...Information Technology and the Intranet Sherri Wheeler Keller Graduate School of Management IS535ON JUL10 SECJ Abstract Information Technology has become essential in every organization; it has provided firm and specific value which results in competitive advantage over other firms. Investigations are conducted to deal with specific business issue of technology. A report is prepared on procuring I.T. services from IBM. Companies have the intention of connecting with IBM for I.T services news and information through the Internet. Business services offered by IBM are being studied, and a particular focus is on consulting and information services. Website services and other Application services are also investigated to report on I.T. issues. The strategic results of information technology solution will provide expertise, consultancy which will assist in building competitive advantage. Purpose of the Report: The report aims at obtaining information about I.T. services from the IBM, an information technology and consulting firm. Also, this report will show the benefits of incorporate the intranet for internal and external purposes. A study is conducted on how to access integrated data, acquire knowledge and guidance. Intranet: An intranet is an internal, secured business environment, which uses HTML and TCIP protocols like the Internet, but operates on a LAN (local area network). If the LAN provides access to the Internet, the intranet resides behind a firewall, with...
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...Stock Control Training Glossary I.T. Customer Services Talking Point Franchising Marketing Construction Franchising Finance at McDonald’s Customer Services Apprenticeships McDonald’s is one of only a handful of brands that command instant recognition in virtually every country in the world. It has more than 30,000 restaurants in over 119 countries, serving approximately 50 million people every day. All businesses face challenges on a daily basis. One of the major challenges facing McDonald’s is managing stock. Stock management involves creating a balance between meeting customers’ needs whilst at the same time minimising waste. Glossary I.T. Waste is reduced by: 1. Accurate forecasting of demand so that products do not have to be thrown away as often. 2. Accurate stock control of raw materials. Marketing Introduction Construction Education Stock Control Marketing Franchising Construction Marketing Construction Franchising Marketing Finance Finance Training Glossary Finance Training Glossary Training I.T. Franchising I.T. Marketing Customer Services Construction Talking Point Apprenticeships Stock Control Franchising Education Stock Control Customer Services Franchising Talking Point Stock Control Marketing Apprenticeships Construction Franchising Marketing Glossary I.T. Stock Control Construction Finance Training Recruitment & Training Glossary I.T. Training Glossary Apprenticeships ...
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...Recruitment & Training at McDonald’s Stock Control Careers Training Glossary I.T. Customer Services Talking Point Franchising Training Marketing Construction Glossary Recruitment I.T. Finance at McDonald’s Education Franchising Training Stock Control Stock Control Customer Services Finance Finance Education Customer Services Education Customer Services As the biggest family restaurant business in the world, McDonald’s vision is to provide the best family restaurant experience – by far. To achieve this, we put people at the Customer Services centre of everything we do, and that goes for our employees as much as our customers. Marketing McDonald’s recognise that people do well when they feel Customer Services Talking Point good in their job, so we go all-out to create the right working Apprenticeships Finance environment for everyone. That’s a lot of people to consider, which is why we strive to provide a variety of rewards and Franchising benefits to suit all kinds of lifestyles. In achieving the best working experience for our people, we aim to provide the Stock Control best restaurant experience for our customers. In working for McDonald’s, employees not only become part Recruitment & Training of one of the largest global brands, but a constantly evolving organisation that offers a culture of flexibility, opportunity, equality and diversity. Reflective of the society and communities in which we operate, we...
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...Software Development 2010 Ethical Issues in Information Technology There are a great variety of ethical issues in I.T.: 1 Ethical dilemmas There are various ethical dilemmas in relation to I.T. that need to be addressed. What are and are not ethical issues in I.T.? In regard to hackers, for example, are they testing the system or performing an immoral action? Will genetic engineering improve the quality of peoples’ lives or start to destroy it? How do we recognise when an ethical dilemma exists? There are, indeed, many grey ethical areas. 2 Plagiarism Plagiarism is where the work of others is copied, but the author presents it as his or her own work. This is a highly unethical practice, but happens quite frequently, and with all the information that is now available on the Internet it is much easier to do and is happening more often. 3 Piracy Piracy, the illegal copying of software, is a very serious problem, and it is estimated that approximately 50% of all programs on PCs are pirated copies. Programmers spend hours and hours designing programs, using elaborate code, and surely need to be protected. Although some might argue that some pirating at least should be permitted as it can help to lead to a more computer literate population. But, for corporations, in particular, this is a very serious issue, and can significantly damage profit margins. 4 Hacking Hackers break into, or ‘hack’ into a system. Hacking can be undertaken for a variety of reasons, such as the wish to damage...
