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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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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Podcasts and webcasts are easy ways to present and distribute information to listeners all around the globe. However there are several drawbacks to this form of media. The drawbacks can be divided into two sections. The first section can be directed towards the process of recording and producing the webcasts. In order to record a webcast you must have: recording equipment‚ a quiet room‚ and time. The second section is focused on the persons listening to the webcast. The webcast is strictly auditory
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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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Drawbacks of 3D Movies According to IMDb.com‚ James Cameron’s Avatar has become the highest grossing film ever to achieve more than $2 billion. Avatar earned $2‚783‚165‚628 because 2/3 of its tickets sold are for 3D watching. This phenomena made people starts to think that this is the era of 3D. Now‚ almost every movie is produced in 3D. And to enjoy 3D movies at home‚ vendors start to provide 3D facilities such as 3D TVs‚ 3D Blu-Ray players‚ 3D projectors‚ etc. Despite the fact that 3D is very
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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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The drawbacks of Globalisation There are several problems with globalisation. This can be illustrated by the creation of multi-national companies; developed countries can stifle development of undeveloped and under-developed countries. For instance‚ the European Union offer subsidies to farmers across Europe‚ which allows European farmers to have increased yields. So for a country like Kenya‚ they cannot export or sell agricultural goods as well as they could have. This economical factor puts
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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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Nothing is wrong with outsourcing. It just poses a number of risks when not handled well. Some companies may overlook a few details in implementing this new system that may lead to poor services and business losses. Some of the commonly sought drawbacks outsourcing include the shifting of managerial control‚ threat to security and confidentiality‚ quality issues‚ and dependency. Entering on a contract of outsourcing with another company indicates that a company can no longer be fully in control
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