...Club It, Part One Rhonda (Asyur) Watson BIS/219 March 6, 2012 Larry Voss Club It, Part One Club IT is a downtown music venue managed and owned by Ruben Keys and Lisa Tejada. They learned quite a bit about nightclub operations from experience, in addition to business principles learned from their studies. Club IT has high ceilings and high energy lighting that create an atmosphere of fun and energy. For music, they hire live bands on Fridays and Saturdays, and then have a live DJ Tuesdays through Thursdays. They are closed on Sundays. The DJ uses MP3 playlists to play hip-hop, techno, electronic, and some Top 40s. The club occupies about 6,000 square feet of space with a 600 square foot dance floor, seating for 220, a kitchen for appetizers and short orders, and a bar with four pour stations. Ruben and Lisa’s mission for Club IT is to offer live music, DJ's, dance space and refreshments. Ultimately they want to build a community that meets regularly at Club IT. As for staffing, Club IT has one assistant manager, four bartenders, six wait staffers, two stewards, two short order cooks, and four security guards. With regard to the information technology Club IT has a website as well as an employee portal referred to as an intranet. The information system is used as an organizational resource to keep track of employee’s personal and professional information as well as orders, sales, and budget. The data is stored in various formatted excel spreadsheets. It is also...
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...Club IT: Part One Club IT is a 6,000 square foot venue that provides music, dancing and a casual dining, experience for customers who desire to have a fun, and entertaining experience. Lisa and Ruben, co owners of Club IT are both business degree graduates who both seem to have a passion for music and they have began to realize their dream of opening up their own music venue. They recently remodeled Club IT and added booths and table setting in addition to bar seating and now have the ability to seat two hundred twenty guests, and with their 600 square foot dance floor, they provide plenty of space for dancing. Beyond your traditional bar, Club IT not only offers beverages but also offers both appetizers and short order food to their clientele. Club IT makes every effort to be appealing to the most people by offering diverse varieties of music so that anyone can find something that they will enjoy when they go to Club IT. They offer nights with DJs “spinning” records, live music in the form of local bands and several times of year they have bands from all over the United States scheduled to appear. Best of all, through Club IT’s open mike nights the community can really feel like they are part of the It family by testing out their musical skills. The mission statement of Club IT is simple and straight to the point, the owners have it written clearly on their website,” “We, Ruben and Lisa, offer you live music, DJ's, dance space and refreshments that suit your lifestyle. You...
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...Club IT Part One XBIS/219 04/28/13 Kimberly Wheeler Club IT Part One Downtown is welcoming a new businesse. Ruben Keys and Lisa Tejada, business partners, own and manage a music venue located in the downtown area. With plenty of music and nightclub experiences, they decided to open their own nightclub called “Club IT.” With an exciting start with remodeling, live bands, and a live DJ, Ruben and Lisa realize that the information management has been their down fall. The mission of Club IT is to have their customers to enjoy their stay and night with fun and music. With the primary focus clientele of business people, students, tourists, and most important community people who love to meet regularly at club IT, Ruben and Lisa wants to suit the lifestyle of many. Club IT will have to develop a data processing plan that will be able to meet the needs of Club IT, employees, customers, as well as their own. The decision to hire someone in the area where they lack was a good business decision on their part. Business has been a good start but with the information management on the line business can easily turn for the worse, so software for Club IT is in process. As a small company, Club IT uses an intranet structure. A private network that allows the owners and employees to have access providing resources for the club. The clubs system may need to implement...
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...Club IT, Part One BIS 219 Club IT, Part One Club IT is an up-and-coming downtown nightclub that caters to local musicians, DJ talent, and music lovers of all ages. The owners, Ruben Keys and Lisa Tejada, endeavor to provide a comfortable, friendly atmosphere that keeps customers coming back on a regular basis. The goal is to move from a “brick-and-mortar” business to a “click-and mortar” business leveraging the Internet for marketing, customer service, sales, and information sharing (Rainer & Turban, p. 38). Embarking on business-to-consumer e-commerce strategy will broaden the company’s customer base and showcase what the club does best, music. Lisa and Ruben have a clear mission, “to offer live music, DJ’s, dance space and refreshments that suit your lifestyle.” They believe that customers are also friends and seek to build a community that considers Club IT a regular meeting place. The goal is to extend the company’s reach and provide a portal in which customers can get information, listen to song selections, and buy merchandise. This will enhance the customer experience and enable the club to market its artists and events. The customer demographics are young adults ages 21 to 35. The club specializes in Hip-hop, Techno, Electronica, and some Top 40 music. Friday and Saturday nights feature live bands and local talent. Weeknights, talented, local Disc Jockeys create a high energy atmosphere and play the latest dance music. Each month the club showcases...
