance on focus‚ speed‚ customers‚ teamwork and execution. Gerstner totally revamped the company’s whole operating procedures‚ from top management to bottom‚ by standardising global core processes‚ centralising the company to leverage its strengths as provider of solutions to customers‚ fixing the core
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1 The Acquirer: Lenovo 2 2.2 The Target: IBM 2 3. The Acquisition 2 3.1 Development of Acquisition (Time Line) 2 3.2 Facts of Acquisition 2 3.3 Expected Problems from Acquisition 2 3.4 Underlying motivations/expectations for Lenovo’s Management 2 3.5 Underlying motivations/ expectations for IBM’s Management 2 4. Were Lenovo’s expectations met? 2 4.1 To become an international company with access to the global PC market 2 4.2 Aim to leverage IBM brand to gain marketplace traction 2 4.3
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Systems of Knowledge What is Understood by the Term Active Citizen? What makes one belong as a citizen? To be able to discuss and argument what an active citizen is‚ we must first understand what the meaning of a citizen is. Citizenship is the status given to a person‚ recognised under the custom or law of a state and granted specific rights and duties. A citizen makes part of a state. A state is an organised political community under one government; a commonwealth; a nation. A citizen has at
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Unit 4 Amtrak Case Study Latisia Fairley July 5‚ 2011 The Amtrak case study is a horrible accident that occurred in 1993. I feel the entice cause of the accident was a series of events that could not have been known. The stakeholders in this case are the Amtrak employees‚ customers and landowners of the railway lines. The biggest interest of stakeholders would be the loss of life. No one wants to be involved with the loss of a human life. And I am sure there are several financial
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Competency Three-CMA110 In the era that we live in‚ computers hold our very existence by having all of our information saved to them. From pictures of our families‚ to person documents like tax forms or medical records‚ almost all of these things are stored in some electronic form. This information is typically stored on computers with only one copy of the information‚ but what would happen if that computer or multiple computers failed? What would happen to all that important information and memories
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1. IBM as a product centric organization before its near failure was a bloated organization with 400 000 employees heavily invested in low margin‚ transactional‚ commodity-based businesses. As technology progressed‚ the demand for IBM’s inventions began to diminish. The entire organizational structure was also growing redundant‚ making it more challenging to face off competition from smaller and less diversified competitors. As Louis Gerstner‚ Jr embarked on turning the entire company around‚ there
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Unit 4 Business Communication Assignment Introduction I have chosen Tesco as the main organisation and I will be answering questions on whether it has an impact on Tesco or not. Tesco plc is a global grocery and general merchandising retailer headquartered in Cheshunt‚ United Kingdom. Tesco is the fourth-largest retailer in the world measured by revenues‚ after Wal-Mart‚ Carrefour and Metro. The second-largest measured by profits after Wal-Mart. It has stores in 14 countries across Asia‚ Europe
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1.Explain what citizenship in the nation means and what it takes to be a good citizen of this country. Discuss the rights‚ duties‚ and obligations of a responsible and active American citizen. 2.Do TWO of the following: a. Visit a place that is listed as a National Historic Landmark or that is on the National Register of Historic Places. Tell your counselor what you learned about the landmark or site and what you found interesting about it. b. Tour your state capitol building or the U.S. Capitol
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Idial Battle October 16‚ 2010 Digital Citizenship “What is Digital Citizenship? Why is it important that we understand Digital Citizenship and appropriately practice it?" This year’s theme: Digital Citizenship In order for students to become responsible digital citizens‚ they must: *Understand the ethical‚ cultural‚ and societal issues related to technology *Practice responsible use of technology systems‚ information‚ and software *Develop positive attitudes toward technology applications
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Executive Summary IBM and Accenture are both huge companies and uses five factor DuPont analysis to achieve a return on equity. IBM has a higher return on equity than Accenture‚ and therefore the management are more efficient in generating shareholder value per dollar invested. However both the companies are performing better than the industry average. IBM does also take lesser number of days to convert cash on hand compared to Accenture and industry average. But‚ Accenture is taking more days
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