...SUBDOMAIN 329.2 - EXECUTING ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGY Competency 329.2.1: Strategic Thinking and Execution - The graduate applies strategic thinking to the challenge of executing a strategic plan and demonstrates the ability to manage strategically. Competency 329.2.3: Responsibility Centers and Balanced Scorecards - The graduate designs responsibility centers and develops a balanced scorecard system to improve strategic success. Introduction: In this task, you will analyze the “Utah Symphony and Utah Opera: A Merger Proposal” case study. You will develop a proposed action plan for the new leader, Anne Ewers, to help her in the development of a new strategy to measure the success of the ongoing merger process. The strategic goals for the first year of the merger include the following: • Integrate the business processes of the two companies • Reduce overall expenses as a percentage to profit • Retain key employees • Maintain audience base for both the Utah Opera and the Utah Symphony • Identify and pursue synergistic opportunities between the two companies Task: A. Develop an action plan for Anne Ewers by doing the following: 1. Analyze the financial and leadership strengths and weaknesses of the Utah Symphony before the merger. a. Recommend the key steps Anne should take to address these weaknesses to ensure a successful start of the merger. 2. Analyze the financial and leadership strengths and weaknesses of the Utah Opera...
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...Explore employment opportunities 4.1 a. Agile, Analysis, Android, Application development, Architecture b. Navtech LLC, CyberCoders, Zoot Enterprises, M5 Management Services c. Dallas TX, Chicago IL, Boston MA, Bloomington MN, Pelham AL D. mobile developer, mobile web developer (HTML, Java, SQL), Mobile application developer, business systems analyst (mobile), Mobile and web application developer e. There are 5 tech jobs that will be huge in the future. One of them would be “Startups.” Startups are something a computer science graduate can jump right into. Doing this you learn about how the industry and business is run and how to efficiently build technology. Another is Ultratech; by working for Google, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft or any other big domains on the internet. If you work for one of these high scale companies it will strengthen your resume and you will learn how to be productive in the IT workplace with a team environment. UI is front-end Web Development and is very difficult. This field is considered to be very important to the industry, and will help you practice your ability to build really complex interfaces. This is looking to remain hot for years to come. Big Data is the ability to work with large data sets. This is very in demand for now and the future, and data science and processing are extremely active and are considered to remain strong for some time to come. Mobile is something I’m personally interested in. It’s considered a good choice...
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...(“care manager” or “home manager” or “registered manager” or “branch manager” or “home care manager” or “service manager” or “domiciliary manager” or “dom manager”) and (domiciliary or “dom care” or “homecare” or “home care” or “care agency” or “community care”) and (NVQ4 or “NVQ 4” or “NVQ level 4” or “NVQ IV” or NVQ5 or “NVQ 5” or “NVQ level 5” or “NVQ V” or QCF4 or “QCF 4” or “QCF level 4” or “QCF IV” or QCF5 or “QCF 5” or “QCF level 5” or “QCF V” or “Registered manager award” or RMA) (“live in carer” or “live in manager” or “live-in manager” or “registered manager” or “care manager” or “community manager”) and NVQ “Kitchen Assistant” and (“health care” or “extra care” or “scheme care” or “assisted living” or “supported living”) (Developer or programmer or “software engineer”) and C# and “.NET” and MVC (“security advisor” or “security consultant”) and process ("unit manager" or "process manager" or manager or...
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...Mobile Apps Business Strategy Short Marketing Analysis of the Mobile Apps Market Every modern business needs its own mobile app in order to attract new customers and drive away the competitors without their own mobile apps. 36% of construction companies utilized more than 5 mobile business apps in 2014 (Business-Apps, 2015). In other words, software development becomes more profitable year by year. On the one hand, employers significantly reduced the paperwork and manual data processing with the help of the mobile apps. 23 percent of huge construction companies use ten or even more mobile business apps in 2014. Mobile apps cut costs on inspections (61%), checklists (31%) and work orders (49%). 69 percent of businesses want their apps to connect their data with Dropbox or Google Drive. Apps finally allow signature capture and image capture to happen. Cute image can attract a lot of new customers. Mobile apps help manufacturers to attract more return clients. Mobile apps can also help the small business to outrun the bigger one (Haselmayr, 2015). Mobile apps elaborate the customer loyalty since the contact between the product and the customer is better because an average customers uses his/her smartphone or tablet PC two hours a day. From this point of view, mobile apps are more effective than billboards, roadside banners, email spam, or websites. 1 General app development costs It usually takes most mobile leaders...