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...Club IT, Part One: En este trabajo se analizará la situación de un club nocturno ficticio llamado Club IT y se examinara su misión y clientela. Se escogerá una de las diferentes estrategias para alcanzar ventaja competitiva encontradas en el capítulo 2 de “Introduction to Information Systems” (Rainer y Turban) y se analizara que requiere Club IT para seguir esta estrategia. El ficticio Club IT tiene una misión corta y simple, ofrecer música en vivo, DJ’s, piso de baile y refrigerios que se acomodan a los diferentes estilos de vida de su clientela, además busca construir una comunidad que se encuentre regularmente en club. Esta misión puede cumplir su cometido y puede reforzar las ganancias del club creando una clientela que los visite regularmente atrayéndolos con música y refrigerios variados para diferentes gustos, pero debe de ser innovada para poder competir con otros clubes, ya que todos los clubes nocturnos ofrecen y buscan lo mismo. Club IT necesita algo que los ponga aparte del resto de los clubes nocturnos del área. Club IT necesita crear una estrategia de innovación. Primero debería de hacer una investigación del mercado, visitando diferentes clubes del área y ver que tipo servicios y productos diferentes ofrecen. Luego puede incorporar estos servicios, combinarlos o darles un giro original. También, teniendo en cuenta los servicios y productos que ya existen en otros clubes nocturnos, Club IT puede desarrollar un producto o servicio original o que por...
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...Club IT, Part 1 Club IT is located in the center of downtown. It is owned and operated by Rueban Keys and Lisa Tejada. While going to college, Rueban and Lisa supported themselves by performing in local nightclubs. With both of them having a passion for music and degrees in Business Administration they had a dream to open up a nightclub. I was very excited to be hired as an intern to analyze the Club IT informational needs. I had the opportunity to visit the club first hand one Friday night to check out the club scene. After having a wonderful time I began to come up questions about the club and the particular clientele they served. With the internal remodeling of the club that had been done it so happened it created a young, vibrant atmosphere that could be a “hit” for college students and offer a place for the older crowds to come, enjoy, relax, and have a good time. Having many ideas forming in mind during my observation, especially IT related, I went into their website to see what information was available to customers and how was it delivered to the clientele. After reviewing the club and the web site, I believe the best strategy for a competitive advantage for Club IT would to be to try Customer-Orientation Strategy. The club has spacious room and has a great potential for making it a “hit”. In addition, with the Club’s strong mission statement, addressing the information technology needs in retrospect to the Club’s needs, and performing the customer orientation...
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...Club IT Part 1 XBIS/219 Club IT is a hot newly remodeled music club downtown owned by Lisa Tejada and Ruben Keys its high energy atmosphere creates lots of entertainment and enjoyment for its clients. Club IT takes advantage of the information base and is enhancing it data management, decision making capabilities, and information technologies so it can establish the kind of community Lisa and Ruben had hoped. With their current IT resources although it is not much they are able to achieve the solutions needed to build the community they want, accomplishing their mission, and serve their clientele. Lisa and Ruben must implement some changes in their online information resources and the data management to improve their competitive advantage. “We, Ruben and Lisa, offer you live music, DJ's, dance space and refreshments that suit your lifestyle. You are our friends, and we seek to build a community that meets regularly at Club IT." (Axia College, 2009). Information Technology will help in the decision making capabilities, it uses search engines and the intranet to gather given information making the decision making process faster, and more efficient then ever before. Lisa and Rueben realized using the intranet as one of their functional areas it enables them to spend less time in and around the office, and more time planning the activities, booking bands, and advertising on their website for their clients. The website...
