...<Case Study Questions> 1. What is PUE, and why is it an important place to start when considering how to reduce data center power consumption? What value of PUE should data center managers strive for? - PUE is simply defined as “Power Usage Effectiveness”. It measures how efficiently data centers use energy. PUE is an important place to start because it makes Google to measure the change in usage effectiveness. The ratio of PUE is total facility energy over IT equipment energy. A PUE of 1.00 would be best, but 1.09 was the lowest estimated value until 2011 as the video says. Data center managers are still striving for that. PUE = IT Equipment Energy + Facility Overhead Energy / IT Equipment Energy 2. Describe the five methods recommended by Google for reducing power consumption. - Measure PUE As I mentioned in Question 1, the industry uses a ratio called Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) to measure and help reduce the energy used for non-computing functions. To effectively use PUE, it's important to measure often (at least once per second). If the ratio has a 1.00 PUE, it means the energy can be used in the most effective way possible. - Manage airflow Good air flow management is significant to efficient data center operation. By Minimize hot and cold air mixing, Google reduces its power consumption. Google should eliminate hot spots and be sure to use blanking plates (or flat sheets of metal) for any empty slots in the rack. Thermal modeling using computational...
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...Multiple Choice Questions Checks: Is the answer correct Could any of the wrong options be correct Are there any clues MARKETS | No | Question | Answer | 1 | If the Index Increase what will be the effect on Price(a)Price will Fall(b) Price will Increase(c)Price will Unchanged(d)Price Increase or Decrease | | 2 | The purpose of stock exchange Index are those, EXCEPT(a)Judge the prices they may be able to buy or sell(b)Evaluating Performance about price day by day(c)Monitoring Primary activities of business(d)Get clear idea about price changes in Stock Exchange | | 3 | An increase in the index denotes a) Number of shares traded have increased b) Increase in the number of the companies listed c) Rise in the prices of shares d) Decrease in the number of companies listed | | 4 | Which one of the following is NOT the main function of the stock exchange. a) Enabling buyers to purchase bonds b) Enabling buyers to purchase investments c) Enabling buyers to sell their investments. d) Facilitate trading shares | | 5 | Which one of the following can be a function of Stock exchange a) Raising funds for companies that are listed in the stock exchange b) Act as an advisor to the company on mergers and acquisitions c) Maintain foreign exchange reserves of the company d) Recording the transactions executed on the Stock Exchange | | 6 | Which one of the following would you NOT except to requirement of the IPOs? a) Large enough to attract sufficient...
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...A Blooming Web Business Flowers are a highly perishable product. Most pass their useful commercial life within hours. Therefore, ensuring timely arrangement, packaging, and delivery is of utmost importance for the survival of any florist, let alone one that operates on the Web. 1800Flowers.com, Inc. is the oldest online florist. Jim McCann opened a single flower shop on Long Island in 1976. Within a few years he augmented it into a chain of 14 flower shops in the New York City metropolitan area. In 1986, he acquired the telephone number 1-800-356-9377, which allowed him to advertise the company as 1-800-FLOWERS to receive orders by phone. He registered it as a trademark. In 1995, he acquired the domain name 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, registered it, too, as a trademark, and opened a Web site. The domain name has since become one of the most recognized brands in gift retailing. From its flowers-only beginning, the company expanded into plants, gourmet foods, candies, gift baskets, and other unique gifts, all offered at the Web site. Non-flower products are shipped to customers worldwide. To accommodate flower customers anywhere in the United States, the company created BloomNet®, a network of about 9,000 florists. This network supplements the company’s own 100 stores from coast to coast in the United States. To cast a wider net, the company also operates an affiliate program, enabling any online business that joins it to earn up to 12 percent of sales that originate at that business’...
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...Flowers are a highly perishable product. Most pass their useful commercial life within hours. Therefore, ensuring timely arrangement, packaging, and delivery is of utmost importance for the survival of any florist, let alone one that operates on the Web. 1800Flowers.com, Inc. is the oldest online florist. Jim McCann opened a single flower shop on Long Island in 1976. In 1986, he acquired the telephone number 1-800-356-9377, which allowed him to advertise the company as 1-800-FLOWERS. He registered it as a trademark. In 1995, he acquired the domain name 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, registered it, too, as a trademark, and opened a Web site. From its flowers-only beginning, the company expanded into plants, gourmet foods, candies, gift baskets, and other unique gifts, all offered at the Web site. . The Web site is built to accommodate the typical surges in the weeks of Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day. On Valentine’s Day and the 48 hours before the day, the number of transactions increases to 10 times the normal number.Each of the three physical locations maintained by AT&T hosts several servers. Starting in January, the IT staff takes each hosting facility offline for a few days and tests it. The staff simulates a transaction load similar to what it expects on its busiest day, Valentine’s Day, and fixes any problems that emerge. This attention to detail and corporate discipline may be the reason for the company’s success. From a single store in 1976, it has grown to a combination of brickand-...
