...UNIVERSITY OF CAPECOAST COLLEGE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION (CoDE) MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS GROUP ASSIGNMENT GROUP MEMBERS: 1. CLEMENT NGISSAH SB/DMK/14/0008 2. JOSHUA ACKAH SB/DMK/14/0007 3. ELIZABETH BAAPA BUAH SB/DMK/14/0012 4. EZEKIEL ARTHUR MENDS SB/DMK/14/0002 5. NATHANIEL DUAH ADJEI SB/DMK/14/0003 6. FREDRICK A. ASIEDU SB/DMK/14/0010 CASE STUDY MONITORING EMPLOYEES ON NETWORKS: UNETHICAL OR GOOD BUSINESS?. LAUDEN & LAUDEN (2014), PAGE 296-7 Question 1. Should managers monitor employee e-mail and internet usage? Why or Why not? Employee email and Internet usage monitoring in the workplace may put employers and employees in conflict because both sides are trying to protect personal interests. Employees want to maintain their personal privacy while employers want to ensure company resources are not misused. Employers monitor Internet use in the workplace to protect their companies from legal problems that could arise if employees use company computers for inappropriate or illegal online activities, such as racist, sexually explicit or other potentially offensive materials accessed or traded by their employees which could result in adverse publicity. They are also concerned about a decline in productivity as some workers use the Internet to handle personal activities such as checking personal email, responding to instant messages or sneaking in...
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...that they want to help Africa achieve in fifteen years. Their focus on Africa will: help improve the way of life for many families. The Gates have come up with many ways to help Africa, one goal is for everyone's health to improve in the years to come. The Gates feel that if they get the chance to vaccinate everyone then they can wipe out some diseases. Also, they believe that in the next fifteen years Africa will be able to feed itself without help from other countries when they improve farming with more variety. Bill and Melinda Gates would also like mobile banking to become more popular in Africa to improve the lives of poor families. Another step to improving Africa is through education. If Africa has better software education will become common. The most important aspect while improving Africa is focusing on making mobile banking accessible for everyone to use....
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...Major New IT & Mobile Player in the 4G LTE Era............................ 07 October 2015 ii 1 ProQuest Document 1 sur 1 The Huawei Report 2013-2023 - The Major New IT &Mobile Player in the 4G LTE Era Lien de document ProQuest Résumé: The report provides an analytical overview with detailed market projections and analysis of the market share, the competitors, and the commercial drivers and restraints.- Global Huawei revenue forecasts 20132023- Global Huawei 4G revenue forecasts 2013-2023- Global Huawei Infrastructure spending forecasts 20132023- Global Huawei mobile device shipment forecasts 2013-2023- Stay ahead with the prospects for each of the global Huawei sectors with revenue share forecasts from 2013-2023- Telecoms sector- Device businessEnterprise business- Cloud services- Keep informed about the potential for each of the global Huawei submarkets with shipments forecasts from 2013-2023- Feature Phones- Smartphones- Tablets- View a detailed breakdown and analysis of Huawei's regional revenue forecasts from 2013-2023- North America- Asia PacificEurope- Latin America- Middle East &Africa- Examine detailed breakdown and analysis of Huawei's regional 4G revenue forecasts from 2013-2023- North America- Asia Pacific- Europe- Latin America- Middle East &AfricaDiscover detailed breakdown and analysis of Huawei's regional mobile device shipment forecasts from 20132023- North America- Asia Pacific- Europe- Latin America- Middle East &Africa- Study the revealing...
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...Export Department Country Analysis Report for International Expansion Market Analysis for: Brazil, China, Russia, South Africa, and United Arab Emirates ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Contents 1. Foreword 2. Evaluation Criteria 3. Country Analysis – Demand Factor: Population 4. Country Analysis – Demand Factor: Number of Subscriptions and Percentage 5. Country Analysis – Demand Factor: GDP per Capita and Growth Prospective. 6. Country Analysis – Cost Factors 7. Country Analysis – Sociopolitical Factors 8. Conclusion - Best Country for Potential Entry 9. References ------------------------------------------------- 1. Foreword Hydis Electronics currently has the highest market share of mobile phones in South Korea. We have been focusing heavily to reach the status of market leader in our domestic market, but the Korean market for mobile phones has reached a plateau and our growth has been slow during the past few quarters. As such, we should now focus our strategies on expanding to foreign markets as a new engine for our company's growth. Possible candidate countries for entry were Brazil, China, Russia, South Africa, and United Arab Emirates (UAE). The goal was to figure out which country would have the highest potential profit as well as future growth for our company while having low risk involved. Upon careful analysis of the economic...
