MIS Case Studies Case 1 SystemX Inc. Withdraws Rs. 1 Billion SoftGuide Acquisition Offer The following is an excerpt from a news article in the Daily Update‚ March 07‚ 2010 “SystemX Inc.‚ called off its acquisition of SoftGuide Knowledge Consultants‚ Friday‚ saying that 1 Billion was too high a price.” (SoftGuide has a considerable market share in Training and Development services and would therefore help SystemX to diversify and expand its range of services to customers.) “Although SystemX officials
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Second Chance through Destruction “The 1967 Detroit riot marked a point in U.S. history at which racial tensions between African Americans and whites reached deadly proportions” (Greene & Gabbidon 195-196). Riots in Detroit have occurred before over issues such as race‚ economics‚ and justice. The first major riot in Detroit was in March 1863‚ caused by a trial of an African American man for rape‚ and was powered by the local press. After that‚ Detroit tried to avoid major civil violence for a long
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Detroit‚ once the New York City of its time‚ nick named the “Motor City” as it contained one of the leading car manufacturing centers of the automobile industry. As a metropolis for the first half of the twentieth century‚ Post World War II‚ Detroit became an economic fortress and focal point in American History. Detroit’s economic stronghold placed the city in a position that was once beneficial. From the surging employment opportunities perpetuated by the booming automotive market to the development
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The city of Detroit is the largest city in th Michigan state. The city is located on an international waterway‚ which is connected with seaports around the world through St. Lawrence seaway. During consequent 60 years‚ the city has experienced impressive achievements followed by unprecedented collapse. In 1950‚ populated by 1‚8 million people‚ city was a sample of highly industrialized world and the center of automobile industry. In mater of decades‚ Detroit went from being the shining star of
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Crime in Detroit For many years Detroit‚ Michigan has been known as the murder capital of the world. Stats show that in 2012 Detroit had the highest rate of violent crimes over any other city in the United States. Crime around the city is not only committed by the residents but also by local police officials and government officials. These are the people that took a vow to serve and protect us. But we have to protect ourselves from them. There has been crimes of racism‚ take for instance in 1992
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Detroit once use to be Americas 5th largest city until the decline. The city of Detroit‚ has gone through a major economic and demographic decline in recent decades. Detroit’s decline began in the late 1950s‚ when the city lost almost a tenth of their population. The population of the city went from 1‚850‚000 in the late 1950s to 701‚000 in 2013. Factors that have influenced the decline of Detroit includes the the automobile industry‚ which suffered from global competition and has moved much of the
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computer doubles every 18 months. Answer: FALSE 2) The fact that the cost of data communications and data storage has essentially come down to zero is an example of Moore’s Law in action. Answer: TRUE 3) The emergence of YouTube could be considered a consequence of Moore’s Law. Answer: TRUE 4) One consequence of Moore’s Law is that routine skills will be internalized by high-value organizations. Answer: FALSE 5) According to the RAND study cited in the text‚ strong nonroutine
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the finished product section. BMC have 420 employees‚ 170000 sq foot industrialized firm‚ and they prepared with “feeds‚ reels‚ electronic detection systems‚ welds‚ drills‚ taps‚ and assemble stampings” (Brown 699). Moreover‚ according to the book of MIS BMC’s assets are growing in last 6 years which means they are going profitable. In the beginning they had an employee lacking because of the high salary with the high skilled employees‚ and they had 3 people in 1994. Thus‚ they decided the major work
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CASE STUDY 1 – Unraveling the Jargon The consultant’s reply was: “In my investigation of your applications portfolios‚ I’ve applied … to the logical data structures and have discovered a very high frequency – approximately 93.286% - of data embedded in application program logic which is largely responsible for the integrity and synchronization problem currently being encountered. As a solution‚ I would recommend the design of a master database each of which would employ relational technology to
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On July 18th‚ 2013‚ Detroit became the largest city ever to declare Chapter 9 bankruptcy. The city sat in $18 million in debt. Over the next couple of months‚ the city’s crime rate rose and many people lost their jobs and left the city of Detroit‚ which hurt the real estate market. Detroit relied on the auto industry‚ which slowly terminated jobs. Forbes reported one out of every 764 homes foreclosed. More than 100‚000 homes and 78‚000 buildings were vacant during this period of time. The price of
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