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...Assignment 5: Marketing Strategies MKT 500 – Marketing Management 1. Write an executive summary of your marketing plan. The marketing plan consists of 5C’s, STP and 4P’s. I will elaborate on these points. The 5C’s Consumers: Our customers consist of low to middle income group. Our refurbished products have the most appeal to this group. Because these groups are price sensitive to expensive products such expensive brand new computers, laptops and printers. Company: Our company name is “Silicon Trading.” We trade in the refurbished industry of personal computers and all other I.T. related products. This industry is unique because not only do we sell I.T. products but our service that goes along with our product is critical to sales and retaining customers. Context: Currently there are few competitors in the market right now. However, we expect that in the next ten years competition will increase a lot. Profit margins will get smaller and smaller. Therefore, we at Silicon Trading will concentrate on the regional export market. Because exporting our products in volume has the potential for high profits. If we can establish a first movers advantage in the refurbished export market. Then it will be difficult for our competitors to enter this market because it takes a lot of time to establish close relationships with business partners in export markets. Collaborators: Besides selling our products to individual customers. We also sell to small organizations/businesses as well...
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...rajpaulshiren@gmail.com Question One Yes I agree, CDnow has been through several changes that influenced the business model during its timeline in the case, during the changes the I.T of CDnow was aligned with CDnow business model. L.M Applegate defines a business model as “A business model defines how an organization interacts with its environment to define a unique strategy, attract the resources and build the capabilities required to execute the strategy, and create value for all stakeholders.” (Applegate et al., 2009). Applegate highlights three important areas in a business model that is Strategy, Capability and Value. The business model can simply be considered as how the company makes money. The strategy is what opportunities the company will take, capabilities are how the company will execute the strategy and value is what is returned to the company. To see if the business model of CDnow is aligned with their I.T, the business model will be broken down into strategy, capabilities and value. CDnow is an e-commerce business that sells music products. To sell the music products online, CDnow has to depend on technology for the business to operate and provide value. The diagram below shows CDnow’s timeline. 1994 In 1994 CDnow was launched, it was an online retailer that made used of technology specifically databases to store information that will help the customers’ when purchasing a CD. The strategy of CDnow can be broken down to market positioning, product positioning...
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...Nicholas Johnson ETR 315 Financing New Ventures Professor Gilles Business Valuation Report The Business Valuation report will discuss how these companies compare and which companies are performing. The report will give and in depth analysis for the financial forecasting and the business valuation models. The four companies Alex and Ani, I.T. source, Mastero technologies, and Veteran Corps of America. The first company Alex an Ani cost of capital and the weighted average for the cost of equity and the cost of debt for each corporation. The cost of capital rate should be used as the discount rate for present value (PV) of the free cash flow (FCF) and terminal value (TV) of the business.The business valuation calculation for Alex an Ani show that the company is profitable and estimates for the company include the present value of the free cash flow (FCF) from the 5-year revenue and earnings forecast and the present value of the terminal value (TV) based on the free cash flow (FCF) in the fifth year using the cost of capital. The combination of present values from discounted cash flows and discounted terminal values would represent the total business values for each of the four privately-held corporation.While this valuation was generated considering as many company, industry and location specific details as available, the value presented in this report is an automated estimation of the assets and liabilities. Some events and circumstances that might impact the overall...