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...Club IT is a downtown night club that offers an excellent music venue to a variety of customers. The 600 square foot dance floor will be a great place to get some exercise and to have some fun. Club IT is a lifelong dream of Ruben Keys and Lisa Tejada, who are both musicians and business administration graduates. Their love of music and knowledge of business has enabled them plan and create Club IT to their specific dreams of this unique night club. The variety of music, selection of drinks and food, and unique atmosphere will bring a variety of customers and will have a customer base built that will entice more to come and bring their friends. Ruben and Lisa’s extensive knowledge of business principles has led them to seek help with their information management needs. Adding some technology to their already solid business plan will give them competitive advantage along with more time because a system will combine many aspects of the business. Club IT offers a relaxing, yet up-beat atmosphere with different music each day of the week, and an interactive website offering products and reservations. Along with food drinks and a huge dance floor, Club IT is a place to meet friends and family for great nights of fun. Lisa and Ruben have decided to hire me as an IT consultant and I am going to help them as professionally as I can. Club IT will be advancing there information management systems and running like a well-oiled machine with the new changes I plan to implicate. ...
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...Club IT Part One Club IT is a new nightclub that recently has opened downtown. The club is owned by Ruben Keys and Lisa Tejada. They have just finished remodeling the inside and are very satisfied with the results. Club IT gives a great energy and is a great place to go dance, eat, or just relax with some friends. Club IT offers 6,000 square feet of fun with a short order kitchen for appetizers and also a bar. The club offers a variety of music. On Friday and Saturday nights, Club IT has live bands. On Monday through Thursday nights the club hires a DJ to play all types of music including: hip hop, techno, electronic, and some top 40s. Whereas a normal club only provides one specific type of music, they tend to only cater to a small group of people. By providing such diversity in their music, Club IT caters to anybody including older adults, married couples, singles, and young-adults. Ruben and Lisa’s mission is clear: they offer a variety of music and drinks to cater to everybody’s lifestyle and want to build a community of friends who meet at the club regularly. Although Club IT is a terrific place to the physical eye, it lacks in the IT department. Ruben and Lisa have hired me on as an intern to help give them a full analysis of their information needs. Club IT uses an intranet structure. That is, a private network that only the owners and employees of the club can access. Although this is an excellent resource for a club, it needs to have some changes made. First, the...
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... Web-Based Environment – Chapter Exercises Starting your Internship at Club IT Club IT is a downtown music venue managed and owned by Ruben Keys and Lisa Tejada. They both graduated with degrees in Business Administration in 2005, and decided to follow their dream to open a nightclub. During college, they supported themselves by working as musicians, Lisa playing jazz violin and Ruben on drums, so they learned quite a bit about nightclub operations from experience, in addition to business principles learned from their studies. Lisa and Ruben have just completed extensive remodeling of the interior of Club IT and are pleased with the results. Its high ceilings and high energy lighting creates an ambience of fun and energy. For music, they hire live bands on Fridays and Saturdays and have a live DJ Tuesdays through Thursdays (closed on Sundays). The DJ uses a collection of MP3 playlists, playing hip-hop, techno, and electronic with some Top 40’s thrown in. Lisa and Ruben run the office and maintain all financial and business-related records. They realize that while the resources they spent on remodeling are paying off well, their information management is lagging behind. Their next project is a full analysis of their information needs, and to start it off, they have hired you as an intern. To prepare for your first day of work, you and a few friends decide to spend a Friday evening at Club IT. Your visit is very enjoyable – you have made some new friends, learned...
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...Club IT, Part One Mike Wilkinson BIS/219 August 16, 2010 Jeffery Comrie . Club IT is the new hot spot that recently opened in San Francisco, Ca. The purpose of this paper is to explain Club Its mission statement, primary cliental, the systems management, the function of IT, and their competitive strategy to help advance in business. Club Its mission statement, “We, Ruben and Lisa, offer you live music, DJ's, dance space and refreshments that suit your lifestyle. You are our friends, and we seek to build a community that meets regularly at Club IT” (Rainer, 2000-2007). Club IT is a dance club for young and middle aged adults. Club It offers an atmosphere filled with fun and energy. Live bands play on Friday and Saturday nights for people to enjoy. Monday through Thursday there is a Dj that plays hip-hop, techno, electronic and top 40’s until closing time. The bar has a variety of drinks to select from, along with finger foods and short order. Club Its purpose is to create a place within the community for people to enjoy. Ruben and Lisa both have degrees in business administration and handle all financial obligations. Although business is booming, Ruben and Lisa realize that their information management is lagging. Ruben and Lisa decide to hire someone to have new hardware and software upgrades installed. This will help Ruben, Lisa, and other employees to provide customers with a better service Installing new modern telecommunication will provide wide range...
