Week 1 TOPIC: Hardware Changes and Strategy Implications

Suppose managers in an Organization decided to hand out laptop computers to all sales people without making other formal changes in organizational strategy or business strategy.

• What might be the outcome?
• What unintended consequences might occur?

To begin discussing in this forum, click the forum title. Then, click Reply to the initial TOPIC thread. To reply to a fellow classmate posts, simply click Reply on their response entry.

You are required to post on multiple days by replying to the threaded topic.

Re-read the minimum requirement

A minimum three (3) well-researched qualifying postings are required for each topic. Keep in mind -- One should not expect a maximum grade for minimum work effort.

The Rubric used for grading is:

Students must complete a minimum of three postings in multiple days. The initial posting must be posted no later than midnight on Tuesdays and the last post no later than Sunday midnight. Each post must be well researched, meaningful and well thought out. You are required to have a minimum of one high quality reference for every two postings in the week. These references can begin on your initial posting or in a reply to another student.

The 5x4 grading rubric ...

• [5 Performance Levels: Incompetent (60%), Novice (70%), Pertinent (80%), Efficient (90%), Proficient (100%)] ...