Midterm Question # 1

MNC's are complex organizations however, they dominate the worldwide market. Knowing the background and nature of MNC's, answer the following:




1. Identify the benefits and disadvantages of MNC's.
Answer:
Benefits:
A multinational company has branches in may countries. Ford and Sony are examples.

Multinational companies do bring some benefits to developing countries. They provide jobs and increase the wealth of the local people. The country gains some wealth by way of taxes.

However, there are some problems as well. The jobs are often low-skilled and poorly paid. Much of the profit will go out of the country, and the company may pull out to relocate in a country where it can make a greater profit. Multinational companies are primarily interested in making profits for their shareholders. Paying wages is an expense that the company will try to reduce to as low a level as possible.

Disadvantages:
If multinational companies provide employment, infrastructure development and growth in economies, then on the other hand, there are various disadvantages of multinational companies. Firstly, multinational companies can severely impact the local industries because it increases the competition in the economy. Secondly, multinational companies can negatively impact the culture of the economy. Thirdly, because of the trade restrictions the multinational companies can face various problems. The availability of resources are limited in an economy and when multinational companies are opened then resources can get scarce. Moreover, though a company can grow because of investments brought by multinational companies but still the economies can grow more if the local investors make these investments.


2. Identify one MNC company and describe its operation.

Answer:
Multinational companies developed into competitive forces in the world economy. The focus of the operations of multinationsl corporations is on the coordination of the allocation if resources in tis international operations in order to minimize production cost and maximize revenue. However, before compsnies can operate as multinational businesses,these firms also have to develop market-entry strategies to become competitive forces in a foreign economy. Thre are different strategies that multinstional corporations may utilize to enter into a foreign market entry are either marketing or operational. Marketing entry atrtegies include franchising,joint venture and foreing direct investment. After all these considerations, the multinational company can now concern itself with building a business structure, actual production,direct marketing as wellas financial planning

3. Describe how the parent control/coordinates with its subsidiaries in other countries or region.
Answer:

A transnational, or multinational, corporation has its headquarters in one country and operates wholly or partially owned subsidiaries in one or more other countries. The subsidiaries report to the central headquarters. The growth in the number and size of transnational corporations since the 1950s has generated controversy because of their economic and political power and the mobility and complexity of their operations. Some critics argue that transnational corporations exhibit no loyalty to the countries in which they are incorporated but act solely in their own best interests.

U.S. corporations have various motives for establishing a corporate presence in other countries. One possible motive is a desire for growth. A corporation may have reached a plateau meeting domestic demands and anticipate little additional growth. A new foreign market might provide opportunities for new growth.

4. How is IT maximized or used by this MNC?
Answer:
Another concern with transnational corporations is their ability to use foreign subsidiaries to minimize their tax liability. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) must analyze the movement of goods and services between a transnational company's domestic and foreign operations and then assess whether the transfer price that was assigned on paper to each transaction was fair. IRS studies indicate that U.S. transnational corporations have an incentive to set their transfer prices so as to shift income away from the United States and its higher corporate tax rates and to shift deductible expenses into the United States. Foreign-owned corporations doing business in the United States have a similar incentive. Critics argue that these tax incentives also motivate U.S. transnational corporations to move plants and jobs overseas.


5. WHat were the weaknesses/problems encountered by this MNC from its environment and global setup?
Answer:

Most of the big problems with multinationals occur in the developing world. In the 1990s, as the backlash against globalization and corporate power gained strength, the OECD launched two new efforts: one, to revise the existing Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, and two, to sponsor negotiations over a comprehensive and enforceable MAI. The MAI would lie out such principles as national treatment for foreign investment, protection of property rights, and arbitration requirements. It was a complicated document full of trade-offs to protect the interests of different industries and countries, and it garnered only weak support among the member governments. A loose coalition of environmental, human rights, and anti-corporate organizations put the final nail in the coffin of the proposed MAI by mobilizing energetically against an agreement that they argued protected the rights of corporations without paying equivalent attention to their responsibilities.

Cite your reference:internet
by:Wilma Son

prelim question # 4

Prelim Question 4

Ethics is relevant regardless of the type of organization and style of management. It is by this ethics that legal and moral laws are established. IT is not at all excluded from this.

Answer then the following.

1. List down the ethics for computer usage.
Answer:

• The intended use of all accounts, typically for university research, instruction and administrative purposes, must be respected.

• trying to alter computer hardware or software without authorization.

• trying to disrupt others use of the computer, for example, by sending email in another user's name, by locking other user out of a machine, etc.

• violating copyright or software agreements on software packages.

• running a money-making operation using university computers without permission.

• spamming. This means sending large volumes of email, thereby disrupting communications for an entire set of users. The usual purpose is either harassment of an individual or widespread dissemination of a ``get rich quick" pyramid-scheme mailing.