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...Club IT Part One Mission Club IT is a new venue that will be launching in a nearby community. The owners of the entertainment complex are seeking to arrive at an authentic experience concerning what direction the organization is headed when it is in operation. The owners must know several aspects of the entertainment business and must also find what type of clientele they will be servicing. After spending an evening in the club with friends just trying to get a belief of what the club is and what it could be. The information that will be gathered will help the owners of Club IT identify the tools needed to run an effective business. The first item on the agenda should be is to purchase software that will hold all information pertaining to the business of the club. Club IT will be a probable place where a variety of people will go for musical entertainment and fun times. Even though Club IT has done an exceptional job of starting their journey in the world of information systems, room for improvement is still needed. Joint Application Design (JAD) is a system that is used while developing new information systems. If Club IT would like to remain competitive in the entertaining business it would be beneficial for the owners to take the necessary steps to invest in a new business information system. At the present moment, Club IT operates on a dial Internet connection (Rainer, 2009). Dial-up connections are considered to be inexpensive substitute to the high speed Internet...
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...helps to promote an individual’s company. Club IT is a nightclub that just open in the downtown area. The club is owned and managed by two musicians named Ruben Keys and Lisa Tejada, who has spent their college days working in nightclubs (University of phoenix, 2011). Working in the nightclub environment they have gained knowledge, and firsthand experience in what it takes to bring people within their atmosphere. Lisa and Ruben have just finished remodeling the inside of their club, and they were delighted with how it turns out (University of phoenix, 2011). The club gives off this vibe where people can go and relax, make new friends, dance, drink, and just have fun. Club IT has space up to 6,000 square feet and a 600 square foot dance floor with seating up to 220 people (University of phoenix, 2011). The club offers a short order kitchen with a fully stock bar. It has different variety of music, which is played by a DJ on Tuesdays through Thursdays from hip hop, Latin, Country, Folk, Jazz, R and B, techno and some top 40’s. Fridays and Saturday’s club IT hires live bands to perform from NYC bands to San Francisco bands, also the club offers the customer a chance to show just how talented he or she are by have a day available for open mike night ( University of phoenix, 2011). Most Clubs in this present time and past eras have provided limited types of music that suited a particular crowd, and they tend to promote their clubs to a smaller group of people either by age,...
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...Club IT, Part One (750 – 1050 words) Mission and Clientele The mission statement of Club IT is direct and simple; it states that the owners want to provide “live music, DJ’s, dance space and refreshments” that would cater to the desires of the clientele. The mission states that the owners wish to build a regular clientele, customers who would “meet regularly at Club IT.” The type of clientele the owners are wanting to attract are music lovers, and from looking at their calendar they should have no problem getting people who want to hear live music, DJ playlists and dance in the door, several months out of the year there are bands from a specific area in the United States booked to play at Club IT. The other months they have booked DJ or bands that play a certain genre of music; they even have an open mike night for one month. With a calendar as varies as Club IT they should have no issues building their clientele with music lovers from all walks of life (Club IT, 2007). IT Resources When considering Information Technology (IT) the first thing to change or update would be the Club IT website, there is some useful information on the site now but it looks as though it was built in the early 90’s and with simple clipart, the graphic designs should be something exclusive to Club IT. Links on the new site should be what is already there but instead of having an uploaded image of the menu have the menu typed out in plain text, for example. A blog used to announce upcoming events...
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...Week One Assignment Business Communication June 15, 2010 COM/285 Business Communication In today’s business world, numerous emerging trends are causing business communication to change at an alarmingly rapid pace. Some of these trends are; technology, quality product focus and customers’ needs based management, entrepreneurship, teamwork, diversity, globalization, outsourcing, legal and ethical concerns, balancing family and work, job flexibility, and process improvement initiatives that have accelerated communication and access to information from executive board rooms to the frontline employees. What role does Business Communication play in your day-to-day activities at work? In the business world timely and accurate communication is a critically important factor in day-to-day organizational operations and is essential part of any successful business. Good communication information must be shared among all co-workers, supervisors, managers, and company executives to ensure goodwill and structured company mission focus. If communication is not shared among all the co-workers, then that is when the company infrastructure starts to fail. Likewise, good business communication produces strong working relationships between co-workers, supervisor, peers, customers, and all stakeholders. Furthermore, good interaction within an organization builds a stronger support in business. How does it help you manage your daily activities? Business Communication...
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