...approach which they used in management to deliver customer’s specifications of configured PCs. Dell is one of the leading computer manufacturers in the whole world and it has tremendously grown since its incorporation by Michael Dell. Dell currently dwells in an ever changing market with competitors who are challenging the company with unique and new products in the market place. Therefore SWOT analysis will provide a basis for crafting strategy that will take advantage of the company’s resources and at the same time benefiting from the opportunities and defending the company the threats to its successful operations (Michael Dell 2009). Strengths Majorly, the strength of Dell comes because of the Direct Model which is considered as one the greatest assets of the company. The Direct Model gives consumers a chance to customize their laptops since the market is becoming more educated and every individual needs a laptop that will meet their needs especially in terms of performance and portability. Direct Model gives a fast delivery of services to the customers as it allows customers to place their order and receive customised computers within a short period of time therefore making it possible for a customer to directly buy an item from the factory. Dell achieves a great advantage in their well-developed relationship with suppliers and in their inventory...
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...Throughout time mankind has strived to make his life easier. Whether it be through technology, science, or theories of social interaction every generation has made one contribution. From the idea of crop rotation to the cellular telephone mankind has advanced. It can be argued however, that not all of these advancements were beneficial. Many times people are accused of “taking the easy way out”, something that is looked down upon in today’s society. ! Consider, if you will, ancient Grecian Society. With hardly any of the technological or scientific advancements we have today, they were able to produce some of the greatest thinkers of all time. Socrates and Plato still influence modern philosophical thought. In addition, these men were well versed in all disciplines. They were thinkers, mathematicians, writers, scientists, artists and much more. Examine some other great men in history. Leonardo Da Vinci was one of the greatest scientists and also one of the greatest artists of all time, he even invented and drew up early plans for the helicopter. These ancient men, without the technology and ease of life we have today, were able to produce some of the most prolific additions to human knowledge ever. ! Now let us examine some men from our time. Bill Gates, while adding immensely to the pleasures and ease of man’s life, did so only by forcefully destroying many fledgling companies and completely undermining our capitalistic market place. Very very few men in our time...
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...How technology is changing today’s classrooms Technology is enabling multi-modal teaching, changing curricula and spawning rich forms of online research and collaboration. Nearly 60% of survey respondents say that professors will soon teach in more than one medium. When asked to compare different communications technologies, 52% of survey respondents state that online collaboration tools would make the greatest contribution in terms of improving educational quality over the next five years—the top response—while 48% point to the dynamic delivery of content and software that supports individually paced learning. Sophisticated learning-management systems and enhanced video and presentation tools are among other innovations that respondents say are likely to have a profound effect on the academic experience. It is interesting to note that despite the growing array of technology-enabled teaching tools available, nearly three-quarters of participants say that the greatest potential benefit of technology is something far more straightforward—namely, the expanded access to educational and reference resources that it provides. According to the survey results, online-collaboration tools, software that supports individually paced learning and learning-management systems are among the communications technologies most expected to improve academics over the next five years. Web 2.0 technologies such as wikis, instant messaging and social networking—which have been influential in improving...
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...Keith Vaughn CPSC110 Thomas 6/13/2013 Ethics and Technology The rapid advancement of technology greatly affects how we live. Literally speaking, we are now in the age where everything moves at our fingertips. From gadgets, to internet, agriculture and almost every aspect of our lives technology is confronting us affecting our decisions, affecting even the way how we interact with one another. The days when letters are delivered through postal mail are almost over; the day when communications will take many days to be completed is vanishing; now we are bringing our plants into the laboratory in the hope to cultivate a better species. No matter how we see it, technology now dictates the pace of our lives, and we must adopt and move fast in order not to be left behind. Several questions however remains, does technology influence us so much that it even affects even the core of our humanity? Does technology also dictate our values, morals and ethics? Accompanied by these questions is the responsibility for us to make decisions within the boundary of our ethical standards to negate the negative impacts brought about by the onset of the technological race. While the word ethics has been seen and defined across the centuries, there still is no uniform definition that will describe the word perfectly. In the “Studies of Christian Ethics Syllabus”, Tardo defines ethics as a set of personal values and principles that separate what is viewed as right or wrong and that guide every...
