Case Study Questions and Answers:
1. Do you agree with the argument made by Nick Carr to support his position that IT no longer gives companies a competitive advantage? Why or why not?
Answer:
No,I am not agree with Nick Carr, because advances in technology gives the companies a competitive advantage.Nowadays information technology is important in businesses ,it is expensive but it is useful.
2. Do you agree with the argument made by the business leaders in this case in support of the competitive advantage that IT can provide to a business? Why or why not?
Answer:
I agree with Michael Dell’s statement, that without the proper use of the equipment, it’s expense outweighs the benefits gained. It is important to people that are competent in the emerging of IT fields. With these advancement in technology it makes the work fatest as they can .
3. What are several ways that IT could provide a competitive advantage to a business? Use some of the companies mentioned in this case as examples. Visit their websites to gather more information to help you answer.
Answer:
It allows the maintenance and improvement of your enterprise's competitive position in the market.
The competitive advantage to a business is the focal point of corporate strategy to increase means of communication and it allows the maintenance and improvement of enterprise's competitive position in the market.
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Thursday, July 16, 2009
case 2
1. Are many of Lufthansa’s challenges identified in the case similar to those being experienced by other businesses in today’s global economy? Explain and provide some examples.
Answer:
Yes, like Lufthansa, some businesses also experienced those kinds of challenges. Companies should focus on their employee’s performance and capability, they should exert effort on trainings and work necessitates mobile technology. Other businesses also face challenges such as communicating efficiently between large groups of employees.
2. What other tangible and intangible benefits, beyond those identified by Lufthansa, might a mobile workforce enjoy as a result of deploying mobile technologies? Explain.
Answer:Tangible benefits would be laptops and any other high technologies that are useful for home and offices. Less cost for payments especially for training facilities, and other expenses. More determined and inspired employees will work happily in the newly developed surroundings.
3. Lufthansa was clearly taking a big risk with their decision to deploy notebook computers to their pilots. What steps did they take to manage that risk and what others might be needed in today’s business environment? Provide some examples.
Answer:Lufthansa created a list of parameters that notebook PCs needed to meet before purchasing the laptops. They created their own secure network.
Answer:
Yes, like Lufthansa, some businesses also experienced those kinds of challenges. Companies should focus on their employee’s performance and capability, they should exert effort on trainings and work necessitates mobile technology. Other businesses also face challenges such as communicating efficiently between large groups of employees.
2. What other tangible and intangible benefits, beyond those identified by Lufthansa, might a mobile workforce enjoy as a result of deploying mobile technologies? Explain.
Answer:Tangible benefits would be laptops and any other high technologies that are useful for home and offices. Less cost for payments especially for training facilities, and other expenses. More determined and inspired employees will work happily in the newly developed surroundings.
3. Lufthansa was clearly taking a big risk with their decision to deploy notebook computers to their pilots. What steps did they take to manage that risk and what others might be needed in today’s business environment? Provide some examples.
Answer:Lufthansa created a list of parameters that notebook PCs needed to meet before purchasing the laptops. They created their own secure network.
Monday, July 6, 2009
Case Study Questions And Answers:
1. Could the 2004 Athens Olympics have been a success without all of the networks and backup technologies?
Answer: I think it will not be successful because the major events that Atos Origin developed were dependent on the system.
2. The 2004 Olympics is a global business. Can a business today succeed without information technology? Why or why not?
Answer: Many businesses nowadays introducing their product through on-line. With this, the customer can easily access their product with the help of new technology. For organizations/companies it helps a lot when using information technology because it is the easy way to introduce the products and services. And also it will be successful when they have good customer relationship.
3. Claude Philipps said dealing with “crazy scenarios of what might happen in every area: a network problem, staff stopped in a traffic jam, a security attack . . . everything that might happen,” was the reason for so much testing. Can you think of other businesses that would require “crazy scenario” testing? Explain.
Answer: We cannot predict others people mind, in this case the online businesses longing for good and fair in terms of running business. The best things to do are think positive, secure everything and make solutions to every possibilities would happened and greatly help the system up and running without any obstructions.
1. Could the 2004 Athens Olympics have been a success without all of the networks and backup technologies?
Answer: I think it will not be successful because the major events that Atos Origin developed were dependent on the system.
2. The 2004 Olympics is a global business. Can a business today succeed without information technology? Why or why not?
Answer: Many businesses nowadays introducing their product through on-line. With this, the customer can easily access their product with the help of new technology. For organizations/companies it helps a lot when using information technology because it is the easy way to introduce the products and services. And also it will be successful when they have good customer relationship.
3. Claude Philipps said dealing with “crazy scenarios of what might happen in every area: a network problem, staff stopped in a traffic jam, a security attack . . . everything that might happen,” was the reason for so much testing. Can you think of other businesses that would require “crazy scenario” testing? Explain.
Answer: We cannot predict others people mind, in this case the online businesses longing for good and fair in terms of running business. The best things to do are think positive, secure everything and make solutions to every possibilities would happened and greatly help the system up and running without any obstructions.
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