Paul Arden, a creative director and author, once stated “If you always make the right decision, the safe decision, the one most people make, you will be the same as everyone else.” In the early summer of 2015, I was facing a decision about which deployment architecture to choose for a new product that would launch later in the year. The safe choice was to continue using a legacy installer that was widely used by the rest of the existing product line. However, doing so would perpetuate a cost and toll on the service organization given that this installer was very fragile and time-consuming to use. Newer technology was available but many sources felt it was not yet mature enough for production deployment. Additionally, several people associated with the program felt our customers may reject it as an option. The right solution was not obvious and parties for both alternatives were very passionate about their preferred path forward. The real question at hand was to either take the safe route or to take on the risk of being different and potentially end …show more content…
We simply did not have the time left in this project for such activities and I was in a place where I had to decide quickly for us to meet our deadline. I began by compiling a list of pros and cons with both alternatives and even considered implementing both options as a fall back scenario if the new technology was not successful. I knew that my team was not trained in the new technology stack and we would have a few bumps in the road during implementation but I had faith in them to overcome these setbacks. I could see the upside to the service engineering team since they would directly benefit the most from the more modern approach. After analyzing the technical aspects of the situation, I asked myself, “If I were the customer, which option would I want to
1.3. In order to estimate the peso discount rate, assume that the International Fisher Effect (IFE) holds. Groupe Ariel's Euro hurdle rate for a project of this type was 8%. Assume that inflation rates are expected to be 7% in Mexico and 3% in France.
Sparkle Company is a Nigerian diamond mining company. Sparkle is a joint venture, 50 percent owned by Shine and 50 percent owned by Brighten. Both Shine and Brighten are U.S.-based companies with their functional currency being the American dollar. Sparkle Companies functional currency is that of Nigeria, being the Naira. During 2009, Sparkle had several transactions with its joint venture owners and outside parties. The details of Sparkle’s transactions are three loans, three expenditures, and one revenue stream. The loans the company took out were $1 million from Brighten, $1 million from Shine, and 300 million Naira from a local Nigerian bank. The expenditures
Once the decision was made to transition our Performance and Size products to Low End and Traditional we had to decide on an approach. We could make gradual changes that were done by December each year and allowed us to update product specifications annually, or we could use the forecast and make the change in one adjustment. The latter would not allow us to revise the product for several years but it also would not allow the other teams to know what we were doing until the products finished their move. We decided that the surprise positioning was the better option as it wouldn’t allow the other competitors time to mimic our decision if it turned out to be successful.
Multiple approaches: It is necessary to take the multiple pronged approaches especially in the uncertainty of the technology business. In DRAM, Intel deployed three different process technologies ‘Goldilocks strategy’ and decided whatever technology came to fruition would be mass-produced. This is effectively hedging the risk in the business.
worth the cost of mistakes that come after. And third is they should have started to
ASC 320-10-35-33F: “Changes in the quality of the credit enhancement should be considered when estimating whether a credit loss exists and the period over which the debt security is expected to recover.”
This case is talking about an executive retreat. It was introduced by John Matthews who was a executive had been selected to attend the two-and-a-half-week retreat. The retreat was more like a competition about academic and athletic. The team members should not only get know each other and cooperate with teammates but also need to compete with others. The whole participants were broken into five groups and their aim was to win the competition. There are several sessions about academic and athletic that the participants should complete. After the introduction part the case showed the experience of John. Before the group meeting John was wondering and worried about this retreat. When he was taking the first group meeting, he tried to learn
Overall, in my opinion, they had an excellent approach to the whole process. They took the time to do it right. They spend almost a year indoctrinating the strategy, creating enthusiasm and commitment around it, within the company. As for the software selection, they made sure that all departments or groups that would be subject to the change, made part of the process.
I called G6 again this morning, because I think when they came the last time the problem wasn't explained properly. Last week both Mayumi and Karla told me that the phone was not receiving or making calls, and that the phone with the answering machine wasn't recording. This is the information that I passed on to G6. Based on specified issue, G6 determined that the problem existed within the PBX system as the DSN phone lines were working properly. They were able to make/receive calls while troubleshooting.
In this case module I was asked to watch a video lecture and to review learning activity number one. I was then asked to answer and discuss four different question; from a cultural perspective, is it unusual that Grandmother Marietta is the
Build the management-research question hierarchy, through the investigative questions stage. Then compare your list with the measurement questions asked.
Young Professional magazine was developed for a target audience of recent college graduates who are in their first 10 years in a business/professional career. In its two years of publication the magazine has been fairly successful. Now the publisher is interested in expanding the magazine’s advertising base. Potential advertisers continually ask about the demographics and interests of subscribers to Young Professional. To collect this information the magazine has commissioned a survey to develop a profile of its subscribers. The survey results will be used to help the magazine choose articles of interest and provide advertisers with a profile of subscribers. As a new employee of the magazine, you have been
Higher leverage is very likely to create value for a firm considering capital structure change by exerting financial discipline and more efficient corporate strategy changes.
In the past, the booming economy had allowed for year to year increase in their sales because people had larger discretionary incomes. But due to the recession, smaller independent retailers had to markdown their items in order to stay in business because designer outlet stores are getting more traffic; so will Harry Rosen follow in suit? Or in order to maintain the integrity of the quality products they offer, will they continue their higher pricing and settle for a lower market share?
Metabical Case: Pricing, Packaging and Demand Forecasting Case Brief Demand Forecasting Packaging and Count Decision Pricing Strategy Introduction of new weight loss drugMetabical What is the expected demand?