Case Study Objectives and Discussion Questions Week 5 Case 6: Dell Inc. in 2008 [Objectives] Provides sufficient information for students to complete a thorough SWOT analysis and to develop a solid list of key success factors and driving forces [Discussion questions] 1. What is your evaluation of Michael Dell’s performance in his roles as Dell’s CEO and Chairman? How well has he performed the five tasks of crafting and executing strategy that were discussed
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Gates of Fire‚ Steven Pressfield Western Civilization I Class 1) Describe the general story line of this book. 2) How does Pressfield present the Spartans and their society? What attributes (characteristics) does he claim that the Spartan exhibited? How did the other Greeks perceive the Spartans? Pressfield sees something in the Spartans‚ there is something that he touches upon in chapter 4 when Tripod is being beaten. He dies for no reason‚ he should have just taken the right of passage
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Poli 204 Discussion Paper #1 Lesson 7: How should future generations contend with the French-English divide? Has this divide changed over the past 20 years‚ if yes how so? As a part of Quebec’s youth and up and coming younger generation I have witnessed the conflicts between the French- English divide since I could remember and it is important that the needs of both sides are full filled or at least compensated for‚ future generations need to focus on other issues and need to
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Many legacy systems require normalization. Identify at least two factors that should be considered in order to produce an optimal normalized set of tables when performing normalization. Include in your discussion a detailed example on how each factor would eliminate data redundancy. Normalization is the process of organizing data in a database. This includes creating tables and establishing relationships between those tables according to rules designed both to protect the data and to make the database
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1. Consider the purchase of a can of soda at a convenience store. Describe the various stages in the supply chain and the different flows involved. The stages in a supply chain are normally the supplier‚ the manufacturer‚ the distributor‚ the retailer‚ and finally the customer. The first stage of the supply chain is the supplier. Initially‚ the supplier provides the material necessary for the production of the soda can to the manufacturer‚ who had previously passed an order for the material
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Resource: Basic Finance: An Introduction to Financial Institutions‚ Investments‚ and Management Prepare a response to Problem 3 (Ch. 21) of Basic Finance: An Introduction to Financial Institutions‚ Investments‚ and Management. Ch. 21 Problem 3 A firm’s current balance sheet is as follows: Assets $100 Debt $10 Equity $90 a. what is the firm’s weighted-average cost of capital at various combinations of debt and equity‚ given the fallowing information? Debt/Assets | After-tax Cost of Debt |
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Ch. 18-20 1. How does Edna spend most of her time in this section of the book? 2. What is Leonce’s reaction? 3. How does Edna feel about her painting? 4. If Edna recognizes that she is not an artist‚ then why does she paint? 5. What is the significance of the song Edna sings while she paints? 6. How sympathetic toward Edna does Chopin seem? 7. How is Victor a kind of exaggeration of Robert? 8. What does Edna learn about Robert while she is there? Why does this depress her? 9. What has
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makers you must offer value. Before beginning the environmental scan you must ask the strategy makers what they need‚ make sure these are not their wants but their needs. When doing an environmental scan you should be able to ask the following three questions about the factors; 1. Make the cause go away so you don’t have to worry about the consequences. 2. Acknowledge that the cause is not apt to go away‚ but find ways to dodge the consequences. 3. Acknowledge that the cause and the consequences
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Size Incorrect • 3 Decision making within which one of the following organizational structures follows a strict chain of command? • Bureaucracy Correct • 4 It is easiest for management to deal with resistance when it is Overt Correct • • 5 ________ are persons who act as catalysts and assume the responsibility for managing refinement activities. • Change agents Correct • 6 Idea champions display characteristics associated with _________ leadership. • Transformational Correct
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