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...2008 MOBILE LEARNING: AN APPLICATION OF MOBILE AND WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES IN NIGERIAN LEARNING SYSTEM. Boyinbode O. K. and Akinyede R. O. Department of Computer Science, Federal University of Technology Akure, Nigeria Abstract Mobile learning (M-Learning) is the point where mobile computing and e-learning intersect to produce an anytime, anywhere learning experiences. Advances in mobile technologies have enhanced M-learning tools at just the right moment to meet the need for more costeffective just in time training options-learning on the go. Electronic Learning offer methods, which decrease the limitations of traditional education but M-learning offers more. This paper discusses the existing devices and technologies appropriate to realize Mobile learning, its advantages over e-learning, and challenges to its adoption of in Nigeria. Keywords: e-Learning, m-learning, mobile computing, SMS, MMS disadvantages lead to search for new and more effective educational methods. E-learning offers new methods for education based on computer internet technology. Mlearning is the intersection of mobile computing and elearning [5]; M-learning has the ability to learn everywhere at every time without permanent physical connection to cable networks. Mobile and Wireless technologies are being used in diverse areas such as travel, education, stock trading, military, package delivery, disaster recovery, and medical emergency care; but emphasis in this paper will be on mobile learning. Mobile and...
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...Mobile Wallets Alternative to savings accounts ? September 2012 Mobile phones can do almost anything these days "I'm amazed at all the cool stuff I can do with my new phone. Yesterday I sent a photo to my mom, bought some music, watched a movie, trimmed my sideburns and neutered my cat!" Mobile Wallets FINAL.pptx 1 How many of you have received SMS alerts from your bank on your phone? How many of you have a smart feature phone? How many of you have a mobile banking application installed on your phone? How many on you are aware of USSD based mobile services? How many of you have transferred money using mobile banking? Mobile Wallets FINAL.pptx 2 Huge untapped potential for MFS in India Fundamental drivers for adoption of mobile payments in place Transactions on mobile channel remain small '000 cr % of HHs earning > INR 1.5 lac pa % of popln b/w 20-50 yrs of age 150.1 7,100 7,077.5 1 % 54 44 72 46 % 100 0 100 Younger 50 Richer Demographic 0 FY 12 2 High Mobile Penetration # / 100 200 100 0 201 202 2 0 119 150 83 # of subscribers per 100 pop 201 202 2 0 100 83.4 3 Prevalence of Paper Payments % of txns 100 50 0 46 54 50 83 17 e-payments paper payments 1.8 0 NEF T POS (credit & debit) ECS (Debit) Mobile Source: RBI Data, Euromonitor , EIU, BCG Payments Model Mobile Wallets FINAL.pptx 201 202 2 0 3 One reason : lack of consumer awareness Penetration far lower than other payment...
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...application of management theory to a work environment and organisation. Focus will be on: * Strategic Planning * Organising * Leadership * Controls Vodacom Group LTD will be focussed on in the assignment. Overview & Introduction Vodacom is a leading African mobile communications company providing a wide range of services including mobile voice, messaging, data and converged services to more than 60 million customers. The Vodacom brand was born in 1993, when few people had yet heard of cell phones, kicking-off with clarity of vision that it continues to sustain. From their roots in South Africa, they’ve grown their mobile operations to include networks in Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique, and Lesotho. Vodacom has more than 7000 employees. Vodacom also offer business managed services to enterprises in various countries across Africa. Vodacom is majority owned by Vodafone, one of the world’s largest mobile communications companies by revenue. Vodacom is listed on the JSE Limited and their head office is based in Johannesburg, South Africa. My role in Vodacom Vodacom is structured into various departments, which include network management where I worked as a RAN specialist. Network management is the operation, administration, maintenance, and provisioning of networked...
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...MOBILE MONEY-TRANSFERS SCHEME “M-PESA” AND ITS IMPACTS IN KENYA AND AFRICA AS A WHOLE. As the developed world begins to rebuild the recently collapsed global financial system, the financial architecture in parts of the developing world is being rapidly transformed. As the costs of mobile phone technology have fallen, and as the technology has been adapted to support financial services, mobile banking innovations have begun to spread across and within poor countries. The low cost, and the widespread unmet demand for financial services, as captured by low rates of bank access, means that mobile banking has the potential to reach remote corners of the socio‐economic, as well as geographic, spectrum. ‘Think of the developing world, and the first thing that springs to mind probably isn't cutting edge technology’, Mobile phone technology has reduced communication costs in many parts of the developing world from prohibitive levels to amounts that are, in comparison, virtually trivial. Nowhere has this transformation been as acute as in sub-Saharan Africa, where networks of both fixed line communication and physical transportation infrastructure are often inadequate, unreliable, and dilapidated. While mobile phone calling rates remain high by world standards, the technology has allowed millions of Africans to leap‐frog the land‐line en route to 21st century connectivity. ‘The success of the technology lies in necessity’, (Seema Desai), Early on in this revolution, cell phone users...
