...Case Study 3 NIBCO’s Big Bang: An SAP Implementation 1. Why did NIBCO decide to purchase an ERP system? Because the firm’s recent major investment in information technology has been used for five years, it is too old. And the legacy systems and reporting tools could not talk to each other well. In order to deal with the “information poor” and meet the goal of becoming more global, NIBCO consulted Boston Consulting Group (BGG) for future information system plan. After recognizing and analyzing NIBCO’s current situation, BGG recommended the ERP system which can help NIBCO better move forward. 2. Why did it choose a Big Bang approach, rather than the 3-to-5 year plan suggested by the consulting firm? Firstly, the business initiatives were demanding a quicker implementation, 3-to-5 year is quite a long time. Secondly, some team members worried that the company would just get to the point where it would say “enough is enough” without executing the whole plan, they will just focus on this part but ignore the plan from the whole company view. And thirdly, some companies who had used the “go-slow” approach were not as successful as they expected, it is a little risky to spend 3-to-5 years to implement this probably not successful plan. On the other hand, the benefits of the Big Bang would be multimillion dollar operational improvements and reductions in inventory costs. And the consulting costs under Big Bang would be lower than the 3-to-5 year plan. 3. Describe...
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...“The building up is a disaster with the average defender. They always look only one line forward, instead of two. If the defender passes into midfield, the midfielder has his back to the opponents goal and will have to turn and look to move forward. This takes too much time in modern football. The ball needs to go to the strikers, so they can bounce the ball back to a midfielder who then will be facing the opponents goal and who can immediately attack.” “It’s a simple rule in football: the third man determines what you can or can’t do. But we seem to forget to teach our youngster this. And this is a dangerous situation. We now have two generations defenders (Mathijsen/Ooijer/Bouma vs Vlaar/Boula/Jaliens/Heijtinga) who do not have that skill. Our youth coaches need a long look in the mirror.” "Our system was also a solution to a physical problem. How can you play for 90 minutes and remain strong? If I as a left back run 70 meters up the wing it's not good if I immediately have to run back 70 to my starting place. So if the left midfielder takes my place and left winger takes the midfield position, then it shortens the distance. That was the philosophy." (krol) " It was about making space, coming into space, and organizing space-like architecture on the football pitch. "(barry hulshoff) "My idol, my father was Rinus Michels, who was runner-up with Holland in 1974 and the 1988 European champions. It is the same way in Munich. Only Michels was too defensive, I'm more attacking...
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...By: Anumeha Gupta (h11067) OB-II PROJECT (TERM II) Dwaipayan Gupta (h11075) Shesadri Biswas (h11110) Sreekanth S V (h11113) Vikrant Chaplot(h11118) GROUP B7 1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We would like to express our gratitude towards Prof. Manish Singhal for giving us the opportunity to pursue this project in the course “Organizational Behaviour - II”. We want to thank him for his creative and thoughtful ideas that made our project work highly interesting and interactive. We would like to thank Mr Gaurav Marathe for taking out the time to answer our numerous queries and for his useful suggestions that went a long way in helping us improve our project. We would also like to thank Ms Dulcie Margaret Young for providing the necessary administrative support. We would like to thank the committee heads and secretaries at XLRI for their valuable inputs. We also want to thank the committee members (both senior and junior batches) for taking out the time to answer our questions regarding their respective committee heads. We would always be grateful to the esteemed pedagogy of XLRI and hope to apply the learnings from this project for effective management in our respective fields. 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Abstract ............................................................................................................... 4 Introduction ........................................................................................................ 5 Literature Review ..................
