SYLLABUS – UNDERGRADUATE Course Title: Management Information System Semester: Spring 2012 Instructor: Professor Tang Qingquan Sun Yat-Sen Business School, SYSU Part 1: Course/Faculty Information |Course Title & Code |Management Information System | |Class schedule |2012.9----2013.1
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BRIEF REPORTS Greater Risk of Dementia When Spouse Has Dementia? The Cache County Study [See editorial comments by Dr. Peter P. Vitaliano, pp 976–978] Maria C. Norton, PhD,abc Ken R. Smith, PhD,de Truls Østbye, MD, PhD,fgh JoAnn T. Tschanz, PhD,bc Chris Corcoran, ScD,ci Sarah Schwartz, MS,ci Kathleen W. Piercy, PhD,ac Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH,j David C. Steffens, MD,k Ingmar Skoog, MD, PhD,l John C. S. Breitner, MD, MPH,mn Kathleen A. Welsh-Bohmer, PhD,g for the Cache County Investigators
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Assignment 1 – Sources of Finance 1. What are the gearing implications of (i) equity and (ii) loan financing for the current and future shareholders? Raven Construction PLC has Share Capital of £400,000 and total long-term debts of £800,000 giving it a debt to equity ratio of 2:1. Therefore, Raven Construction PLC is said to be Highly Geared as it currently has £2 of debt for every £1 of equity. This is calculated from the following equation: Long-term DebtCurrent Equity =Gearing Ratio
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Case study notes This case has been updated to include the Apple iPad. Principally this is case explores the issue of licensing and how successful firms can become unsuccessful. It is not a case about Apple and why it has become successful. This case study explores the rise of the Apple Corporation. The Apple iPod is one of the most successful new product launches in recent years, transforming the way the public listens to music, with huge ramifications for major record labels. More than 50 million
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Running head: ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS Environmental Analysis Allmise Vertinord University of Phoenix July 16, 2012 Environmental Analysis Macroeconomic Forecast The importance of economic indicators to the strategic planning process in any organization is the ability to benchmark economic conditions that contribute to improve profitability, business growth and market size. Starbucks strategy is also expanding market in globally to provide high quality coffee in convenient and visibility locations
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•Competition 3 External Strategic Management Audit - The macro environment Scanning (PESTEL analyses, Scenarios) - Industry or Sector Analysis (5 forces, industry/product life cycle) - Competitors scanning (Strategic Group Map, CPM) - The Organization responses (EFEM) 4 2 Layers of the business environment 5 Key Aspects of PESTEL Analysis • Not just a list of influences • Need to understand key drivers of change • Drivers of change have differential impact on industries
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its managers’ theory about how to gain and sustain competitive advantage. (A theory answers the questions, what causes what and why?) These theories have to reflect reality. The strategic management process, therefore, is a never-ending cycle of analysis, formulation, implementation and feedback. * It is the managers´ theories about how to gain and sustain competitive advantage. * It is
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concentrates on: 1. Defining the firm’s mission and overall objectives. Any individual product or service must be developed in line with the firms overall mission and objectives. All Body Shop products, for instance, must be environmentally friendly, all 3M products reflect the firms commitment to leading edge technology and the Foxtel vs Optus Vision battle depicts these firms’ high risk for high
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Summary I chose this topic because it was something that I’ve heard a great deal about, but have very little experience with. At my company, MetLife, there has been some recent investigation into Six Sigma and how it can help improve our Financial Reporting processes. While Six Sigma can involve some very complex statistical theory, especially in the world of manufacturing, I wanted to concentrate more on the Management philosophy and how it can implemented in a service type organization
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Solutions to Accompany Information Technology Project Management, Third Edition ISBN 0-619-159847 Course Technology MIS Series Companion Web Site: www.course.com/mis/schwalbe Kathy Schwalbe, Ph.D., PMP Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 1 CHAPTER 2 3 CHAPTER 3 7 CHAPTER 4 9 CHAPTER 5 13 CHAPTER 6 18 CHAPTER 7 22 CHAPTER 8 27 CHAPTER 9 31 CHAPTER 10 35 CHAPTER 11 38 CHAPTER 12 41 APPENDIX A 44 APPENDIX B 49 APPENDIX C 51 List of solution files available with the Instructor Resource
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