[pic] “Investing in Africa’s Future” FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION COURSE TITLE: MMS505 HRM & INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS SEMESTER II: EMBA ASSIGNMENT - JANUARY 2012 LECTURER: MUSHONGA A D 1. Case Study: Paula was a secretary who had returned to work for her former employers. She was reckoned to be one of the best: a fast‚ accurate typist‚ intelligent‚ and willing. On her return‚ she acquired a word processing system‚ and was sent on a course. She was enthusiastic
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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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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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Matching Dell Between 1994 and 1998‚ the revenue of Dell Computer Corporation rose from $3.5 billion to $18.2 billion‚ and profits increased from $149 million to $1.5 billion. The company’s stock price rose by 5‚600%. During the same period‚ Dell grew twice as fast as its major rivals in the personal computer market and tripled its market share. In the first half of 1998‚ Dell reported operating earnings that were greater than the personal computer earnings of Compaq‚ Gateway‚ Hewlett Packard
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Matching Dell 1. Perform an Industry analysis on the personal computer industry Substitutes Buyers • Compaq • IBM • HP • Hacer • GateWay • Apple • Large and midsize Business • Government • Small Business • Individual Customers • Educational • Most of them have a strong purchasing power and a easy way to change of supplier in commodity PC product Suppliers Barriers to entry in this Industry • Intel • Microsoft • Others • They have a strong Power • Intel and Microsoft
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Dell Case Memo To: Michael Dell Due to competitors including IBM‚ Compaq‚ and HP attempting to mimic the business model of selling directly to end users‚ Dell must exploit its core competencies to maintain its leadership position in the direct sales channel. In order to understand why cultivation of core competencies is crucial to the future success of Dell in this period of increasing competition‚ we will examine which competencies have led Dell to be successful in the past‚ what the competitive
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Best Practice Models of HRM & Strategy A Coursework (Human Resource Management) Submitted by: Chandrakanta Subedi (Student ID: 5179105) Submitted to: PETER W. LEI Faculty of Management International Business Academy In partial fulfillment of the requirement of Human Resource Management for the Degree of Master of Business Administration‚ Coventry University April 2013 Word counts: 3364 Task: Hypothesis Statement: Best Practice Models of HRM and Strategy are universalistic
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of the Path: HRM Model for Oman Sami A. Khan Sultan Qaboos University‚ Oman The role of human resource management function is at the crossroad‚ and on the one hand it is facing the crisis whereas there also exists an unprecedented opportunity to redefine and refocus the HRM function to leverage its credibility in organization. In Oman‚ HRM is in its infancy and there is a need to strengthen its discourse and learning. The present paper attempts to understand the dynamics of HRM in Oman and evaluates
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DFI 501: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT TIME VALUE OF MONEY Amortizing a Loan An important application of discounting and compounding concepts is in determining the payments required for an installment – type loan. The distinguishing features of this loan is that it is repaid in equal periodic (monthly‚ quarterly‚ semiannually or annually) payments that include both interest and principal. Such arrangements are prevalent in mortgage loans‚ auto loans‚ consumer loans etc. Amortization
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1. Evaluate the attractiveness of the PC industry. In short‚ at the time of the Matching Dell case study the PC industry was essentially in a boom‚ and particularly in the United States. Steady growth and expansion continued from the first waves created in the mid-1970s by firms like Apple‚ and exploded in the 1980s with IBM’s first PC offering. Companies likely envisioned a huge potential for growth due to the fact that PC had become attainable as a household commodity‚ and was almost certainly
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