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...They have many housing options to choose from and a plethora of financing options, so which direction will work best for them? Should they continue renting their current apartment or take the leap that many of their friends have and purchase a house? Let’s look at the process the Hanlons may have experienced in their search to find their ‘American Dream’: The Search Process Since the Hanlons were a newly married couple with many peers in their same scenario, buying a house seemed the reasonable next step before starting a family. This scenario illustrates that one of the largest factors when searching for a home is both psychological and emotional. As stated in the case, Mrs. Hanlon was more trigger happy and determined, while her husband was more willing to be patient and look at all of their possible options. Given that their current location was exceptionally close to both their workplaces and shops, as well as had top-notch accommodations, their biggest reason for wanting to buy a home came from outside influence, namely friends who had recently purchased homes. Mrs. Hanlon began this process the way most people go about it- an online search. There were so many housing options that, despite the wealth of online resources, a direction can be easy to find or seem impossible. Information from friends was another resource that the Hanlons utilized in order to help guide them into this big decision. After searching and finding a house to purchase, the steps to acquiring and...
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...OMGT 5133 Lindsey Johnson and Joel Garza Paper 1: Compare and Contrast November 12, 2011 McDonald’s vs. Subway – The supersized fast food fight Who would have ever thought that our lives would become so complex and time starved that we would have to choose between two all-beef patties or five dollar foot long. McDonald’s and Subway are some of the first things that come to mind whenever you’re in a rush for work, school or for any other urgent matter and hungry at the same time. They both have a diverse variety of ready-to-go foods that you can bring along in the car, bus or as you make your way through the crowded sidewalks of any urban jungle. The difference between McDonald’s and Subway is not as obvious as people might think. They are totally different in terms of food offering so people with different palettes have to decide whether to frequent the golden arches for their famous hamburgers or visit the establishment that Gerard made famous for its submarine sandwiches. One similarity is their exponential growth in recent years, both in the United States and abroad. While both of them are scrumptious enough to get confused about, what is even more confusing is who will win the battle to become the leader of the quick service restaurant category? Quick service restaurants (QSR’s) are establishments where patrons generally order at a cash register or select items from a food bar and pay before they eat. They typically have limited service, drive-thru windows and...
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...As the theorist Michel Foucault examines history to explore the layers of structure of power, I find the history of wedding tradition to be fascinating. “He uses history to dispel the sort of routine, instituted self-assurance people have about reality of such entities as the mental disorders they fear they may be suffering from, or the inner sexual needs they believe they have to release. Foucault has examined various kinds of systems of thought through which people have come to identify themselves as subjects.”(Rajchman) And then another good quote about Michel Foucault is “For more than a decade, his elegant shaved skull had been an emblem of political courage-a cynosure of resistance to institutions that would smother the free spirit and stifle the right to be different.” (Miller 13) I will be exploring how the present days views are reinforced; the dominant message of how a wedding should be and then how in some movies, the post-feminism is displayed which slightly alters this dominant image. I will be also exploring the mix of cultural traditions within the wedding to see how the structure is similar or drastically different. I will discuss Marx’s Materialism ideology aspect of the domination of the ruling class and explore the aspect of the base and superstructure with the mode of production/the system of economic relations within the institutions surrounding wedding ideology. Through close textual analysis, I will show the dominant ideology of the wedding industry...
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...psychology of how consumers think, feel, reason, and select between different alternatives (e.g., brands, products); * The psychology of how the consumer is influenced by his or her environment (e.g., culture, family, signs, media); * The behavior of consumers while shopping or making other marketing decisions; * Limitations in consumer knowledge or information processing abilities influence decisions and marketing outcome; How consumer motivation and decision strategies differ between products that differ in their level of importance or interest that they entail for the consumer; and * How marketers can adapt and improve their marketing campaigns and marketing strategies to more effectively reach the consumer. One “official” definition of consumer behavior is “The study of individuals, groups, or organizations and the processes they use to select, secure, use, and dispose of products, services, experiences, or ideas to satisfy needs and the impacts that these processes have on the consumer and society.” Although it is not necessary to memorize this definition, it brings up some useful points: Behavior occurs either for the individual, or in the context of a group (e.g., friends influence what kinds of clothes a person wears) or an organization (people on the job make decisions as to which products the firm should use). * Consumer behavior involves the use and disposal of products as well as the study of how they are purchased. Product use is...