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...of philanthropic endeavors, donating large amounts of money to various charitable organizations and scientific resear Microsoft's basic was popular with computer hobbyists, but Gates discovered that a pre-market copy had leaked into the community and was being widely copied and distributed. In February 1976, Gates wrote an Open Letter to Hobbyist in the MITS newsletter saying that MITS could not continue to produce, distribute, and maintain high-quality software without payment. This letter was unpopular with many computer hobbyists, but Gates persisted in his belief that software developers should be able to demand payment. Microsoft became independent of MITS in late 1976, and it continued to develop programming language software for various systems. Gates' role at Microsoft for most of its history was primarily a management and executive role. However, he was an active software developer in the early years, particularly on the company's programming language products....
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...Dear Sir/Madam, I am offering my services for the job Sales Executive in your company. Thank You. Regards: Either you have not created CV or your CV is pending for approval. Please to create your CV Job Details Job Title: Sales Executive Ca... www.lums.edu.pk - June 24 - Save - Send to a friend Principal Software Engineer Lahore, Punjab Dear Sir/Madam, I am offering my services for the job Principal Software Engineer in your company. Thank You. Regards: Either you have not created CV or your CV is pending for approval. Please to create your CV Job Details Job Title: Princi... www.lums.edu.pk - June 24 - Save - Send to a friend Java Web Developer Lahore, Punjab Dear Sir/Madam, I am offering my services for the job Java Web Developer in your company. Thank You. Regards: Either you have not created CV or your CV is pending for approval. Please to create your CV Job Details Job Title: Java Web Develo... www.lums.edu.pk - June 24 - Save - Send to a friend Information officer Lahore, Punjab Dear Sir/Madam, I am offering my services for the job Information officer in your company. Thank You. Regards: Either you have not created CV or your CV is pending for approval. Please to create your CV Job Details Job Title: Information of... www.lums.edu.pk - June 24 - Save - Send to a friend Admin Manager Lahore, Punjab Dear Sir/Madam, I am offering my services for the job Admin Manager in your company. Thank You. Regards: Either...
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...Software Liability For many, many years the debate has raged on whether or not software developers should be liable for bugs in software. Plenty of companies, sick of dealing with buggy software, have felt that developers should be legally liable, just as any other defective product. But many argue back that, with software, that's not really reasonable, since pretty much all software has bugs. That's the nature of software -- and making developers potentially liable for "defective" offerings, because the software has some bugs, opens up so much liability that it could cast a chill across all sorts of software development -- especially in areas where software is especially buggy. And, of course, there's a strong argument that those unintended consequences would do significantly more harm than good, such as driving good developers out of the business, because the liability is just too high. Warranties are a form of protection for a user and assure buyers that a product meets certain standards of quality. The manufacturer or seller makes an important promise to stand behind the product. Federal law requires that warranties be available for you to read before you buy even when you're shopping by catalog or on the Internet. Coverage varies, so you can compare the extent of warranty coverage just as you compare the style, price, and other characteristics of products. Another form of protection for users is extended warranties. An extended warranty is a lengthened warranty...
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...trying to maximize profit. This concept of doing business offshore has both pros and cons and all should be measured to determine what is best for the company both long term and short term. One benefit of off shoring application development is the cheaper labor costs. At the inception of off shoring and outsourcing, supporters of this concept have always noted that lower labor costs will benefit a company with a higher profit margin. Countries that provide off shoring services to the United Stated do not have the higher over- head costs to operate because their employee labor market is significantly lower at cost per hour than employees in the United States are. Keeping in mind the lower labor costs, many companies see that software developers can utilize the same benefits of cheaper labor as other service areas to maximize profit and minimize costs. Another benefit of off shoring application development provided by Clarety Consulting is the less production down time. In this article it is explains off shoring software development allows employees to work on site for 24 hours a day (Advantages & Disadvantages Sotware Developoment Outsourcing). The concept behind this approach to outsourcing is that with access to employees in various countries production on software never has to stop because in every country there is another time zone to begin and start the workday, thus allowing a faster production of products in this case the faster production of software. Along with the...
