INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT)

21. A number of people think that Operation Technology (OT) is under pressure to integrate with Information Technology (IT)? Do you agree or disagree? Please justify your answer.

Identify three (3) distinct areas of technology that are showing up in today’s nonprofit organizations. For each area, and then describe a specific example of how this technology is being used to be of practical help to the organization

Discuss the advantages and disadvantages to using computer technology for managerial decision-making. Identify and discuss one decision, personal or professional, you have utilized technology for forming your decision and why.

2. Explain how advances in technology affect labor productivity. Do decreasing yields appear? Give an example of the advancement in technology. Use the graph of the productivity curve to show your answer.

Walt Disney Company is famed for its creativity, strong global brand, and uncanny ability to take service and experience businesses to higher levels. In the early 1990s, then-CEO Michael Eisner looked to the fast-food industry as a way to draw additional attention to the Disney presence outside of its theme parks—its retail chain was highly successful and growing rapidly. A fast-food restaurant made sense from Eisner's perspective since Disney's theme parks had already mastered rapid, high-volume food preparation, and, despite somewhat undistinguished food and high prices (or perhaps because of), all its in-park restaurants were extremely profitable. From this inspiration, Mickey's Kitchen was launched. The first two locations were opened in California and in a suburb of Chicago, adjacent to existing Disney stores. Menu items included healthy, child-oriented fare like Jumbo Dumbo burgers and even a meatless Mickey Burger. Eisner thought that locating each restaurant next to existing Disney stores was sure to increase foot traffic through both venues. Less than 2 years later Disney closed down the California and Chicago stores and shuttered further expansion plans. Eisner cited overwhelming competition from McDonalds and general oversaturation in the fast-food industry as the primary reasons for closing down the failing Mickey's Kitchen.

-Based on your own knowledge of Disney and the information provided in the scenario, does Disney appear to create value in its businesses primarily through a cost leadership or through a differentiation strategy?

-Why do you think that Mickey's Kitchen failed? Support your answer with a logical argument, using information learned in chapter 4.

Efficiency wage model. In 2010, Ghana introduced a new pay structure resulting in police pay doubling. Police officers became more corrupt after this salary increase. How might you account for this?

What were the causes of the 2010-2012 sovereign debt crisis in the EU? What does this crisis tell us about the weakness of the euro? Do you think the euro will survive the sovereign debt crisis?

discuss the affordable care act of 2010 and how it attempts to improve quality, reduce costs, and increase access. also include strategies and how to gain support from various stakeholders and improve community acceptance

Strategic management and business policies (Panera Bread Company (2010): Still Rising Fortunes) Develop a complete strategic audit report that contains the following components 7. TOWS Matrix

8. Implementation and Evaluation