In the beginning, the Accenture launch was supported as a new independent business company. Accenture had the right to use Andersen’s Technology infrastructure for one year while they created their own IT infrastructure. They needed to create new IT infrastructures that exceed the functions of the old platform. The main aspects they had into account were: easy interconnection of the applications with each other, access to the platform from the Internet when and where necessary, and unification of the…
This paper will identify the nature of three different company’s operating systems and explore how differently their employees are organized. I personally worked for these companies, therefore, I have an inside view of the way they operate. It will also define the main OMM (operations, materials, and management) costs of companies and how it affects their OMM operations. This paper will also discuss the competitive advantage a company could have based on the design of their operating system.…
As long as this world have businesses and buying and selling within company to company accounting and Accounting Information Systems (AIS) will play a big role in financial management and decision making. The degree of value and how usable an AIS is depending on if the system is custom, outsourced or boxed. In this paper I will talk about just that. You will find out if the company should keep, change, modify or outsource and what will be the advantages and disadvantages of doing so. Analyze the need for changing to a new system and the potential benefits and risks associated with this. Identify three (3) advantages and three (3) disadvantages for each of the following choices. Make a recommendation to the CEO. Defend why you chose the option and rejected the others. Propose a system development life cycle (SDLC) approach for your recommendation.…
Information Technology, IT, is an integral property in a business’ success. In order for an organization to reach its maximum potential this organization will need to be coordinated and integrated. For as the organization moves on to higher levels of integration it will find many potential benefits to be gained.…
For many years, strategy and environment of Arthur Andersen changed especially with regards to the materials. The management of Andersen’s businesses reacted to the changing environment by making the related changes to the organizational architectures such as performance evaluation, decision right and reward systems. In the book, it is revealed that poorly designed organizations architecture in response to the changing environment in term of material can result into company’s underperformance and even failure. The initial Andersen’s business plan was to provide high-quality bookkeeping services to its clients. Later, with the invention of computers, Andersen’s engineer named Joseph Glickauf illustrated that computers could be utilized to automate bookkeeping. Through bookkeeping automation, Andersen’s firm became the most outstanding accounting firm in America. Their business exploded due to the increased demand for information technology in the 1970s. During that period, business consultation became the chief revenue earner in the Andersen’s firm.…
1. The company is afflicted with an unclear and poorly executed business strategy and has not revised it to reflect a more current and demanding business environment. Currently, the strategy…
The IT philosophy of Agilent is to conduct its business on-line, in real time using the internet and the state of the art technology currently available in the market, with the objective of being an efficient enterprise. The primary objective of any organization is to increase revenue and decrease cost simultaneously. It is to be kept in mind, that due to the rapid changes in technology, an IT investment cannot be planned for more than 5 years. Agilent is in a position to make an investment of $39M with the intent to fully benefit from it within the next five years.…
Until the 1990s COSCO did not establish any global IT / ERP strategy. With the investment in an IBM AS/400 mainframe computer in 1988 COSCO made the attempt to form a common and user-friendly IT platform. Nevertheless until 1993 every company of the COSCO group operated their own software in the following four business fields (1) scheduling, (2) finance, (3) container management and (4) business statistics.…
On February 2nd, 2005 BT (British Telecommunications plc) extended an existing human resources outsourcing deal with Accenture with a new 10-year contract valued at $576 million. The new contract expands the geographic reach of services that Accenture has been providing to BT under a previous five-year contract. BT is one of the world's leading providers of communications solutions serving customers in Europe, America and Asia Pacific. Its principal activities include IT and networking services, local, national and international telecommunications services, and higher-value broadband and internet products and services. On the other hand Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. Accenture currently provides HR services to BT’s 87,000 employees and 180,000 pensioners in the United Kingdom. Under the new contract, Accenture will provide services to those BT employees and pensioners plus another 10,000 BT employees in 37 countries around the world who were not covered in the previous contract.…
Initially called Andersen Consulting, Accenture was formally established in 1989 when a group of partners from the Consulting division of the various Arthur Andersen firms around the world formed a new organization focused on consulting and technology services related to managing large-scale systems integration and enhancing business processes.…
There are several things Accenture has done well to target its business-to-business audience. With many intelligent strategies, and a little luck, they were able to appeal to many business executives. In addition, they were able to adapt to certain conditions such as the business climate, and proved capable of making tough and wise decisions, such as dropping Tiger Woods following the scandal. Accenture serves as a great example for how to successfully reach out to businesses in marketing.…
Organization transformation is not an easy task, and will take finesse, and people skill to be successful. The organization structure, and its relationship to culture will need to be understood to develop a action plan that will fit the current, and future organizational culture. Once the culture has been dissected and analyzed, its important to know who the key players are, in other words, those who have the power, and authority to make decisions will be the most instrumental to the success of organization transformation. During the change process it’s necessary that one possesses a certain skill set, or techniques to help deal with resistance once discovered. Communication, the art of negotiation, and people skills are the best tools one can possess when dealing with resistance to change. Once those attributes are exhibited, techniques will need to be implemented based on the leadership style of the organization, for example, authoritative versus participative.…
Rockart, J. F., Earl, M. J., and Ross, J. W. 1996. “Eight Imperatives for the New IT Organization,” Sloan Management Review (38:1), pp.…
In January 2005, Captain Wei Jiafu, chairman of Beijing-based COSCO Group, noted with pleasure the impact of COSCO’s investments in information technology (IT). COSCO had just placed ninth in an annual ranking of China’s 500 most IT-intensive companies up from 33rd the year before, and Wei had been cited as a “most far-sighted IT enterprise leader.” Among Asia-Pacific companies, Hewlett-Packard and Business Weekly had just named COSCO an “adaptive enterprise” for its IT achievements. More importantly, IT had delivered plenty of practical benefits. Wei noted: “This year’s operating profit is RMB 12 billion; over three times that of last year. Last year’s profit was three times that of the year before. This is the heavy impact of IT.” The benefits of IT stemmed primarily from COSCO’s recent implementation of SAP’s enterprise resource planning (ERP) system for financial functions and IRIS-2, a back office system that managed container ship bookings and cargo. With this foundation laid, COSCO was now building new capabilities. Several initiatives were under way in early 2005; the consolidation of IT functions from across the…
Currently their information system (IS) is not fully centralized and this is causing a lot of problem in their expansion and cross-company processes. A significant requirement for the information technology is required because their organization is expanding globally and is facing an increased service volume.…