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...Case Study of Detroit, MI Michael Harker BIO 201-2 Public Health and the Environment Although the city of Detroit, Michigan has been hit by hard times over the last 50 years or so, people and businesses are coming together in order to change the city and its residents. “Detroit has a long and storied 300-year history, but the heart and soul of Detroit is its residents” (City of Detroit, 2013, para.1). In the early to mid-1900’s Detroit used to be known as the auto industry of the world however, because of cheaper labor overseas and in the southern part of the United States thousands of Detroit residents ended up losing their jobs. These auto industry workers were the main income earners for their families but due to the loss of thousands upon thousands of auto industry jobs, entire neighborhoods in Detroit now sit vacant and abandoned. According to Jackson and Sinclair the authors of Designing Healthy Communities, the city of Detroit once had a population of two million people but has been declining over the last 50 years. In 1950 Detroit was the fourth largest city in the United States, however by 1990 the population was down to 1 million people and by 2006 there were only 871,000 residents. (Jackson & Sinclair, 2012). This continued downward spiral of the city’s population has seen many younger and highly skilled people looking to leave Detroit, leaving behind an older generation of city residents who are left to fend for themselves and who require more city services...
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...1 of 15 Assignm ent 2 Garment Industry Case Study MIS – Garment Industry Case Study 2 of 15 The Business Problem In common with the rest of the UK textile and garment industry, IGL faced problems of increasing competition from overseas suppliers, in particular relatively low-wage “Newly Industrialising Countries” like Hong Kong. In response to these competitive pressures, The Special Garment Group began searching for appropriate strategies to meet the challenge. In early 1983, they hired management consultants to study the future of their contract garments business. MIS – Garment Industry Case Study Organizational Structure CONGLOMERATE INTERNATIONAL GARMENTS LIMITED BOARD 3 of 15 PRODUCT GROUP 1 SPECIAL GARMENTS GROUP BOARD PRODUCT GROUP 3 CHIEF EXECUTIVE PROFIT CENTRE 1 PROFIT CENTRE n COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR FINANCE DIRECTOR DP MANAGER DP MANAGER MIS – Garment Industry Case Study 4 of 15 SADT Diagram Suppliers Retailers Business Objectives & Strategies Policies & Plans Investment Proposal Project Plan Concepts & Business Needs . Flexibility . Responsiveness Production Control MICS Development Project User Training Management Info Education & Training DP Staff (SDC & SGG) Hardware MICS Application Finance Technology MIS – Garment Industry Case Study 5 of 15 Investm ent Proposal 1. increase the proportion of high value-added merchandise 2. improve the speed of response...
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...NEW! Hands-on cases and projects: There's no better way to learn about MIS than by delving in. The hands-on practice this text offers through its cases and projects gives students the practice they need to better understand the concepts and applications of MIS. NEW! The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) connection: This text supports the efforts of AACSB to encourage assessment-based education. By using this test, professors can prove that by AACSB standards they have successfully taught students the material that they set out to teach. NEW! Customization and flexibility-New Learning Track Modules: This all-new feature gives instructors flexibility on determining which in-depth coverage they want to include for their course while still providing students with vital insight on key topics. NEW! Coverage ofglobalization - showing how to use IS in a global business environment NEW! Engaging Middle Eastern, Australian and Asian company cases: These new case studies are featured in each chapter, creating a more global learning experience Case Study - Soundbuzz's music strategy for Asia-Pacific p145 Case Study - Modernization of NTUC Income, one of Singapore's largest insurers p102 Opening Case - Al-Mansour Automotive: IT-enabled success p507 Interactive Session - Albassami's job is not feasible without IT p463 Opening Case - Ethical issues facing the use of technologies for the aged community...
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...Shaikh Index ● ● ● ● Introduction Case Study Questions MIS In Action References Introduction ● What are virtual meetings? 4 Videoconference ● A videoconference allows individuals at two or more locations to communicate simultaneously through two-way video and audio transmissions. ● Growing at an annual rate of 30 percent. ● Examples: 1. Rip Curl, a producer of surfing equipment, uses videoconferencing to help its designers, marketers, and manufacturers collaborate on new products. 2. Executive recruiting firm Korn/Ferry International uses video interviews to screen potential candidates before presenting them to clients. 3. Zomato also uses Skype for interviewing potential candidates. 5 Telepresence ● The top-of-the-line videoconferencing technology is known as telepresence. ● It is defined as a sensation of being elsewhere, created by virtual reality technology.[1] ● Prices for fully equipped telepresence rooms can run to $500,000. 6 Case Studies Questions 1. One consulting firm has predicted that video and Web conferencing will make business travel extinct. Do you agree? Why or why not? 7 Case Studies Questions 2. What is the distinction between videoconferencing and telepresence? 8 Case Studies Questions 3. What are the ways in which videoconferencing provides value to a business? Would you consider it smart management? Explain your answer. 9 Case Studies Questions 4. If you were in charge of a...