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...Crafting & Executing Strategy MGMT – 702-101 Nucor Case Study Instructor: James Farmer By, Arulraj Rajaram – 300729443 Strategic Management Date: 29th July, 2013 Page |2 1) Rolled steel is a commoditized product. Commoditized products are extremely difficult to differentiate and distinguish (in terms of marketing and sales methods) from your competitor’s products. Name and explain at least three strategies that Nucor Corporation has employed to differentiate its products and services, from its competitors. A) Nucor Corporation has employed various strategies to differentiate its products and services, from its competitors over the years. They have differentiated their products and services so well that they offer steel users with a wide range of steel products. The three strategies that Nucor has employed are: Low Cost of Production Strategy: Nucor constantly worked on attaining low cost of production by improving their production efficiency. Nucor constantly made investments in modernization of their plants, and new technology in the production of steel. They adopted automated technology that helped in fewer requirements of employees to operate. Thereby, increasing the productivity of labor and decreasing the cost. Nucor also employed electric arc furnaces and fewer production steps which lead to low energy costs. Also, the management system of Nucor was designed in a way that led to increased innovation by the employees and quick decision making. All these practices...
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...2.2 Weaknesses I. Low Brand Recognition and Brand Power (Late Entrant) In automobile industry, brand image signifies an important entry barrier. Which would also affects in many aspects, such as price of car and target consumers. Moreover, Hyundai Motors still low brand recognition as compared to other larger firms which causes the firm harder in grabbing a wide range of buyers. As the low brand recognition, price depreciation rate is very high in comparison to Toyota or Honda. Therefore, it limits new car buyers from buying Hyundai. II. Technological Advancement Investors that invest in Hyundai are favored toward increasing the market share and larger advertisement schemes, instead of creating drastic technological advancement. Hyundai is still a runner-up in the area where all the rivals begun to produce Hybrid vehicles. As a result, Hyundai could not compete in some areas of the market where technological advancement is critical. III. Small Pool of Previous Buyers Most consumers do research before purchasing an automobile. The feedbacks from previous buyers can be a decisive factor for many consumers. Nonetheless, Hyundai does not have a huge pool of previous buyers to provide feedback, thus many careful consumers hesitate to buy Hyundai. IV. Product recalls Over the past few years before 2012, Hyundai recalled more than 300,000 cars in over sea market to fix manufacturing and design defects. Product recalls negatively impact Hyundai’s reputation....
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...of the available tech related to that field is needed to be an industry leader. This may not seem like an overly difficult task, but the fact of the matter is that technology is constantly changing and advancing, at a speed that is increasing exponentially. These advancements bring about changes in the field itself that are generally positive in the sense that tasks become easier allow for more time efficiency, but it is nearly impossible to keep up. Sport management is a field that has evolved to become fairly dependent on technology. In order to gain a better understanding on what it takes to become a successful sport manager we can study the technology involved in the field by answering the question of how exactly has the rapid advancement in technology changed the world of sport management and the way sport managers operate. One of, if not the most fundamental aspect of any business or organisation is communication. Whether it be communication between co-workers, other organisations, or customers, effective communication is vital to success. In a short as time as the last decade the way people communicate has changed vastly due to technological advances and are expected to continue to change. The advancement yielding the most profound effects on how people communicate is the invention of the internet, and with it electronic mail (e-mail) and instant MANAGING TECHNOLOGY 3 messaging (IM). E-mail has more or less...
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...How has Technology Forged the World of Athletics? The world of athletics is defined by the technology used to elevate the human body beyond its current limitations. Having natural ability, skill or dedication are foremost needed by athletes, but in the growing world of athletics, it is hard to stand out without the help of the new inventions being engineered every day. Whether it be during training, competition, or in between the greatest athletes of our time need an edge to stand out above the rest, what gets them there, is technology. To understand how impactful it truly is, you must look at the history of the technology, every individual component of today’s sporting advancements, and what the future holds for the athletes of this time....