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...as sub Saharan Africa have very limited access to mains electricity, the internet and other technologies. Much of South East Asia is also ‘switched off’. However within countries there is a large variation in level of development. Rural areas are typically far more disconnected and access to technology is very limited. In cities, especially Capitals and larger cities, for example Lagos in Nigeria have widespread technological access. Figure 1 – Energy consumption per person, by country, 2009 Figure 1 – Energy consumption per person, by country, 2009 Sub-Saharan Africa is the most ‘switched off’ region in the world with less than 2% of the population with internet access and widespread ‘low human development’ ranking in over 25 African countries. The vast majority of sub Saharan Africans fall under the lowest two categories of energy consumption, this means they use less than 9 btu a year. This compares with an average of 313 million btu/yr in the USA. (See Figure 1) However some technology is prevalent; mobile telephone technology is on the rise, mobile devices are increasingly popular in Africa, with many people owning their own phones despite not having electricity access in their homes. This has had a knock on effect with many mobile phone charging businesses starting. Africa has ‘leapfrogged’ the landline telephone stage of telecommunications technology and mobile phones are widely used. However not all African countries are disconnected. South Africa for example ranks...
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...Telecommunications involves an exchange of information, over a long distance, by means of electronic methods. (Rouse, 2007) In South Africa, there are three distinct forms of telecommunications, namely fixed landlines, mobile networks and broadband communication. This network industry, known as telecommunications, is an industry in which high initial fixed costs and exhibiting increasing returns to scale are presented. (Theron & Boshoff, 2006; p.2). In this industry, as network effects are realized, the average cost may decline over a long period. The high initial capital costs will be recovered over a period of time. (Theron & Boshoff, 2006; p.2) In this essay, these three forms of telecommunications will be discussed in depth, in accordance to their market structures, their nature of competition, their pricing and lastly their strategic decision making. The first part of the telecommunication industry is fixed landlines. The fixed landline in South Africa is Telkom. Telkom is seen as a pure monopolist business, because their market structure only exists of a single seller, which means the market for their goods and services is dominated by themselves. The demand for their goods and services in the entire markets is the demand for the firms individual output. In this case, Telkom is the firm supplying fixed landline services to all the consumers of South Africa. Telkom has no competitors or close substitutes, and is seen as the sole provider in the whole country. Telkom has a blocked...
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...1 Innovation in Africa: A View from the Peaks and Hilltops of a Spiky Continent* By David A. Wernick, Florida International University College of Business *From the forthcoming book Innovation in Emerging Markets, edited by J. Haar and R. Ernst (Palgrave, 2016). Please do not circulate or quote without consent of author. ABSTRACT: There is growing interest among scholars and practitioners in African innovation. Some contend that the continent's recent economic boom is largely a homegrown phenomenon, driven primarily by indigenous entrepreneurs developing local content for continental consumers. But is this true? To what extent is Africa's impressive economic performance in recent years the result of internal dynamics and which actors and institutions are most responsible? This chapter examines the state of innovation across the African continent, with a particular focus on sub-Saharan Africa. The authors identify key facilitators of innovation in the private, public, and non-profit sectors, as well as obstacles to the continent’s continuing innovation-led economic expansion. I. Introduction In a widely read 2005 article in the Atlantic Monthly, author Richard Florida argued that with respect to innovation, the world is anything but flat. Given the way that creative talent, technical expertise, and financial capital tend to cluster in a handful of hubs or “peaks” around the world – places such as New York, San Francisco, London, Berlin, and Tokyo – the world’s...