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...need to copy and paste into document) 3. Chapter 1 Video Case – PDF file located in the Course Documents Area (answer the questions without retyping the question) (1). “Smart Labels” are data and computer based shipping labels. And it can be made byr personal computer. The barcodes can record a lot of data, so it can’t only decrease the transit time, but also increase reliability. UPS can use GPS to provide a better track serves. Once the package arrive a UPS station, the “Smart Labels” can record the information of package and update to the website. The customer can track their packages easier. The UPS can also use this system to control their deliver serves, make sure the package can deliver on time. (2). Costumer order –logistics center-DIAD-delivered-DIAD A. The customer places an order, the logistics center receive the package and updates tracking information. B. When UPS ship out the package, they will use DIAD to scan the “Smart Labels”, so they can update the tracking information in date center. C. When the package is delivered, the customer need to sign name and UPS will use DIAD to update information. (3). Wireless communication can make the express delivery services more flexible and update their information faster. And it makes UPS more efficient and lower the cost of operation, it can also provide costumer experience. (4). 4. Interactive Session 1: a. Case Study Questions(answers only) 1. 2. 3. 4. b. MIS In Action Questions (answers only) 1. 2. Business Information...
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...Calendar Overall for Case-Study Presentation & Mid-Term Exam – MGT 4760 (Strategic Management) Sem 1, 2012/2013 Sec 8 (M-W) No. | Week | Topics | Class Day | Date | Schedule | Details | | 1 | Chapter 1: The Nature of Strategic Management | 1- Mon 2- Wed | 10/912/9 | | | | 2 | Chapter 2: The Business Vision and Mission | 3- Mon 4- Wed | 17/919/9 | | | | 3 | Chapter 3: The External Assessment | 5- Mon 6- Wed | 24/926/9 | | | | 4 | Chapter 4: The Internal Assessment | 7- Mon 8- Wed | 1/103/10 | Quiz 1 (Chapter 1.2.3) | | | 5 | Chapter 4: The Internal Assessment | 9- Mon 10- Wed | 8/1010/10 | | | | 6 | Chapter 5: Strategies in Action | 11- Mon 12- Wed | 15/1017/10 | | | | | BREAK(22/10 – 28/10) | 13- Mon 14- Wed | 22/1024/10 | | | | 7 | Chapter 5: Strategies in Action | 15- Mon 16- Wed | 29/1031/10 | Case Presentation Session 1Case Presentation Session 2 | Group 1:L: Lia Hilaliah (Case Study 3)Group 2:L: Mas Syairah bte Mohamad (Case Study 5) | | 8 | Chapter 6: Strategy Analysis and Choice | 17- Mon 18- Wed | 5/117/11 | | (Mid-Term Exam 7/11 Wednesday)Seminar Room 1.1 | | 9 | Chapter 6: Strategy Analysis and Choice | 19- Mon 20- Wed | 12/1114/11 | Case Presentation Session 3Case Presentation Session 4 | Group 3:L: Mohamed Sheikh (Case Study 9) Group 4:L: Izzati Nor binti Salleh (Case Study 14) | | 10 | Chapter 7: Implementing Strategies: Management and Operations...
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...Lapointe & Rivard/Resistance to IT Implementation RESEARCH ARTICLE A MULTILEVEL MODEL OF RESISTANCE TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IMPLEMENTATION1 By: Liette Lapointe Faculty of Management McGill University 1001 Sherbrooke Street West Montreal, Quebec H3A 1G5 Canada liette.lapointe@mcgill.ca Suzanne Rivard HEC Montreal 3000 Côte Ste-Catherine Road Montreal, Quebec H3T 2A7 Canada suzanne.rivard@hec.ca of the nature of the relationships between these components and (2) refine our understanding of the multilevel nature of the phenomenon. Using analytic induction, we examined data from three case studies of clinical information systems implementations in hospital settings, focusing on physicians’ resistance behaviors. The resulting mixeddeterminants model suggests that group resistance behaviors vary during implementation. When a system is introduced, users in a group will first assess it in terms of the interplay between its features and individual and/or organizational-level initial conditions. They then make projections about the consequences of its use. If expected consequences are threatening, resistance behaviors will result. During implementation, should some trigger occur to either modify or activate an initial condition involving the balance of power between the group and other user groups, it will also modify the object of resistance, from system to system significance. If the relevant initial conditions pertain to the power of the resisting group vis-à-vis the system...