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...not educate their children about the importance of eating healthy and exercising. They are too busy with work and other things to take the time to prepare a healthy meal or snack, so they buy fast foods for their children to eat. Most of these parents do not understand how important it is for their children to eat healthy and exercise. Many do not even think exercise is critically important for themselves and their children. However, research have has shown exercise to be essential for one’s health. Therefore, opening a fitness center and providing educational classes can help with the problem. Childhood obesity has increased over the years. There are many factors that contribute to this increase, like for instance parents. Many parents do not know what childhood obesity is, and the effects it can have on their children. So they have failed short on educating their children on the importance of eating healthy and exercising. I interviewed a parent on the topic of childhood obesity. Jamikia West, a mother of three, who has one child that is obese. The conclusion from the interview was that she is a parent who does not know what childhood obesity is. Parents tend to go by the knowledge of what they think and many are just blind to the fact that their children are obese. Ms. West said “her child is big because her father is big...
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...the worlds most admired company because of its huge financial base, ability to attract and retain customers, ability to innovate and to produce technologically superior products. The company’s strategy as found in this report is built around creativity and innovation. Its capabilities in terms of resources and technology have made the company to produce technologically advanced products. Despite the huge influence of the external factors such as regulations, the economy and changes in technology, Apple is still strong and able to leverage its capabilities to achieve success. Apple is thus strategically positioned to achieve its objectives despite a few challenges that were identified that pose a threat to the company. Overall, its future direction should be guided by innovation and its ability to diversify its activities and products in order to extend its product line in order to survive. Introduction The 21st century has witnessed a rapid change in the way companies do business and the rationale for this is the cut throat competition among firms. The need to make profits and to gain market share has driven these companies to enact strategies that have led them to perform better (Vernon, 2001). This is not always the same with all companies as performance varies across these companies and this could be explained by the different strategies that they have adopted (Francis, 2010). Successful companies have working strategies aligned with their resources and capabilities as well...
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...is known as "San Pedro Tunasán". "Tunasán" literally means "a place where there is Tunás" (Opuntia tuna), a medicinal plant abundant on shoreline area. During that period, agriculture, fishing, duck raising, fruit trees, sampaguita were the main source of income of its residents. This period was highlighted by the growing tenant/landlord dispute. The tenants of Hacienda San Pedro Tunasán fought for their birthrights over their ancestral lands. This struggle took almost 423 years of unsuccessful resistance to Colegio de San José, and in 1938, the government bought the homesites of the San Pedro Tunasán Hacienda from the Colegio for re-sale to its tenants. This event laid to rest the tenants/landlord problem in the town. From the Spanish time until after the Japanese occupation of the Philippines, the scenario did change a bit, when on August 30, 1954 beginning to the Philippine Commonwealth forces against the Japanese, President Ramón Magsaysay signed at the historic town plaza the Land Tenancy Act. By virtue of this law, farm...
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...software that manages computer hardware resources and provides common services for computer programs. An operating system is the most important software that runs on a computer. It manages the computer's memory, processes, and all of its software and hardware. (Identify uses, user interface, load applications, and coordinate devices) 5.What categories of software did we discuss? Operating system, utilities, programming languages and tools, application (word processing, spreadsheets, graphics, accounting, tax preparation, games, CAD-CAM), database management systems. 6.What is a database? A database is a collection of data that is organized so that its contents can easily be accessed, managed, and updated. 7.How do tables connect to one another in a relational database? 8.What is data modeling? Data modeling is the analysis of data objects that are used in a business or other context and the...
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...Measuring and comparing business cultures South Korea Vs Spain Ivan Kuzevanov - Panagiotis Sarantidis – Jaime Carvajal Treschov Alexey – Maria Safarovic World Business Cultures [pic] Business culture in South Korea The Republic of Korea (South Korea) is a constitutional democracy, has a population of roughly 51 million people, occupies a land of 99,720 square kilometers, and its currency is called Won ($USD=1073,43KRW, 3/3/2014). About 50% of the population practices religion (10,7 mil. Buddhists, 8,6 mil. Protestants and 5,1 mil. Catholics). The country of Korea was occupied by Japan since 1910 and it was split up after the Japanese loss in 1945, under the agreement that the north part would be administered by the Soviet Union, while the southern part by the U.S.A., and is divided to North and South Korea to this day. Geert Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions Power distance At an intermediate score of 60, South Korea is a slightly hierarchical society. This means that people accept a hierarchical order in which everybody has a place and which needs no further justification. Hierarchy in an organization is seen as reflecting inherent inequalities, centralization is popular, subordinates expect to be told what to do and the ideal boss is a benevolent autocrat. Individualism South Korea, with a score of 18 is considered a...