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...jnyabiage@ke.nationmedia.com Posted Monday, November 8 2010 at 16:00 In Summary * Equity financiers scout for buyouts in Kenya as mobile and internet spur innovation Kenya’s tech environment is bustling with innovations driven by mobile telephony and strong entrepreneurial spirit, but access to capital remains a major constraint. This has created a magnet of venture capitalists in Kenya seeking to fund tech startups. Venture Capitalists are investors who scout for promising startups and small businesses with potential for huge profits. Venture Capital funds make money by owning equity in the companies they invest in. Mr Brian Hirman, a co-founder of eVA Fund, says Nairobi is recording high growth of start-ups in digital, ICT, web and mobile. “There’s a lot of entrepreneurship also motivated by Kenyan whiz kids who have studied in the US or Europe. There are lots of bright people with strong digital business ideas,” says Mr Hirman, whose fund has invested in Kenyan tech start-ups. Pitching for cash On October 18, 2010, at the Ihub incubation centre, five venture capital funds listened to pitches from eight startups. The forum was organised by the Kenya ICT Board as follow-up to the $3 million in content grants funded by the World Bank. The Venture Capitalists, or VCs, on the panel were eVA Fund, Fanisi Venture Capital Fund, Africa Media Venture Fund, Grofin, and Open Capital Fund. Startups that pitched included Gotissuez, a consumer online suggestion box, Eatout...
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...Case #2: Bharti Airtel in Africa Competition in African markets is fierce. It really is a war zone. And, as with any conflict, the outcome hinges on decisions regarding strategy – and the available weaponry. Winning wars is not just a matter of having the best weaponry, although that helps. Without a strategy, chaotic retreat is the order of the day. Roy Johnson Bharti Airtel has a history of making first moves and emerging as the winner just because of that. This is what built the company’s success in India, where it remains the top MNO and second-largest fixed-line operator. In fact, thanks to the massive market it serves at home, at the time it acquired the Zain portfolio in March 2010 Airtel was reckoned to be the fifth largest mobile operator in the world on a proportional subscriber basis, putting it behind the likes of China Mobile, Vodafone Group, American Movil and Telefonica, but ahead of China Unicom[1].\ Airtel has been looking at Africa as a new growth market. While it has a deal with Vodafone for the Channel Islands, Africa is the only other territory outside the Indian subcontinent that the company has entered. The commonalities are compelling: similar markets, needs and infrastructure. The realities on the ground are somewhat more challenging: logistics, legislative compliance and serious local competition being foremost. Africa`s strategy of Airitel takes different...
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...wide range of sectors. Although Africa’s growth prospects are bright, they differ not only country by country but also sector by sector. In these articles, we examine the possibilities for seven of them: agriculture, banking, consumer goods, infrastructure, mining, oil and gas, and telecommunications. Perhaps the most fundamental point is that Africa’s growth story is hardly limited to the extractive industries. As many as 200 million Africans will enter the consumer goods market by 2015. Banking and telecommunications are growing rapidly too, and infrastructure expenditures are rising significantly faster in Africa than in the world as a whole. Not that the growth of the extractive industries won’t be impressive. The continent has more than one-quarter of the world’s arable land. Eleven of its countries rank among the top ten sources for at least one major mineral. Africa will produce 13 percent of global oil by 2015, up from 9 percent in 1998. For many companies, this is a future worth investing in. 2 Africa’s path to growth: Sector by sector Agriculture: Abundant opportunities Kartik Jayaram, Jens Riese, and Sunil Sanghvi Agriculture is Africa’s largest economic sector, representing 15 percent of the continent’s total GDP, or more than $100 billion annually. It is highly concentrated, with Egypt and Nigeria alone accounting for one-third of total agricultural output and the top ten countries generating 75 percent. Africa’s agro-ecological potential is massively larger...
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...Case Brief Analysis: Crossing Borders: MTC’s Journey Through Africa I. Identify the key strengths and weaknesses of MTC. Strengths: strong base of investment capital, leadership team, singular or “one network” competitive strategy, position (in top 3) within the Sub-saharan market, exceptional process to hit pre-paid market base Weaknesses: saturation of home market/limited sector growth, limited knowledge/access to knowledge by leadership team of the African sub-saharan market, foreign ownership bars competition in African market sector. II. Examining the markets across which MTC operates, what are the similarities and differences of consequence that you see in their country portfolio? Are there meaningful groupings that make sense? How would such grouping help MTC think of its strategy? Country Portfolio Similarities & Differences | Groupings | Strategy | African countries = Using Celtel brandME(Middle East) countries = MTC | ME and Africa (Nigeria, Kenya, etc.) | Regional Needs translate to “one market” strategy- mobile African pop. | ME Countries = saturatedAfrican Countries = growth potential | Muslim and non-Muslim | Dual or Multi-SIM phones for ME markets | | | Target needs of Muslim brotherhood | This categorization and grouping style would help MTC think of their strategy in a tabular format, and layout. Additionally, segmented demographic approach to ME and African sub-groups would help it adapt to...
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