IBM Business Consulting Services IBM Strategy and Change Services — Operations Strategy Helping clients with critical business issues Clients look to Operations Strategy for help with these critical business issues: • Cost efficiency and performance improvement • Focus on company’s core business • Increasing shareholder value • Continuous process improvement • Maintaining competitive edge • Improving customer service quality Drawing on the strength of the full Highlights strategy and change
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PREVENTION AND DETECTION OF FRAUD. The primary responsibility for fraud detection lies with management. This arises due to a contractual duty of care. Directors are able to discharge their duty toward prevention and detection of fraud and error in many ways‚ for example: * Complying with the Combined Code on Corporate Governance * Developing a code of conduct‚ monitoring compliance and taking action against breaches * Emphasising a strong commitment to fraud prevention. This involves
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Introduction Occupational fraud is said to be that fraud perpetrated by an employee of an organization against his organization. According to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE)‚ “occupational fraud is the use of one’s occupation for personal enrichment through the deliberate misuse or misapplication of the employing organization’s resources or assets.” (ACFE‚ 2006). These perpetrators use deceit and or trickery to misuse and or steal the resources of the organization for their
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IBM as a multinational corporation Write about a multinational corporation (MNC) of your choice. Q1. How international is that company? International Business Machines‚ IBM‚ is a multinational computer‚ technology and IT consulting corporation headquartered in New York‚ United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software (with a focus on the latter)‚ and offers infrastructure services‚ hosting services‚ and consulting services in areas ranging from mainframe computers to nanotechnology
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market. Opportunities The major opportunities for IBM come with the frequent changes in technology. In a technologically driven society‚ new products are launched frequently. These open new markets for the corporation to develop and thus increase revenues. As it has huge strength in its innovation and development the opportunity is rife for IBM to enter these markets. Threats The main threats to IBM are its competitors and the industry IBM is in. As with the growth of any industry‚ the competition
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approach of detecting fraud is anonymous tips and complaints. An organization like business entity should guide employees to provide useful information and to provide various ways and methods for individuals to contribute such kind of information. On the other hand‚ when the organization received the information provided‚ it should have an effective and efficient way to collect and process these complaints‚ dissatisfaction and information. 2. One of the important thing in fraud investigation is timing
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IBM Case Study 1. What factors led to IBM’s success during the 1960s and 1970s and its problems during the late 1980s and early 1990s? Watson Jr. hit a home run when he invested $5 billion to develop the System/360 computer family‚ which utilized an integrated semiconductor chip and modular components. Taking full advantage of this innovative momentum‚ IBM debuted other products during that time which enabled the company to rise to the top of the IT industry. These products included hard and floppy
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John Patrick/IBM Apr 12‚ 2002 Share on facebookShare on twitterShare on emailShare on pinterest_shareMore Sharing Services As IBM’s chief Internet technology officer‚ John Patrick leads the company’s efforts in conceiving and developing the next generation of Internet products and processes. Beyond his official job description‚ however‚ Mr. Patrick is considered by many to be IBM’s Internet visionary‚ or dreamer: Business 2.0 has named him one of the industry’s most intriguing minds
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SUBMITTED BY: SWATI AGARWAL ROLL NO-01 PGDB-IB STRATEGY CASE STUDY: IBM Q1. Outline the relevant trends in IBM"s external environment which could have prompted its then CEO to consider long term changes in IBM’s business portfolio. Ans.) IBM’s CEO Samuel J. Palmisano‚ was considering a change in long term change in business portfolio in terms that instead of just using in-house resources for merely selling and servicing technology‚ they could help big conglomerates
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Parmalat‚ Europe’s Enron of fraud‚ undermined European accounting and reporting standards. The fraud‚ totaling nearly 18 billion euros‚ brought down the Italian dairy giant and ruined investors across the globe. Such a enormous fraud‚ some would assume‚ would need to be highly complex and fully developed in plan as well as execution. However‚ as Parmalat executives began to cooperate in the investigation‚ it was uncovered how rudimentary their fraud was despite the enormity in which it occurred.
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