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Below is the list of books I have needed for my MBA.
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"Keeping a meeting interesting is a problem that often hurts team leaders who are trying to motivate sales staffs."
Although Tom Donnelly's Inc article is really targeted at sales meetings, I think it has some points that are relevant for all managers. Keeping team members engaged in a meeting is …
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A while back, I sent an email describing the strategic management process. Although the email was written for an internal audience, it's generic enough to be reproducible here...
Strategic Management is a five step process:
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No matter how small, all network installations go through an initial planning phase before implementation. The new network administrator must take many factors into consideration when planning a network. Most importantly, the administrator must understand the required capacity, compatibility, and flexibility of the new network. Gathering this information requires a …
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New information systems are not built in a vacuum. Systems analysts cannot hope to design and build an information system that meets the needs of an organization without first determining what those needs are. In order to collect requirements for a new information system, systems analysts must employee various data …
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Intranets are privately owned networks that operate like the public Internet in many respects. In most intranets, corporate users access company information via tools designed to run in web browsers. Intranets allow employees to share and access confidential corporate information. The benefit of these systems is that they operate …
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This is a revisiting of the Company X presentation regarding telecommunications.
Company X should utilize prevailing broadband technology in each store location to provide the lowest cost high-speed access to the Internet. In order to facilitate communication between each store and the company headquarters, a virtual private network (VPN …
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As Company X begins to move toward a new information system, it must decide on how it will implement a new software strategy. They can choose to use pre-developed, off-the-shelf software or develop their own. Although off-the-shelf software has the benefit of being readily available, few systems are ready to …
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This presentation on telecommunications is part of a larger presentation on information technology for Company X.
Simply put, telecommunications is the sending and receiving of messages over long distances. In the past, this might have taken the form of smoke signals or telegraphs. Today, telecommunications takes place …
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Organizations implement new information systems in order to improve their existing or planned operations. Properly designed information systems produce the benefits of improved productivity, increased effectiveness, and greater creativity. New information systems improve productivity by helping organization processes complete more quickly or with few resources. Effectiveness is increased when organization …
