...Case 1: Telepresence: Meeting Without Traveling Synopsis: This assignment focused on the advancements of telepresence and face-to-face interactions among businesses. This technology is growing rapidly and offers businesses a way to save money with the ability to move into global markets. Businesses with this technology are able to conduct meetings and without having to physically send all parties to a single location. The technology and software is very expensive, but over time the trickle-down effect will allow almost all companies wanting to compete globally a chance at this technology. This is truly the technology of the future. 1. What kinds of limitations do you see for users of telepresence? Is it really a substitute for face-to-face meetings? Make a list of features of face-to-face meetings. Then consider a range of business situations as an employee, from initial hire, to working with a team, to understand what your boss wants, and even a termination meeting. How would telepresence work for you in these situations? There is still not that feeling of another person being in your presence. Computer screens are great, but nothing beats an actual face-to-face meeting, in my opinion. Telepresence is going to take place whether we like it or not, the cost saving benefits alone will be the reason. Interviewing future employee teem projects, and terminations could all very well be done with this technology. The lack of personal interaction will hinder a little...
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...Case Study Collaboration and Innovation at Procter and Gamble (Chapter 2) 1: What is Procter & Gamble’s business strategy? What is the relationship of collaboration and innovation to that business strategy? Procter and Gamble strategy is to maintain the popularity of its existing brands and in developing new products by extending existing brands and by creating new brands from scratch via innovation. It innovation is at the top of Procter and Gamble’s strategy and collaboration is a critical part to attaining this innovation. In order to constantly come up with new lines of products, Procter and Gamble must incorporate innovation in every aspect of its business. All objectives and business processes must be aligned in a way to foster and generate innovation. And the most critical tool in attaining such alignments is collaboration. Procter and Gamble is one of the top 10 largest companies in the world, operating in over 80 countries so it is very important to attain successful innovation, to develop a cooperative and collaborative environment so as to encourage sharing of ideas and resources and avoid duplication of efforts. Better collaboration results in faster and more efficient brainstorming across locations, and faster generation and sharing of ideas and feedback, this in turn leads to savings in Research and Development costs. Collaboration helps maximize efficiency, encourage communication across locations and ultimately foster innovation. 2: How is P&G...
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...make business travel extinct. Do you agree? Why or why not? Answer: I don’t agree with this consulting firm. I think video and tele conferencing will reduce the business travel in some extent (according to the case it 20%) but not totally. Regular business meeting can be done by the video or teleconferencing, but where it is necessary to be present physically, there is no alternative. The buyer of the garments has to come & check the quality of garment product because he can’t check the quality of the garments over camera. In near future unless 3D telepresence system or something revolutionary technology come up the business travel will not extinct. Question 2: what is the distinction between videoconferencing and telepresence? Answer: the distinction between videoconference and telepresence lie on the technology. Telepresence picks up where video conferencing left off. Videoconferencing is the predecessor of telepresence. Telepresence is real time, full-high-definition, immersible sound and vision. tele presence is more technologically advanced than videoconference and thus more costly than videoconferencing. Question 3: what are the ways in which videoconferencing provides value to a business? Would you consider it smart management? Explain your answer. Answer: videoconferencing is providing value in business in many ways. It has- - Reduced travel cost - Improved communications and professional relationships - Enabled Work remotely - Reduced operation cost Definitely it’s...
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...Virtual Meeting 1. 2. What is the distinction between videoconferencing and telepresence? Ans-1: Videoconference is a technique of communication which allows individuals at two or more locations to communicate through two-way video and audio transmissions at the same time. The critical feature of videoconferencing is the digital compression of audio and video streams by a device called a codec. Those streams are then divided into packets and transmitted over a network or the internet. On the other hand, telepresence is the top-of-the-line videoconferencing technology. It strives to make users feel as if they are actually present in a location different from their own. Telepresence products provide the highest-quality videoconferencing available on the market to date. Only a handful of companies, such as Cisco, HP, and Polycom, supply these products. 3. What are the ways in which videoconferencing provides value to a business? Would you consider it smart management? Explain your answer. Ans-2: Yes, I would consider it smart management because in businesses where the company men need to interact and communicate constantly with people from various locations especially foreign, it is a very effective. It allows for 'better' meetings as well: it's easier to meet with partners, suppliers, subsidiaries, and colleagues from within the office or around the world on a more frequent basis, which in most cases simply cannot be reasonably accomplished through travel. They can also meet...