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...LXXX BXXXXXXXX EN 1320 Composition I 05/04/14 Has Society Benefited from the Rapid Advancement of Technology? Technology has interwoven itself so deeply into our everyday lives that it would be hard to imagine life without it. Militaries around the world have benefited from the advances of technology, especially Hitler’s Armies during World War II. Hitler’s scientists created the rocket with the intention of firing missiles at the U.S.; now rockets can also be used to launch space shuttles into orbit. There have also been many technological achievements in the field of medicine over the last century; from creating vaccines for potentially deadly diseases like small pox and polio to successfully performing the first open heart surgery. Advances like these eventually lead to robots and machines playing a bigger part in operating rooms around the world. Some of the biggest advances in technology have probably involved things in our personal lives like smart phones, computers, social media, and HDTVs. Technology’s rapid progression, especially in medicine, military, and even in our personal lives over the past 100 years has greatly benefited our society. Do wars drive technological advancement? According to an article by a journalist named Jonathan Strickland, it does and, unfortunately, I couldn’t agree more. Strickland goes on to state, “In general, wars tend to accelerate technological development to adapt tools for the purpose of solving specific military needs. Later...
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...who really cared about what I was up to last weekend? With the constant reformation of technology, we are constantly adapting and adopting these, once crazy, inventions into our every day lives. If we look at entertainment and cinema over the last 80 some-od years we can see the vast improvements in the quality and reality of the scenes and its all thanks to advancements in technology. Just take the original King Kong from the 1930’s and the remake of the same movie in 2005. Even though a giant gorilla is roaming the streets, the remake is more lifelike and the scenes are more believable. Then adding the advancement of 3D technology brought movies and TV to a whole new level with movies like Avitar. The advancement in technology is even in everyday medicine. Because of technology we can more accurately diagnose and treat certain forms of cancer and more easily narrow down diseases while improving a persons health with tailored forms of drugs and treatments. Now they can grow new cells for your heart, personalize your drugs and send a nurse to your house virtually. The healthcare industry has seen one the greatest benefits of technology because of what it can do for medical professionals and their patients. Gerald Thurman [Computing/Math Instructor at Scottsdale...
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...share of GDP in the absence of new policies to address trends in this sector rising from the current average level of 6-7 % of GDP to around 10% (OECD 2006). That estimate includes the consideration that as people live longer, they also remain in good health for longer. Even including cost containment measures, results have shown that public spending on health care are expected to see large increases, and in less wealthy countries, those increases could be dramatic. The dynamic of these changes has been characterized by large differences across countries, leading to a geographical diversity in the 35 countries regarding the level of spending. For example, in 2004, data calculated in US dollars showed that the US, averaging ($6037), had greatest health care spending per capita, followed by Switzerland ($4045), Norway ($4103), and Germany ($3169), however, while other countries contributed less to health care, such as Turkey ($562) and Mexico ($655) (Baltagi & Moscone 2010). The data used in this study did end in 2004, after some countries passed reforms to limit the increase of health expenditure as a percentage of GDP, but costs have been on the upward trajectory and increased in the share of GDP in most countries, such as in the United States. The results above are focused on per capita spending levels but as there are two measures of GDP spending, both per capita and percent share of GDP, they should both be examined as dependent variables. While many studies do not examine...
