1.0 Introduction International Business Machines‚ abbreviated IBM and nicknamed "Big Blue" (for its official corporate color) was incorporated in the State of New York on June 16‚ 1911‚ is a multinational computer technology and IT consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk‚ New York‚ United States. Now‚ the chairman and CEO of IBM Company is Samuel J Palmisano. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software‚ and offers infrastructure services‚ hosting services‚ and consulting services
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SPSS Statistics is a software package used for statistical analysis. It is now officially named "IBM SPSS Statistics". Companion products in the same family are used for survey authoring and deployment (IBM SPSS Data Collection)‚ data mining (IBM SPSS Modeler)‚ text analytics‚ and collaboration and deployment (batch and automated scoring services). Contents [hide] 1 Statistics program 2 Versions 2.1 Ownership history 3 Add-ons 4 Release history 5 See also 6 Notes 7 References 8 External
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References: 1. Gupta C.B (2010)‚ HRM- Publisher (Sultan Chand & Sons) ‚ Changing Nature of work‚ pg no. 38.3 2 3. http://www.ibm.com/ibm/in/en/ on Jun 29‚ 2012 at 04.38 p.m. 4. http://www-07.ibm.com/in/research/‚ 2012 at 09.37 p.m. 5. http://www-07.ibm.com/in/research/laboverview.html on July 22‚ 2012 at 06. 20 p.m. 6. http://www-07.ibm.com/in/careers/diversity.html on August 10‚
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solutions to IT issues. It also undertakes research for new technologies‚ both software and hardware and thus transforming them into new products. IBM was incorporated in the State of New York on June 16‚ 1911 as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co. (C-T-R). In 1924‚ C-T-R adopted the name International Business Machines Corporation. [ibm.com: 2011]. In 2010‚ IBM was ranked the 20th biggest firm in the US by Fortune Magazine. It currently employs 400‚000 people‚ working in different fields providing various
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IBM Business Consulting Services IBM Strategy and Change Services — Operations Strategy Helping clients with critical business issues Clients look to Operations Strategy for help with these critical business issues: • Cost efficiency and performance improvement • Focus on company’s core business • Increasing shareholder value • Continuous process improvement • Maintaining competitive edge • Improving customer service quality Drawing on the strength of the full Highlights strategy and change
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ANALYSIS OF THE REPORT 1. Current ratio The company in all the years will be able to meet its obligation‚ especially in 2013 2. Quick ratio Company is using its inventory efficiently during the year and meeting its long term expenses 3. Cash ratio Company has sufficient amount of cash to meet its requirements 4. Inventory turnover ratio The company in year 2013 is converting its inventory into valuable product and selling it more efficiently 5. Inventory Holding Period In year 2013
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ENVIRONMENT ANALYSIS7 3.1 Threat of Entry7 3.2 Threat from Substitutes8 3.3 Power of Buyers9 3.4 Power of Suppliers10 3.5 Degree of Competitive Rivalry11 4.0 Conclusion12 5.0 Reference13 Executive Summary: In 1995‚ IBM (International Business Machine Corporation) created the Software Group to pull all of IBM’s infrastructure‚ middleware and operational software together from dispersed units of. IBM’s Software Group is now a self-sustaining software business‚ with growth rates‚ profits
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This report is a case study on IBM from 1993 to the present. The reporters’ objectives were to define the problems within IBM in 1993; management tools used to remedy these problems; if these solutions will lead to a sustainable competitive advantage; and what kind of innovators IBM is and what streams of innovation IBM is involved with today. This report is from a managerial science perspective‚ with a focus on innovation. Executive Summary This case involves IBM‚ an international computer hardware
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Case Study: The Evolving Strategy at IBM IBM was a strong company in the 1970’s but as time went by‚ the company culture failed to keep up with the time‚ focusing on consensus decision making. Strong Culture throughout the 1970’s allowed them to be successful‚ add values in consensus decision making and allows everyone to add input. Eventually they were able to comeback. On the other hand‚ they failed to keep with the times; company has history of slow confrontation of new technological approaches
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customers) - Right investment to S/360 - Success of PC - Great reputation -> attract top talent Factors led to its problems during the late 1980 and earry1990s: - Did not keep in touch with customers - Didn’t understand market need (fewer purchase IBM mainframes) - Marketing effort missed the mark - Turf battles between autonomous divisions - Spending too much on fixed cost (building‚ data processing cost‚ ..) - Management IT problems such as poor internal IT problems - Products complexity and
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