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...The B Café: J H S University Table of Contents Abstract ………………………………………………………….... 3 Part 1: Competitive Advantage ……………………………………. 4 Part 2: E-Business …………………………………………………. 10 Part 3: Supply Chain Management ………………………………. 14 Part 4: Customer Relationship Management …..………………….. 17 Part 5: System Development Life Cycle ..………………………….. 19 Web site Wish list ………………………………………………… 21 Remodel …………………………………………………………… 25 Menu ……………………………………………………………… 26 References …………………………………………………………. 27 Abstract The Broadway Café has been undergoing a particular decline in sales over the last five years. The Broadway Café was established in 1952 and has not achieved any changes since the doors opened. If the company was to make an about face and show some growth some immense changes need to take place. The Broadway Café will need to consider adapting Michael Porters’ Five Forces, as well as, establish which of the three strategies it will use to restore the company for the 21st century. There are more areas that will need to be looked into such, customer loyalty programs, employee concerns and maintaining a viable advantage over its competitors. The Broadway Café has to take to introduce information technology into daily operations and application programming interface in order to stay current in today’s market. An e-business strategy...
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...CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR A Case study on GREEN vehicles in India: A FUTURE MARKET FACULTY:- Dr. Himani Sharma FROM:- Aamir Saleem Roll No – C-022 MBA M&S Under: Taufeeque Ahmad Company: JLL India Ltd. Phone number: 09560427952 ABSTRACT The Indian automobile industry has emerged stronger from the recent global downturn, and sales across all segments have seen record breaking numbers in the recent past. While the Indian industry has much to look forward to, by way of steady growth in both domestic and export markets, there are some clear challenges accompanying the opportunities in greener vehicles and alternative mobility. The shooting upward trend of price of fuel, pollution and purchasing power of the people the Indian automobile industry look to create a segment of consumer that has demand for the “GREEN VEHICLES” that are more fuel efficient, less CO2 emission and low operating cost or can run on alternate fuel. KEYWORDS: Green vehicles, Alternate fuel, Hybrid cars, Eco-friendly, CNG/LPG vehicles, E-mobility INTRODUCTION Demographically and economically, India’s automotive industry is well-positioned for growth, servicing both domestic demand and, increasingly, export opportunities. A predicted increase in India’s working-age population is likely to help stimulate the burgeoning market for private vehicles. Rising prosperity, easier access to finance and increasing affordability is expected to see four-wheelers gaining volumes, although...
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...Democracy and Political Ignorance Democracy is supposed to be rule of the people, by the people, and for the people. But in order to rule effectively, the people need political knowledge. If they know little or nothing about government, it becomes difficult to hold political leaders accountable for their performance. Unfortunately, public knowledge about politics is disturbingly low. In addition, the public also often does a poor job of evaluating the political information they do know. This state of affairs has persisted despite rising education levels, increased availability of information thanks to modern technology, and even rising IQ scores. It is mostly the result of rational behavior, not stupidity. Such widespread and persistent political ignorance and irrationality strengthens the case for limiting and decentralizing the power of government. The Extent of Ignorance Political ignorance in America is deep and widespread. The current government shutdown fight provides some good examples. Although Obamacare is at the center of that fight and much other recent political controversy, 44% percent of the public do not even realize it is still the law. Some 80 percent, according to a recent Kaiser survey, say they have heard “nothing at all” or “only a little” about the controversial insurance exchanges that are a major part of the law. The shutdown controversy is also just the latest manifestation of a longstanding political struggle over federal spending. But most of...
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