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...Ethical Issues in Information System Sebron Fleming Strayer University CIS109 – Introduction to Management Information Systems November 22, 2015 Professor Jean-Robert Bokino Abstract Most would agree that the advancement of computer technology has greatly enhanced the lives of many in today's society; however, with these advancements some pitfalls have come into play that diminish these advancements. The greatest threat to the achievements that have been made is that the criminal element has found ways to intrude. One of the manners into which these intrusions have occurred is the criminal invasion of privacy and an attempt to attack the individual's identity. In many cases, these cyber attacks by criminals has caused a lose of consumer confidence and has forced internet users and consumers to carefully consider ways in which to protect themselves. The advancement of computer technology has allowed us to more easily and quickly accomplish those task that was at one time time consuming and both routine and exhaustive. We are now enabled to shop online via e-commerce and are afforded the ability to pay bills and even do our banking and pay taxes online. “New computer technologies for gathering, storing, manipulating, and communicating data are revolutionizing the use and spread of information. Along the way, they are also creating ethical dilemmas...forcing people to confront entirely new rights and responsibilities in their use of information and to reconsider standards...
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...Malaysian Airlines: A Business Turnover Name: Course: Instructor: Date: Malaysian Airlines: A Business Turnover Summary Malaysia Airlines ranks among the top government-run agencies in Malaysia. The organization is the national carrier for the country flying to over 100 destinations in six continents across the world. It is based at the Kuala Lampur International Airport where its core operations are run, and recent statistics indicate that it has the strongest influence in East and south Asia regions. However, it is also important to note that its influence is also growing in Europe and Australia, which technocrats believe to be the growing influence in the kangaroo routes leading to Australia and the pacific (Alamdari & Fagan, 2005). The organization has undergone tremendous changes to position itself strategically in the rapidly changing world of air transport. With the increased competition ranging from the swiftly growing carriers including the Emirates, Qatar airways and Etihad airways, and the low cost competitors such as Air Asia and Jetstar to the well-established carriers such as Cathy Pacific and Singapore airlines, the organizations have enacted strategic changes to position itself on the global air transport market. The wakeup call came in 2005 when the airline experienced its worst experience. The Malaysia Airline System achieved success in two years and braced the impact of the financial meltdown that rocked the world at around...
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...TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY Technology is a very powerful force in our world today. It helps us to produce more food than before, constructing building and houses are faster by modern tools, effective in communication with better signal and wider covered areas, travel to anywhere in the world and so on. Human would have a wonderful world if technologies do not frequently have negative side effects. However, just because technology is indispensable in solving problems and brings human to a better future, societies have decided not to abandon technology but to develop, shape and take it to the right direction. Thus, there is always a relationship between technology and society. Technology is an object created by man to assist in achieving some goal. "A technology is a body of human knowledge that can be passed along from one place to another and from one generation to the next" (Web). Technology is the human seek for solutions and the human process of applying resources to satisfy our wants and needs to survive, and subsequently this process is used by society to solve problems and extend our capabilities . Nowadays, technology is everywhere around us and it is seem to be invisible because it is so user friendly and even people using it may not realize that. "Technology has changed the world and the ways of society. Many inventions, discoveries and developments of technique have influenced society" . The influenced society issues are examined from the...
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...Im Improvements in Medicine HIS220 Mike Watson Mrs. Debra Chittur 10/6/2014 Anesthesiology was one of the greatest changes from the nineteenth century. Before anesthesiology was introduced, surgery was horribly gruesome and extremely painful to go through. The first documented general anesthetic was performed by Crawford W. Long in 1842; however Mr. Long did not publish the success of Ether. The first public demonstration of general anesthesia was in 1846 by a Boston dentist named William T.G. Morton at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Cell theory was also conceptualized because back in the nineteenth century you had people that could survive surgery only to pass on from infection a few weeks later and doctors could not explain or figure out why until a man by the name Louis Pasteur a chemist from France first demonstrated that there are microorganisms everywhere. What doctors and hospital staff was able to do with this information was to create chemicals that attacked certain microorganisms and wash their hands in it before surgery and vent it through the surgery room to kill in airborne pathogens. To this very day we still use the improvements in medicine ‘pasteurization’. There is always going to be advances in medicine for the future, and looking into some of the future advancements in medicine. Real-time diagnostics should be in the focus for the next few years. The intelligent surgical knife (iKnife) was developed by Zoltan Takats of Imperial College London...
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