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...Executive Summary Walmart is one of the largest retailers in the United States and dominates the discount retailing business. It has historically outperformed and continues to outperform its competitors. To improve slowing growth, Walmart must focus on retaining its strengths in I.T implementation, distribution planning and vendor and store management but implement these skills in growing internationally and including organic products in its merchandise. Analysis Walmart succeeded in the US by selling branded products at a lower cost that other options available to customers. Walmart’s centralized purchasing system allowed it to have better economies of scale than its competition. It is also never too dependent on a single vendor so it maintained its bargaining power. Its logistics set up was also much more efficient with about 80% of all merchandise going through its own distribution system .Also its electronic hook ups to its vendors allowed both Walmart and the vendors to reduce inventory costs and transfer the savings to its customers. Walmart also grew initially by building stores in small rural towns and saturating the market. These locations resulted in lower operating expenses but the towns were not big enough for another store, this effectively created a barrier for competitors to enter these saturated markets. Walmart’s financial performance favors comparably compared to its competitors and by 1993 had achieved an ROE of 33% annually since inception. In the same...
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...Outsourcing is affecting the U.S. economy greatly. Outsourcing is taking away jobs from the American people causing a rise in the unemployment rates. Not only is outsourcing taking away jobs, but it is making it harder to find new jobs. Outsourcing is where an American company will send certain jobs or duties to be done in another country. Outsourcing is also the transfer of the management, and also the day by day execution of an entire business function to an external service provider. It is a company’s practice of paying an employee in a small developing country to perform a function or produce a product that could be made by the paying company. Business jobs that are typically outsourced include information technology, human resources, facilities and real estate management, accounting, Customer support and call center functions, like telemarketing, customer services, market research, manufacturing and engineering. Outsourcing has become one of the fastest growing trends in the business world. There are many reasons that a company would elect to use outsourcing. Among them is the fact that it provides an almost immediate opportunity for savings as well as a noted improvement in quality. The main reason why American companies are doing this is to save money. It’s cheaper to have someone form a developing country do the job because a dollar goes a lot further than in the states. One management problem that is causing outsourcing is that companies are looking for ways to cut...
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...Assume suitable data when is necessary. Q.1. What is Business Engineering? Explain BPR , ERP and I.T Ans->page 20,22 [6] Q.2. Draw and Explain Business model. Ans->page 27,29 [6] [OR] Q.2. Short Note:- Role of Consultants and Vendors. Ans->page 38 [6] Q.3. Explain Integrated model for ERP. Ans->page 10 [6] Q.4. Explain Resource Management And Supply chain Management. Ans->page 7,8 [6] [OR] Q.4. Explain Scope and Benefits of ERP. Ans->page 10,11 [6] Q.5. Guidelines for ERP implementations. Ans->page 49 [6] [OR] Q.5. Describe Implementation of the ERP package Ans->page 46 [6] Shree Swaminarayan Shikshan Sanskar Cheritable Trust K. P. Thakkar Swa. Krishnajivandas Institute of Technology Hansalpur-Sokli Road, Ta. Viramgam, Dist. Ahmedabad G.T.U. Mid Semester Exam Subject : ERP Date : /04/2012 Subject Code : Time : 1:30 hour Total Marks : 30 Instructions : (1) Questions no 1 is Compulsory. (2) Programmable Calculator & Cell Phone are strictly prohibited in Examination Hall. (3) Assume suitable data when is necessary. Q.1. Explain General model for ERP. Ans->page 5 [6] Q.2. Explain Supply chain Management. No [6] [OR] Q.2. Explain Scope and Benefits of ERP. No [6] Q.3. What is B.E ? How can we...
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...Introduction During the last decade, the I.T. Security industry has struggled to keep up with the new trends and developments caused by the growing importance of Information Technology and e-Business. BIS (2004) describes e-Business as a specific way of doing business utilising electronic media such as the Internet. Jelassi and Enders (2005: p.4) on the other hand, define e-Business as “the use of networked information technologies to conduct an organisation's business internally and/or externally. Internal business activities include the linking of an organisation's business units and employees with each other through an intranet to improve information sharing, facilitate knowledge dissemination, and support management reporting. With an external...