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...shareholders, partners, and employees by honoring our commitments, providing results, and striving for the highest quality. Microsoft Australia launched the ‘Australian Software Developer Community’ in November 2010. The results were immediate, giving new members a local presence for like-minded developers to exchange ideas and network. The launch of the group on LinkedIn allowed Microsoft to engage local developers, share resources and help them to become more productive and successful, all within a Microsoft branded environment. Christian Long staff, Developer Audience Marketing Manager at Microsoft Australia, says, “We wanted to target web developers or people who are interested in web development with resources to help them become more productive and successful. This in turn helps drive Microsoft’s success. By joining our group on LinkedIn, developers can seek answers to problems, network, and discuss big ideas. Our LinkedIn campaign sponsored in Mails that invited developers to join the Group. We used the banners within the group to promote our new products that were relevant to developers.” For Microsoft Australia the motivation for joining and using LinkedIn was threefold: 1) To be more productive in role 2) To network with peers 3) To consume Microsoft resources to drive developer satisfaction. Microsoft Australia wanted to achieve the following with their LinkedIn campaigns: • Boost group membership through Partner...
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...Handstar Inc. Teaching Purpose: This case requires students to rank a number of candidate projects using both the NPV approach and the weighted scoring model approach. The case demonstrates how the NPV approach can be combined with the weighted scoring approach in evaluating projects. 1. Which projects would you recommend Handstar pursue based on the NPV approach? The spreadsheet bellow summarizes the NPV calculations for the six projects assuming the development costs are incurred at the end of year zero and each product has a three-year life. Since the six projects require a total of 13,025 development hours and only 10,000 hours are available, one or more projects will need to be postponed or eliminated from further consideration. If we start with the project with the highest NPV, the Browser project would be selected first requiring 1,875 hours of development time. Next, the Trip Planner would be selected requiring an additional 6,250 hours of development time. The project with the next highest NPV is the Spreadsheet project. However, this project requires 2,500 hours and only 1,875 hours are available after selecting the Browser and Trip Planner projects. The project with the next highest NPV is the Calendar/Email project which requires 1,250 hours of development time leaving 625 hours available. Of the remaining projects, the Portfolio Tracker requires too many hours while the Expense Report project can be completed with the hours available. Thus, Browser...
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...Week 6: Captiva Conglomerate 1. MAJOR FACTS: a. Captiva Conglomerate’s key staff is meeting to discuss the contract with S.O. Software (SOS), the developer and supplier of a custom inventory and spare parts management system. Attendees: Materials manager, Inventory & Spares (I&S) manager and his supply manager, the vice president of operations, vice president of finance and the director of Information Technology (IT). b. Captiva Conglomerate have had contracted SOS to develop a new custom inventory and spare parts management system. c. After completing a test run of the spares management module, the I&S manager (primary user), denunciated the results of the test as a disaster. d. The software is four months behind schedule and it is not user friendly. e. Captiva’s president signed the contract calling for SOS ‘best efforts,’ ‘whenever possible,’ etc., on the development of the software. f. The IT director initiated (acknowledgement) each paged containing the specs for the contract. g. Captiva’s management is really concerned about how to proceed with the terms of this contract or if pursue legal actions. 2. MAJOR PROBLEMS: a. The staff members convoked to discuss the issue seems to be more concerned in pointing fingers and blaming each other instead of working together to find a solution. b. The contract calls for ‘best effort’. How do you measure best effort? Does the contract include a statement of work (S.O.W.)? c. The contract calls for ‘whenever...
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...A software developer is a person with every aspect of software design; in other words they dive into every facet of the software development process. This very reason is why being a software developer is a passion of mine, because in the words of most people in this chosen career “developers make software for the world to use” (Hardiman). Although most interview processes concerning software developing can be tedious as well as challenging, especially over the phone, ultimately becoming a software designer is worth the suffering and sweat. It also helps that a software developer's average salary is higher than most other occupations in the technology field. So, why choose a career in software development; well, it will allow me to pursue my passion for developing software in phones, it’s challenging, and it pays extremely well. Until recently, the iPhone iOS dominated the mobile market, but Google Android has now demonstrably overtaken iPhone in terms of market share, due partly to the power of the Google brand and partly to the platform's openness (Mobile Technology). Moments like this, Google developing something equally great, if not better than, the top developer in the country is why I have such a passion for software design in mobile technology. To create something that reaches all around the globe, knowing it’s the best out there at the moment, would be indescribable. It’s not only the knowledge that I created something great, but also the fact that I fixed something that...
