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understanding cross cultural management
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Understanding Cross Cultural Management
2. Visit the web site of UPS (ups.com), Federal Express(fedex.com), or a comparable logistics and delivery company. Select your country.
Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy, by Michael Porter youtube.com/watch?v=mYF2_FBCvXw U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics bls.gov/24 CASE 2 Business Case 25 the Quarter-to-Quarter Growth in Real
Federal Cloud Computing Strategy cio.gov/documents/Federal-Cloud-Computing-Strategy.pdf NASCAR and Hendrick Motorsports
Analysis of economic conditions, from the Federal Reserve federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/default.htm
Manage All Unstructured Data with SAS Text Analytics youtube.com/watch?v=NHAq8jG4FX4 Text Analytics video from SAS software youtube.com/watch?v=NHAq8jG4FX4&feature=channel_video_title
You find clickable Link Libraries for each chapter on the Companion website.Google Apps for Government google.com/apps/intl/en/government/McKinsey Global Institute mckinsey.com/insights/mgi.aspx IBM
(2) Click on “View Larger Image.” Review the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Graph, which shows Chapter 1 LINK LIBRARY
(1) Review the GDP, Current Numbers for that last two reported quarters. How did GDP change in each of those two quarters?
c. Under the NEWS menu, select U.S. Economy at a Glance. The URL is http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/glance.htm.
b. Click on the Glossary. Use the Glossary to explain GDP in your own words.
a. Review the BEA home page to learn the types of information, news, reports, and interactive data available.Search for the page that identifies who uses BEA measures. Identify two users of Industry
1. Visit the U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) web site at http://www.bea.gov/.
10. Why or how would understanding the latest IT trends influence your career?Online Activities
9. Refer to your answer in #10.Which of Porter’s 5 competitive forces would be impacted by the use of embedded sensors in the fleet of trucks?
8. Consider truck tires. How can embedded sensors—the Internet of things—create a competitive advantage for a transportation company?
7. Consider how much time you waste trying to find a file, message, data, or other information that you know you’ve saved somewhere.What IT could decrease the time you waste? Explain.
6. How can productivity be improved?Evaluate and Expand Your Learning
. Refer to Figure 1.6. Select and explain two of the top five management concerns.
4. Why is messy data important?
3. Under what conditions does cloud storage reduce costs?
2. What are the next big tech trends?
1.1? Explain why or why not.
1. Select five companies you do business with. Does each one need to engage their customers, as shown in Figure
e. Prepare a one-page report that clearly explains your recommendation.Questions for Discussion & Review
d. Assume you have been asked to recommend one of the apps in the category to senior management.You need to decide which app provides the best overall features and functions.
c. Using a table to organize the results of your research, compare the features and functions of the three apps.
b. Click on the URL to load the web site for the app.Then research and review its features and functions.
a. Select one of these four categories.Within that category, select 3 apps by clicking ENROLL for each app.
1. Visit Government Apps at https://www.apps.gov/ and click on Social Media Apps. Four of the categories that you find are (1) Analytics and Search Tools, (2) Blogs and Microblogs, (3)
e. In a report, describe the collaborative work space and the value of using that space to store and share content.
d. Now, each person researches and posts four big data analytics articles, PDFs, or presentations; and bookmarks several web sites to the workspace.
c. Implement your work space selected in (b).
b. Using e-mail or texting, the team reviews and selects a collaborative work space—composed of one or more of those collaborative platforms or software.
a. Each person researches the features and benefits of one online collaborative platform or software; and distributes the analysis to all members.
1. Your team has been tasked with researching and reporting on the growing importance of big data analytics.Your team needs to use online collaborative tools for storing and organizing the content
4. Visit Dell.com and Apple.com to simulate buying a laptop computer. Compare and contrast the selection process, degree of customization, and other buying features.What are the barriers to entry
3. Visit YouTube.com and search for two videos on Michael Porter’s strategic or competitive forces models. For each video, report what you learned. Specify the complete URL, video title, who
d. Prepare a spreadsheet for two different types of calculations available on the site. Enter data and solve for two different calculators. Use Excel.
c. Compute the cost of delivering a 10 20 15box, weighing 20 pounds, from your location to another location. Compare the fastest delivery against the least cost.
b. Find out about the “package tracking” system; be specific.
a. Find out what information is available to customers before they send a package.
2. Visit the web site of UPS (ups.com), Federal Express(fedex.com), or a comparable logistics and delivery company. Select your country.