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...------------------------------------------------- Risk Management – Sector I Risk Management Plan Introduction Version 1.2.0 Designed by: Defense Logistics Information Systems Designers: Matthew Gugumuck Michael Mawyer Daryl Giggetts | Overview | * The goal of the Risk Management plan is to design and execute the implementation of various security policies and different counter-measures in the event of any type of risk, threat, and/or vulnerabilities against the organizations daily operations and sensitive information. By combining both hardware devices and software applications will boost the effectiveness of security and preventing unauthorized access and effectively repulsing attacks. | Authority/Ownership | * Any information and sensitive contents contained in this document has been planned and developed by DLA Logistics Information Service and in which is the rightful owner of this document. All materials contained within this document is considered CLASSIFIED and is also copyrighted by DLA Logistics Information Service (DLIS). Any wrongful use of such material and/or reference to this document without the rightful expressed and written consent of the owner(s) may result in criminal prosecution. | Sections contained in DLIS Risk Management Plan | * Risk Management Overview * Planning and Implementation of Risk Management * Key Personnel Roles * Risk Assessment Plan * System Analysis and Characterization ...
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...INTRO: Not many training breakthroughs attract attention unless they produce unbelievable results. Wouldn’t you all agree?? Well I’m here to tell you that Interval Training is one of those methods. Today I will talk about what IT is, some of the great benefits and finally, how to get started, in hopes that you will want to try IT as part of your fitness plan and healthy lifestyle or at least arouse your curiosity about this training method. TOPIC 1: What is Interval Training? Interval training has been shown to be THE most effective cardiovascular training method for improving cardiovascular endurance, sport-specific performance, boosting metabolic rate, and best of all, burning fat! It is a form of cardio-respiratory Training involving a combination of high intensity work and low intensity work OR rest in repeated successions. In other words, a high intensity activity is followed by a low intensity one, or by rest, allowing the body to recover its energy systems faster for the next high intensity activity. This also allows the body to…. TOPIC 2: Benefits of Interval Training Interval training is awesome for fat burning and aerobic conditioning but let’s have a look at 3 more benefits and reasons to use interval training for your cardio workouts. (1) IT Has a wide variety of programs and methods. Because of its versatility, IT offers 1000s of different program variations. This is especially great for those looking for variety and change. Almost all aerobic exercises...
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...Nicholas Carr, then editor of the Harvard Business Review in which he argued that the days when IT offered strategic advantage are long since gone and that managers therefore should undertake a different approach to IT. The paper, obviously, became notorious in the IS community. On December 3, 2003, the Southern California Chapter of the Society for Information Management, at its regular meeting invited three of its members with long experience as chief information officers to debate the issue. The title of the meeting was: "I.T. Doesn't Matter or Does It? How to Improve the Value and Perception of I.T.” The three debaters were assigned a position to argue: favorable to Carr (Laskey), neutral (DeJarnett), and unfavorable to Carr (Trainor). Edited versions of their remarks are presented below. Keywords: value of IT, perception of IT, role of IT, Nicholas Carr, I.T. Doesn’t Matter, IT Does Matter, contrarian point-of-view, strategic advantage, vanishing advantage of I.T., ubiquity, management of technology I. MAKING SENSE OF THE IT DOESN'T MATTER DEBATE by Robert Laskey INTRODUCTION Perhaps too much has been written about the debate surrounding Nicholas Carr's [2003] article, IT Doesn't Matter, in the Harvard Business Review. In lieu of a debate, what management needs now are some answers on how to...
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...|TeRm PaPeR for Oops … | | | |Topic:-Fee Structure Of a University | | | |03/12/2009 | |Submitted to:- Ms .Jagriti sharma | |Submitted by :Hitesh Arora | |RD-1801A21 | |Reg.no-10800783 | Contents for synopsis:- 1.Introduction 2. TOOLS / PLATFORMS & LANGUAGE 3. OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT 4. INPUT TO THE PROJECT 5. OUTPUT OF THE PROJECT 6. DATABASE DESIGN 7. DATA FLOW DIAGRAMS 8. SCOPE OF FUTURE APPLICATION 9.SOURCE CODE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT It acknowledges all the contributors involved in the preparation of this project. Including me, there is a hand of my teachers, some books and internet. I express most gratitude to my subject teacher, who guided me in the right direction. The guidelines provided by her helped me a lot in...
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