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...MIS (Spring 2007) Information Systems Theory and Practice Professor: Professor Jason C.H. Chen, Ph.d. Class time: Tuesday (February 27 – June 16) E-mail: chen@jepson.gonzaga.edu URL: http://barney.gonzaga.edu/~chen Office: to be announced Office hour: to be announced and by appointment Required text: 1. Pearlson, K.E. and Saunders, C.S, Managing and Using Information Systems, Wiley, 2006 (3nd edition) 2. A package of Harvard Business School Case Studies Additional Readings and Cases: Class handouts as needed. Course Description and Goals This course is designed to provide the current and future managers with understanding and appreciation of the issues that are related to the organization’s information technology assets. The course is not to educate technical specialists, rather, it is to give students a managerial perspective on the use of, design of, and evaluations of information systems that exist in organizations today. The objective of this course is to prepare students to manage information services in both today’s and tomorrow’s environment with its managerial, social, political, ethical and global issues. Conduct of the Course All students are expected to read the assigned materials (text, end-of-chapter discussion board questions (DBQ) and Harvard Business School case studies- HBC) before coming to the class. Some days we will discuss the materials in the text book. You are expected to be prepared...
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...Case Study 2 Assignment Bandon Group, Inc Read the Bandon Group Inc. Case study. Complete the tasks listed under “Things to do” below. Bandon Group, Inc. |Strategy |Documentation |Things to Do | |Purpose and Scope of Study|Purpose and scope of the | | |(Step 1) |MIS study | | |Document High-Level |Executive Management |Write a summary of major problems and| |Business Direction |Interviews |opportunities defined by management. | |(Step 2) | |Focus on “common” | | | |problems/opportunities. | |Identify Key Information |Matrix: Goals, Critical |Write a summary of “common” or | |Needs and Measures |Success Factors, Measures, |“shared” CSFs, measures, IT needs. | |(Step 3) |IT Needs | | |Determine Detailed |Interview findings: |Write a summary of “common” or | |Business Requirements |Problems, |“shared” priorities. | |(Step 4) |Goals/opportunities, IT | | | |needs, Priorities | ...
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...International Journal of Trade, Economics and Finance, Vol. 1, No. 1, June, 2010 2010-023X Information Technology roles in Accounting Tasks – A Multiple-case Study Maria do Céu Gaspar Alves Abstract—Nowadays the business world is changing at a faster and faster pace. The reasons given for this is globalization, highs information technology (IT) investments and the rapid pace of technological change. Organizations are responding in different ways and at different rates to the wide range of IT based opportunities and pressures. The purpose of this paper is to focus on the effects of IT related organizational changes on the management accounting function and to contribute to the body of knowledge about to what extent IT affects the ability to solve accounting tasks. The relationship between IT and accounting practices was investigated qualitatively using six case studies and we will measure the impact of IT on accountants’ tasks. The findings suggest a tendency for change and the decentralization of accounting tasks. Index Terms—Accounting, Accounting Information Systems, Financial Documents, Information Technology, Management Information System. I. INTRODUCTION Nowadays the business world is changing at a faster and faster pace. The reasons given for this is globalization, highs IT investments and the rapid pace of technological change in combination with escalating costs of research and development (Frishamar, 2002). The role of information technology...
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...information system in an insurance company. Read the case study Modernization of and answer the following questions. (aour answers using the following tabular format with each entry written in at most 30 words, and provide a word count. new product development system availability access to filed documents Old situation (max. 30 words) ……. (word count) System availability New situation (max. 30 words) …… (word count) New product development Access to filed documents (18 marks) SIM UNIVERSITY Tutor-Marked Assignment – Page 2 of 5 ICT219 Tutor-Marked Assignment (b) Chapte the source employed by Income in building the system. Explain your answer. (6 marks) Systems can be classified based on the management groups they served. Identify the type that Income‟s eBao system falls under. Explain your answer clearly. (6 marks) (c) Question 2 Based on a case study, this question requires you to: identify the relevant strategic business objectives, identify the information system type, describe how information system supports a strategy, identify the business intelligence tool used. Chapter 3 of the course text carries a case study st answer. Strategic Objective Reason (max. 20 words) Supporting quote from case 1. < list most significant objective here > “………………… ……… ….. .……. …… ……. …..…” 2. 3. (19 marks) (b) Chapter 2 section 2.2 discusses four types of system, namely TPS, MIS, DSS, and ESS. Evaluate carefully which type does...
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