3. Porter's 5 forces analysis Porter's 5 forces analysis gives us insight into a company's competitive position. (Lecture3Organization.ppt slides 14 to 19) (a) Suppose you set up a restaurant called San Francisco State Restaurant. Conduct an analysis on the (b) Discuss the effect of the Internet on the customers of the restaurant. (slide 17) restaurant using the Porter's 5 forces model. Discuss and list the parties or companies that are involved in each of the five forces for the restaurant. (slide 14-15) (c) Define Internet of Things (IOT) (slide 18). Discuss two ways you may use IOT to improve the restaurant operations (slide 19) (d) One of these forces is the threat of new entrants. The threat of new entrants rises as the barrier to entry is reduced in a marketplace. As more firms enter a market, you will see rivalry increase, and profitability will fall (theoretically) to the point where there is no incentive for new firms to enter the industry. Some common barriers to entry include advertising, customer loyalty. If you are the manager of the San Francisco State Resturant, discuss 2 information systems strategies you would use to increase the barriers of entry for the restaurant? (slide 16) 2. Open Source (Lecture4 ch5Infrastructures.pptx slides 20-24) (a) What is OPEN SOURCE? (b) Discuss 2 benefits and 2 challenges of adopting an open source operating system like LINUX. (c) Discuss 1 benefit and 1 challenge of adopting an open source application like LibreOffice. (d) If you are the manager of a small marketing consulting firm, which of the following will you choose? (i) Windows and Excel ii) Windows and Libre Office Calc ii) LINUX and Libre Office Calc Justify your answer and discuss the reasons involved. (e) As a manager of a small marketing consulting firm, will you adopt an open source and free Customer Relationship management software? Select one of the application listed on slide 24 and discuss one advantage and one limitation of adopting the open source software. LibreOffice.org Calc: LibreOffice Calc supports 1 million rows in a spreadshee with macro references to each cell (https:llen.wikipedia.org/wiki/LibreOffice Calc, updated June 2017) Calc is capable of opening and saving most spreadsheets in Microsofi Excel file format,(LS) Csv, Calc is also capable of saving spreadsheets as PDF files, OpenDocument (ODF), and several other formats. As with the entire LibreOffice suite, Calc is available for a variety of platforms, including Linus OS XMf Windows, Available under the Mozilla Public License, Calc is free and open source software. Capabilities of Calc include: Ability to read/write Support for a large number of functions, including those for imaginary numbers, as well as financial and statistical functions. Supports 1 million rows in a spreadsheet, making LibreOffice spreadsheets more suitable for heavier scientific or financial spreadsheets. However, the number of columns is restricted to at most 1024, much lower than Excel's limit of 16384. 4. Collaboration systems (Lecture2GlobalEbusinessCollaboration.pptx slides 7-11, 15-19; Lecture4_ch5Infrastructures.pptx slides 6-8) (a) List and explain the differences between MIS, DSS, and ESS (slide 7-11) (a) Discuss 2 reasons why collaboration and teamwork are important (slide 16) (c) Discuss 2 benefits of collaboration systems (slide 17) (d) As the manager of a hotel in downtown San Francisco, you are considering the adoption of a mobile collaboration system with tablets and smartphones for your employees to improve employee communication and cooperation and to boost productivity. You are considering whether to develop the system in-house or to use cloud as a service. (i) List 2 advantages and 2 disadvantages associated with cloud as a service if cloud is used in place of an in-house system (Lecture4_ch5Infrastructures.pptx slide 7) (ii) What will you choose: cloud as a service or in-house development? Justify your answer. Short questions: Choose two from the four questions below. If a question is selected, answer all the parts. For example, if question 1 is selected, answer the (a) (b) (c) (d) parts of question I . RFID (Lecture5_ch7Networks.pptx slides 19-26) (a) What is RFID? (b) If you are the manager of a big hotel in downtown San Francisco, will you use RFID to improve your inventory tracking and reordering process? Name 3 advantages and 3 limitations associated with using RFID for your hotel. Explain your decision. using RFID to recognize guest. Explain your decision. lower cost or improve performance? (the following article is given for your reference). c) Will you use RFID to recognize guests? Discuss one advantage and one disadvantage of (d) Besides inventory tracking, for which other fields can you as a hotel manager use RFID to ActiveWave's RFID technology provides a hands-free access control solution with many advantages over traditional access control badges and systems. With conventional systems, such as bar code, magnetic stripe, and proximity readers, user must handle the badge and place it close to (7-30 centimeters; 3-12 inches), or make physical contact with the reader. ActiveWave's unique RFID access control technology allows the user to enjoy complete hands free access control. Our access badge can be read up to 5 16 feet) meters from the RFID reader, which usually eliminates the need to handle the badge or walk very close to the reader. This freedom is particularly important to handicapped workers, when carrying packages, and during inclement weather. 