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...Unit one individual project Rosalyn Hill MGMT305-1204B-01 OCTOBER 7, 2012 AMERICAN INTERCONTINENTAL UNIVERSITY Abstract In the world today more companies/organizations are showing increased interest in and implementing into their company structure the continuously developing new innovative information technologies to ensure that they have the best chance at becoming and/or remaining a successful company. The preceding paper will answer case study questions that relate to some of these information technologies. Included will be questions pertaining to what’s the buzz on smart grids, the collaboration and innovation at Procter & Gamble, how much do credit card companies know about you, as well as the perils of texting. Infrastructure and organization is just as important today as it was in the past to run a successful business. However as an added bonus, the advancements in communication technologies have provided companies/organizations with the ability to increase a company's success through faster and more reliable company/personnel communications. The question then is should the implementation of involving communication technology be considered as productive for areas of business and/or intrusive for one's personal life? Is it worth it? When considering the first case study on What's the Buzz on Smart Grids, it must be taken into consideration that smart grids are different from infrastructure currently used today. Smart grids use digital technology...
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...Telepresence: Video Conferencing Telepresence: What is the difference between telepresence and video conferencing? Share 6 Answers Eddie Clifton, Operations Director, telepresence bu... (more) 4 votes by Anon User, Jane Sun, Anon User, and Anon User A good question and one I get asked almost everyday! In a nutshell telepresence is a rules-based video experience designed to deliver the illusion that meeting participants in two or more sites at completely different locations are in the same room. A videoconference doesn't apply any rules and most of the time people receive a poor quality, UN-reliable experience when using traditional videoconferencing. Above: Optimized telepresence room As in the above picture, telepresence room with tuned lighting, all meeting participants are face forward with tailored lighting whilst incorporating the telepresence maxim of quality simplicity and reliability. When using a telepresence system like the above all meeting participants are visible in life-size high-definition. Above: traditional videoconferencing room The picture above is of a videoconferencing room where you will see lots of complicated technology on the table. Additionally most of the participants in the room have their back to the camera (due to sub optimal seating configurations) In addition to this the lighting and audio are not optimized. Videoconferencing implementations such as the above also suffer from very low utilization. And are likely...
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...increasing energy cost. In an effort to reduce travel expenses many companies, both large and small, are using video conferencing and Web conferencing technologies. Video conferencing is now growing at an annual rate of 30 percent. Since business organization are moving on to Video conference and Web conference for reducing their travel expenses so we can say that Video conference and Web conference will make business travel extinct. Question2: What is the distinction between video conferencing and telepresence? Answer: There are some distinction between video conferencing and telepresence. Videoconferencing uses low technology but telepresence uses higher technology. Videoconferencing’s performance quality is low but telepresence performance quality is very high. Videoconferencing installation cost is not much expensive but telepresence installation cost is very much expensive. Big and small both organizations use Videoconferencing but only big organization can use telepresence because of its high expense. Question3: What are the ways in which videoconferencing provides value to a business? Would you consider it smart management? Explain your answer. Answer: The ways in which videoconferencing provides value to a business is saving the cost and time. Videoconferencing can be more direct that communicating through email, letter immediately. However, if the business required a lot of customer, I would consider it smart management to...
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...business travel is Easier to meet with clients from all over the world on a more frequent basis, creating better working relationships by talking face to face more and the cost reduction with travel expenses. Business time management is extremely important. Business travel can save more time for another work. At the same time, we can have enabled online training or product demonstrations to other company. It no needs to bring many product demonstrations to other target company so it’s very convenient. 2 What is the distinction between videoconferencing and telepresence? Ans: The videoconferencing and telepresence distinction is Videoconferencing uses digital compression of audio and video streams by a device called a codec, transmitted over a network or the internet. The telepresence is the top of the line videoconferencing which display sharp high definition TV images and the difference being telepresence is the high tech version of videoconferencing. 3 What are the ways in which videoconferencing provides value to a business? Would you consider it smart management? Explain your answer. Ans: The ways in which videoconferencing provides value to a business is saving the cost and time. Videoconferencing can be more direct that communicating through email, letter immediately. However, If the business required a lot of customer. I would consider it smart management to utilise videoconferencing, staff training, product...