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...responsiveness - factors influencing continued growth, and - anti-trust lawsuits CUSTOMER RESPONSIVENESS Customer responsiveness has always been a major issue in fast changing technology industries. Another bit of jargon, FYIFV or FYIV ("Fuck You, I'm [Fully] Vested"), is used by an employee to indicate they are financially independent and can avoid work anytime they wish.[80] The company is also known for its hiring process, mimicked in other organizations and dubbed the "Microsoft interview", which is notorious for off-the-wall questions such as "Why is a manhole cover round? Many times Microsoft has been described as having a developer-centric business culture. Microsoft spends a lot of time and money each year on recruiting young university-trained software developers and on keeping them in the company. Microsoft goes out of its way to make these young developers feel special by way of special office space and interesting perks. Microsoft has also been accused of being a corporate cult. Employees end practically living at the software giant’s campus in Washington. People have been known to work 24 hours a day at Microsoft. The campus is set up in such a way that you never have to go home. The belief system of Microsoft makes it difficult for its employees to imagine they have a life away from work. An interesting expression used in Microsoft is “eating our own dog food.” It refers to the company’s policy of using the latest Microsoft products inside the company in an effort to...
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...Our current traditional method of web development occupies most of our web developers time towards tedious coding. Through my research, I have found that our company could be saving more than a million dollars by implementing WordPress over the next 3 years. I believe 75% of the work being done by our web developers could be done more efficiently using this platform. By implementing WordPress, our current processes of developing will be more efficient and easier to adapt to future technologies. This adoption will greatly reduce the amount of time our developers waste on coding, which will cover for the initial investment of this platform. WordPress has limitless functionality and it is free. The user is free to do whatever they like with the WordPress code. They can extend it or modify it to fit their needs or they can use it for commercial projects without any licensing fees. Another great feature that improves developer’s efficiency is the workflow. There can be different types of users that can only post drafts not publish to the front page. Having different roles for users such as administrator, editor, or author, allows users to collaborate but also adds restrictions to what they can and cannot do. There are up to ten levels of different users having different privileges with regards to publishing, editing and other options. Another key feature in WordPress is its compatibility. This platform is compatible with multiple browsers, and its compliance with W3C standards...
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...Ahmed Mansour Big Data and Analytics Developer at OMS ahmedelmasry_60311@hotmail.com Summary Working in Big Data & Analytics (2014 - Present). Working in Business Intelligence (IBM Cognos) (2013 - Present). Working in ERP & Data manipulation (Oracle & Asp.net) (2011 - 2013). Skills (Pivotal HD (Hadoop),Oracle, Sql Server, MongoDB, Asp.net, JavaScript, Node.js, C#). Training (Pivotal HD Hadoop training). Master's Degree in Informatics at Nile University (2014-2016) Graduated from Faculty of Science, Cairo University (2011). Awarded (YIA) The Young Innovator Award (2010). Experience Big Data and Analytics Developer at OMS April 2015 - Present (1 month) Developing and analysis Big Data using Hadoop framework (Pivotal HD & Hawq), Hadoop Eco-System Co-Founder and Data Analyst at AlliSootak September 2010 - Present (4 years 8 months) Developing and Researcher Senior Software Developer at Fifth Dimension (5d) October 2014 - April 2015 (7 months) Senior Software Developer at Bizware August 2013 - October 2014 (1 year 3 months) Developing 2 recommendations available upon request Director of Special Projects at CIT Support May 2012 - January 2014 (1 year 9 months) Ensure that the client's requirements are met, the project is completed on time and within budget and that everyone else is doing their job properly. Senior Software Developer at I-Axiom Cloud ERP Solutions November 2011 - August 2013 (1 year 10 months) Developing Certifications The Data Scientist’s...
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