3. Porter's 5 forces analysis Porter's 5 forces analysis gives us insight into a company's competitive position. (Lecture3Organization.ppt slides 14 to 19) (a) Suppose you set up a restaurant called San Francisco State Restaurant. Conduct an analysis on the (b) Discuss the effect of the Internet on the customers of the restaurant. (slide 17) restaurant using the Porter's 5 forces model. Discuss and list the parties or companies that are involved in each of the five forces for the restaurant. (slide 14-15) (c) Define Internet of Things (IOT) (slide 18). Discuss two ways you may use IOT to improve the restaurant operations (slide 19) (d) One of these forces is the threat of new entrants. The threat of new entrants rises as the barrier to entry is reduced in a marketplace. As more firms enter a market, you will see rivalry increase, and profitability will fall (theoretically) to the point where there is no incentive for new firms to enter the industry. Some common barriers to entry include advertising, customer loyalty. If you are the manager of the San Francisco State Resturant, discuss 2 information systems strategies you would use to increase the barriers of entry for the restaurant? (slide 16) 2. Open Source (Lecture4 ch5Infrastructures.pptx slides 20-24) (a) What is OPEN SOURCE? (b) Discuss 2 benefits and 2 challenges of adopting an open source operating system like LINUX. (c) Discuss 1 benefit and 1 challenge of adopting an open source application like LibreOffice. (d) If you are the manager of a small marketing consulting firm, which of the following will you choose? (i) Windows and Excel ii) Windows and Libre Office Calc ii) LINUX and Libre Office Calc Justify your answer and discuss the reasons involved. (e) As a manager of a small marketing consulting firm, will you adopt an open source and free Customer Relationship management software? Select one of the application listed on slide 24 and discuss one advantage and one limitation of adopting the open source software. LibreOffice.org Calc: LibreOffice Calc supports 1 million rows in a spreadshee with macro references to each cell (https:llen.wikipedia.org/wiki/LibreOffice Calc, updated June 2017) Calc is capable of opening and saving most spreadsheets in Microsofi Excel file format,(LS) Csv, Calc is also capable of saving spreadsheets as PDF files, OpenDocument (ODF), and several other formats. As with the entire LibreOffice suite, Calc is available for a variety of platforms, including Linus OS XMf Windows, Available under the Mozilla Public License, Calc is free and open source software. Capabilities of Calc include: Ability to read/write Support for a large number of functions, including those for imaginary numbers, as well as financial and statistical functions. Supports 1 million rows in a spreadsheet, making LibreOffice spreadsheets more suitable for heavier scientific or financial spreadsheets. However, the number of columns is restricted to at most 1024, much lower than Excel's limit of 16384. 4. Collaboration systems (Lecture2GlobalEbusinessCollaboration.pptx slides 7-11, 15-19; Lecture4_ch5Infrastructures.pptx slides 6-8) (a) List and explain the differences between MIS, DSS, and ESS (slide 7-11) (a) Discuss 2 reasons why collaboration and teamwork are important (slide 16) (c) Discuss 2 benefits of collaboration systems (slide 17) (d) As the manager of a hotel in downtown San Francisco, you are considering the adoption of a mobile collaboration system with tablets and smartphones for your employees to improve employee communication and cooperation and to boost productivity. You are considering whether to develop the system in-house or to use cloud as a service. (i) List 2 advantages and 2 disadvantages associated with cloud as a service if cloud is used in place of an in-house system (Lecture4_ch5Infrastructures.pptx slide 7) (ii) What will you choose: cloud as a service or in-house development? Justify your answer. Short questions: Choose two from the four questions below. If a question is selected, answer all the parts. For example, if question 1 is selected, answer the (a) (b) (c) (d) parts of question I . RFID (Lecture5_ch7Networks.pptx slides 19-26) (a) What is RFID? (b) If you are the manager of a big hotel in downtown San Francisco, will you use RFID to improve your inventory tracking and reordering process? Name 3 advantages and 3 limitations associated with using RFID for your hotel. Explain your decision. using RFID to recognize guest. Explain your decision. lower cost or improve performance? (the following article is given for your reference). c) Will you use RFID to recognize guests? Discuss one advantage and one disadvantage of (d) Besides inventory tracking, for which other fields can you as a hotel manager use RFID to ActiveWave's RFID technology provides a hands-free access control solution with many advantages over traditional access control badges and systems. With conventional systems, such as bar code, magnetic stripe, and proximity readers, user must handle the badge and place it close to (7-30 centimeters; 3-12 inches), or make physical contact with the reader. ActiveWave's unique RFID access control technology allows the user to enjoy complete hands free access control. Our access badge can be read up to 5 16 feet) meters from the RFID reader, which usually eliminates the need to handle the badge or walk very close to the reader. This freedom is particularly important to handicapped workers, when carrying packages, and during inclement weather