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...simultaneously through two-way video and audio transmissions. ● Growing at an annual rate of 30 percent. ● Examples: 1. Rip Curl, a producer of surfing equipment, uses videoconferencing to help its designers, marketers, and manufacturers collaborate on new products. 2. Executive recruiting firm Korn/Ferry International uses video interviews to screen potential candidates before presenting them to clients. 3. Zomato also uses Skype for interviewing potential candidates. 5 Telepresence ● The top-of-the-line videoconferencing technology is known as telepresence. ● It is defined as a sensation of being elsewhere, created by virtual reality technology.[1] ● Prices for fully equipped telepresence rooms can run to $500,000. 6 Case Studies Questions 1. One consulting firm has predicted that video and Web conferencing will make business travel extinct. Do you agree? Why or why not? 7 Case Studies Questions 2. What is the distinction between videoconferencing and telepresence? 8 Case Studies Questions 3. What are the ways in which videoconferencing provides value to a business? Would you consider it smart management? Explain your answer. 9 Case Studies Questions 4. If you were in charge of a small business, would you choose to implement videoconferencing? What factors would you consider in your decision? 10 MIS In Action Explore the WebEx Web site (www.webex.com) and answer the following questions: 1. List and describe its capabilities...
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...Look in your medicine cabinet. No matter where you live in the world, odds are that you’ll find many Procter & Gamble products that you use every day. P&G is the largest manufacturer of consumer products in the world, and one of the top 10 largest companies in the world by market capitalization. The company is known for its successful brands, as well as its ability to develop new brands and maintain its brands’ popularity with unique business innovations. Popular P&G brands include Pampers, Tide, Bounty, Folgers, Pringles, Charmin, Swiffer, Crest, and many more. The company has approximately 140,000 employees in more than 80 countries, and its leading competitor is Britain-based Unilever. Founded in 1837 and headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, P&G has been a mainstay in the American business landscape for well over 150 years. In 2009, it had $79 billion in revenue and earned a $13.2 billion profit. P&G’s business operations are divided into three main units: Beauty Care, Household Care, and Health and Well-Being, each of which are further subdivided into more specific units. In each of these divisions, P&G has three main focuses as a business. It needs to maintain the popularity of its existing brands, via advertising and marketing; it must extend its brands to related products by developing new products under those brands; and it must innovate and create new brands entirely from scratch. Because so much of P&G’s business is built around brand creation and management, it’s...
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...convenient technology, businesses are able to easily reach their customers, suppliers, partners, and vendors through these conferencing products. It is especially helpful for employee training and sales presentations. However, it is not ideal for every situation in the business. According to the case in question, “Before setting up videoconferencing or telepresence, it is important for a company to make sure it really needs the technology to ensure that it will be a profitable venture…There are still plenty of times when face-to-face interaction is more desirable, and often traveling to meet a client is essential for cultivating clients and closing sales. ” In some cases, face-to-face interaction is the best way to resolve the problems or make mutual agreements with customers. 2. In regards to the case discussed, “ A videoconference allows individuals at two or more locations to communicate through two-way video and audio transmissions at the same time.” On the other hand, telepresence is a more advanced technology than videoconferencing. “ The top-of-the-line videoconferencing technology is known as telepresence. Telepresence strives to make users feel as if they are actually present in a location different from their own.” 3. There are many ways in which videoconferencing provides value to a business. Cost effectiveness and efficiency are two of them. For example, it allows sales representatives to do their presentations without meeting with customers face to face. Employees...