CASE 2 Business Case 25 the Quarter-to-Quarter Growth in Real GDP.http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/gdp_ glance.htm. Based on quarterly GDP data, are business conditions improving,
Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy, by Michael Porter youtube.com/watch?v=mYF2_FBCvXw U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics bls.gov/24
Motorsports/NASCAR-racing-team-uses-Lync-to-put-themselves-in-a-position-to-win-therace/4000011091
NASCAR and Hendrick Motorsports microsoft.com/casestudies/Microsoft-Lync-Server/Hendrick-
Federal Cloud Computing Strategy cio.gov/documents/Federal-Cloud-Computing-Strategy.pdf
Analysis of economic conditions, from the Federal Reserve federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/default.htm
Manage All Unstructured Data with SAS Text Analytics youtube.com/watch?v=NHAq8jG4FX4 Text Analytics video from SAS software youtube.com/watch?v=NHAq8jG4FX4&feature=channel_video_title
Google Apps for Government google.com/apps/intl/en/government/McKinsey Global Institute mckinsey.com/insights/mgi.aspx IBM demo, “Turning insight into outcomes”
You find clickable Link Libraries for each chapter on the Companion website.
Domestic Product (GDP) Graph, which shows Chapter 1 LINK LIBRARY
(2) Click on “View Larger Image.” Review the Gross
(1) Review the GDP, Current Numbers for that last two reported quarters. How did GDP change in each of those two quarters?
c. Under the NEWS menu, select U.S. Economy at a Glance. The URL is http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/glance.htm.
b. Click on the Glossary. Use the Glossary to explain GDP in your own words.
a. Review the BEA home page to learn the types of information, news, reports, and interactive data available.Search for the page that identifies who uses BEA measures. Identify two users of Industry
1. Visit the U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) web site at http://www.bea.gov/.
10. Why or how would understanding the latest IT trends influence your career?Online Activities
9. Refer to your answer in #10.Which of Porter’s 5 competitive forces would be impacted by the use of embedded sensors in the fleet of trucks?
8. Consider truck tires. How can embedded sensors—the Internet of things—create a competitive advantage for a transportation company?
7. Consider how much time you waste trying to find a file, message, data, or other information that you know you’ve saved somewhere.What IT could decrease the time you waste? Explain.
Evaluate and Expand Your Learning
6. How can productivity be improved?
5. Refer to Figure 1.6. Select and explain two of the top five management concerns.
4. Why is messy data important?
3. Under what conditions does cloud storage reduce costs?
2. What are the next big tech trends?
1.1? Explain why or why not.
1. Select five companies you do business with. Does each one need to engage their customers, as shown in Figure
e. Prepare a one-page report that clearly explains your recommendation.Questions for Discussion & Review
d. Assume you have been asked to recommend one of the apps in the category to senior management.You need to decide which app provides the best overall features and functions.
c. Using a table to organize the results of your research, compare the features and functions of the three apps.
b. Click on the URL to load the web site for the app.Then research and review its features and functions.
a. Select one of these four categories.Within that category, select 3 apps by clicking ENROLL for each app.
1. Visit Government Apps at https://www.apps.gov/ and click on Social Media Apps. Four of the categories that you find are (1) Analytics and Search Tools, (2) Blogs and Microblogs, (3)
3. Why are IT job prospects so strong?
2. Explain why it is beneficial to study IT today.
1. Why is IT a major enabler of business performance and success?
5. Describe real-time business
4. Describe adaptive organization.
3. Explain Porters’ five forces model, and give an example of each force.
2. Describe SWOT analysis.
1. Describe strategic planning.
Special Report. Watch the webinar. In a report, identify the title and URL of the webinar; then describe three important trends and their impacts that were covered in the webinar.
2. Register for a free account at gartner.com. Search for the latest webinar on hot IT trends, such as The Gartner Hype Cycle
1. Explain the differences in the first and second halves of the Information Age, according to Gartner.
5. What is a business model?
4. Define competitive advantage.
3. What are two key components of corporate profitability?
2. Explain IT consumerization.
1. What are the characteristics of an agile organization?
4. What are some privacy concerns?
3. What demands does the Internet of things place on IT budgets or data centers?
2. Think of two physical things in your home or office that, if they were embedded with sensors and linked to a network, would improve the quality of your work or personal life. Describe these two
1. Research Zipcar. How does this company’s business model differ from traditional car rental companies, such as Hertz or Avis?
4. Explain the Internet of things.
3. Describe a business process.
2. What are the five most influential ITs? Briefly explain each.
1. What are the top five concerns of management? Briefly explain each.
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