Case Study Summary Accenture is the largest global management consulting‚ technology services and outsourcing company in the world. While Accenture’s consultants are largely responsible for its success‚ arguments could be made that the company’s greatest asset is its knowledge database known as the Knowledge Exchange (KX). Since the beginning‚ Accenture’s philosophy was to capture and document the key learnings from previous client work. In the early days this was accomplished through phone
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this is a mis case study. the answer to it is Virtual Management for Accenture Q.1 What are the advantages of working in a enviornment like the one created by accenture? Ans1: What are the disadvantage?Ans. Advantages of working in avirtual environment is useful to business organisations as it helps them in following ways:1) virtual environment helps develop and improve the performance of the organisations.2) operating virtually helps them to gather and share information easily even when they
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Despite the fact that the number of employees at Accenture doubled from 2001 to 2008 accenture managed to reduce its spending per employee by 60% and reduce its overall IT expenses as a percentage of revenue by 58%. This was no miracle but a result of strategic business plan that was aligned with the IT. Some of the major problems that the parent firm Anderson faced was of interconnectivity among systems‚ remote access and its offices around the world implemented their own individual accounting and
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Impact of Different Biological Control to Pest and Diseases of Tomato Production INTRODUCTION Importance of the Study Plant diseases need to be controlled to maintain the quality and abundance of food‚ feed‚ and fiber produced by growers around the world. Different approaches may be used to prevent‚ mitigate or control plant diseases. Beyond good agronomic and horticultural practices‚ growers often rely heavily on chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Such input to agriculture have contributed
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From: xxxx Sent: Wednesday‚ October 13‚ 2009 To: Accenture–CEO Subject: IT Components of Knowledge Management As you are aware‚ Accenture Knowledge Management team is getting ready to launch the new Knowledge exchange. Due to the increase in demand for KM‚ our team is emphasizing on improving our current knowledge management system. But in the past few years‚ with tough economy‚ KM is seen as low priority. With pressures to move the KM to offshore‚ there is 30% decrease in KM workforce.
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of strategic analysis‚ including PEST and/or SWOT analyses‚ and Michael Porter’s five forces model. http://www.bnet.com/topics/strategic+analysis http://www.ehow.com/about_5085518_reason-use-swot-pestle-analysis.html PEST Analysis The PEST analysis is a framework that is used during strategic analysis to scan the external macro-environment in which a firm operates in. PEST is an acronym for the following factors Political Legal Social Technological PEST factors play an important role in
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Accenture Delivery Centers in India The Accenture Global Delivery Network features robust‚ rapidly expanding delivery centers in India that provide a comprehensive range of technology capabilities and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) solutions. Accenture’s workforce in India accounts for more than 40‚000 employees. The Accenture Delivery Centers in India are uniquely positioned to leverage our industry expertise‚ functional capabilities‚ alliances and technology to produce tangible business results
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What are the advantages of working in a virtual environment like the one created by Accenture? What are the disadvantages? Advantages There are many advantages of working in a virtual environment 1. Reach to Customer : Office work environment limits an employee to the office only. In today ’s world there are lot of jobs specially consulting or outsourcing jobs requires deep understanding of customer processes ‚ which one cannot get just by reading document or talking to delegated people. It
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Executive Summary IBM and Accenture are both huge companies and uses five factor DuPont analysis to achieve a return on equity. IBM has a higher return on equity than Accenture‚ and therefore the management are more efficient in generating shareholder value per dollar invested. However both the companies are performing better than the industry average. IBM does also take lesser number of days to convert cash on hand compared to Accenture and industry average. But‚ Accenture is taking more days than
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