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...A meeting of minds in a lean, green world | Two years on, one company has used videoconferencing to reduce its emissions by 40,000kg of CO2 a year | | Videoconferencing can save customers money in ongoing overheads and travel costs, as well as slash carbon emissions in the drive for green IT, if the experience of public sector services provider Amey is any guide. Two years ago, Amey engaged BT as the reseller to phase in a videoconferencing set-up, delivered as a managed service. According to Keith Sexton, director of health, safety, environment and quality at Amey, videoconferencing so far saves the organisation. That is in an 11,000-employee company that manages vital infrastructure and public services at 200 locations around the UK, with 80 per cent of its carbon footprint caused by travel and transport activity. "We have an internal target to reduce our carbon. But if you look at the type of clients we bid for, about 80 per cent are government or quasigovernment organizations. These clients expressly ask us what we are doing about our carbon footprint and how we will fit in with the overall governmental savings," said Sexton. Increased savings While video conferencing is not the primary way for Amey to reduce carbon emissions, it has contributed significantly - mainly by enabling staff to have routine meetings over the airwaves rather than having to get in a car or plane and go there. "We did make the decision last year that we would try to reduce our emissions...
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...convenient technology, businesses are able to easily reach their customers, suppliers, partners, and vendors through these conferencing products. It is especially helpful for employee training and sales presentations. However, it is not ideal for every situation in the business. According to the case in question, “Before setting up videoconferencing or telepresence, it is important for a company to make sure it really needs the technology to ensure that it will be a profitable venture…There are still plenty of times when face-to-face interaction is more desirable, and often traveling to meet a client is essential for cultivating clients and closing sales. ” In some cases, face-to-face interaction is the best way to resolve the problems or make mutual agreements with customers. 2. In regards to the case discussed, “ A videoconference allows individuals at two or more locations to communicate through two-way video and audio transmissions at the same time.” On the other hand, telepresence is a more advanced technology than videoconferencing. “ The top-of-the-line videoconferencing technology is known as telepresence. Telepresence strives to make users feel as if they are actually present in a location different from their own.” 3. There are many ways in which videoconferencing provides value to a business. Cost effectiveness and efficiency are two of them. For example, it allows sales representatives to do their presentations without meeting with customers face to face. Employees...
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...there have a example in the article, technology consulting firm Accenture reports that it eliminated expenditures for 240 international trips and 120 domestic flights in a single month. It was a good example to prove business travel will extinct. Technology (video and Web conferencing) help employers communicate with each other more easily. Business travel is not the only way to confer. 2. Videoconferencing allows individuals at two or more locations to communicate simultaneously through two-way video and audio transmissions. Telepresence strives to make users feel as if they are actually present in a location different from their own.The critical feature of videoconferencing is the digital compression of audio and video streams by a device called a codec. Most companies deemed videoconferencing a poor substitute for face-to-face meetings but telepresence products provide the highest quality videoconferencing available on the market to date. Telepresence just a kind of line in videoconferencing. 3. Videoconferencing provides a big values to a business. For example, company use videoconferencing to help its designers, marketers, and manufacturers collaborate on new products. Also,...
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...Virtual Meetings: Smart Management Analysis Jeff Hebert April 27, 2012 City University, Bellevue, WA Virtual Meetings: Smart Management Analysis Teleconferencing and video conferencing are a technologies that allow individuals to conduct meetings virtually. A virtual meeting can be as simple as a multi person conference call, to a full blown video meeting with several individuals from all over the world. Technology advances and increases in travel costs have made virtual meetings an attractive option for both small and large businesses. However, companies must be aware of the risks of virtual meetings and implement proper precautions to avoid loss of intellectual property or sensitive company information. This paper will analyze case study Virtual Meetings: Smart Management (Laudon, K. & Laudon, J., 2012, pg 62) History The American Telephone and Telegraph introduced the concept of teleconferencing in the 1960s through its Picturephone device (Furnem 2007). Initial Picturephone’s were small Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) units with a small camera built into the housing. Many units were designed to sit on a desktop with the average unit size being approximately 6 inches. It would be several years before color would be available on the Picturephone (Wikipedia n.d.a). AT&T was one of the first to offer Picturephone service to businesses. Initial cost was high at approximately monthly cost of $169, plus 25 cents per minute after the first 30 minutes. (Wikipedia...
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