• using computers for illegal activities, including pyramid schemes, making threats, theft, child pornography, etc.

• The integrity of the systems must be respected. This means that users of systems will not divulge passwords, pins, private keys or similar elements to anyone else, and they will not exploit sessions left open or otherwise misappropriate or steal the "identity" of another user.

2. What common forms of ethic violations happen in the internet and in the organization?
Answer:
The common forms of ethics violations happen in the internet cafe is the viewing of scandals play the games, and play the games,chating or not related their job work during office hour.

3. How does ethics affect the decision making of managers?

Answer:Ethics affect the decision making of managers because not all ethics are follow the law,the managers they concern for the benefits of the company or they protect what are the good for the company .

4. Cite a company which experienced legal or social conflicts because of its violation of ethics. You may check as example the problem of pre-need insurance companies in the Philippines.
Answer: Legacy Insurance Company


a. Describe briefly the nature of the problem.
Answer:nature of this company it is Insurance Company,their problem on how to recover the money that the member of that said company deposit but that company was bankrupt about five million pesos.

b. How was this resolved?
Answer:As of now the problem of this company was not yet resolved.

c. Who were affected?
Answer: The affected of this are the member of legacy Insurance Company on how they get their money back.
d. What were the damages?
Answer: The damages of these their company was bankrupt




Cite your reference:Television,internet

by:wilma son

Prelim Question # 3

Prelim Question 3


A company has basically four (4) levels of organizational hierarchy and each level makes use of unique IT technology and software to address and/ or support their works.


1. Identify and describe information systems (IS) used in each level.
Answer:
TPS - going to make a summary system
MIS - support the managementby providing summary report.
DSS -provide material for analysis

KBS- decision support system

2. How do these IS help the employees and managers achieve their objectives.

Answer:
It can help to sum up their summary reports of employees and managers in office report and also for the data of their works transaction processing system to make their knowledge easily achieve

3.Cite a local or national company that makes use of these IS and identify the benefits and drawbacks/Lapses of these IS.

Answer:
ISIS is Unilever's integrated supply management information system.
Integrated supply management information system
ISIS helps our local, regional and global supply managers make appropriate sourcing decisions, allowing them to collate and analyse information quickly and easily.
The system enables our managers to negotiate with suppliers in a transparent and efficient way,benefiting both parties.





Reference:notebook and google.com
By:wilma

Prelim question # 2

1. Discuss the pro's and con's of each model.
Answer:

Pros of DSL

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  Faster internet connection
  DSL is advantageous since it provides faster internet connection than dial-up connection. The speed of dial up connection may never even reach the typical speed of a broadband.
  

• No need to build infrastructure
  Since it uses telephone lines that are already there, there is no need to build new infrastructure to sustain the current needs of consumers.
  

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  More reliable
  As compared to other types of internet connection DSL provides reliability which is one of the most important factors when deciding to get your own internet service provider. They rarely break down and if they do, the service is returned after few minutes or hours from the time you have made a report.

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  Use both phone and internet at the same time
  DSL connection now allows the user to both utilize the internet connection and the phone line at the same time.
  

• Easy installation
  Working on a DSL connection doesn’t require much frills and accompaniments on the user as it can immediately connect to only one phone line – the phone line that the user already has. When a DSL is connected to the phone line, this usually comes with a modem as provided by the network company.
  

• Better security
  Security is another good thing that DSL can give. Cables and lines are not shared by other internet subscriber as most subscribers make use of their own private telephone lines. Therefore, most user has secure and private connection.

Cons of DSL

• Only available at populated areas
  DSL is not available everywhere since there are still areas that are not saturated with telephone lines. For example, there is not much DSL availability in rural areas such as farms and ranches. There is a huge cost associated with building technological infrastructure and these costs may not at all be feasible and profit-earning.
  
  

• Weaker as provider’s base gets farther
  DSL Internet connection is that it gets weaker and weaker in performance and data transmission as the provider’s base gets farther. This means the Internet connection gets slower in terms of speed as the head office gets farther form the end consumer

2.Cite company that uses any of this model.Describe briefly now this chosen model affect the entire company.

Answer: The Internet has brought many unique benefits to marketing, one of which being lower costs for the distribution of information and media to a global audience. The interactive nature of Internet marketing, both in terms of providing instant response and eliciting responses, is a unique quality of the medium. Internet marketing is sometimes considered to have a broader scope because it not only refers to digital media such as the Internet, e-mail, and wireless media; however, Internet marketing also includes management of digital customer data and electronic customer relationship management (ECRM) systems.
Internet marketing ties together creative and technical aspects of the Internet, including design, development, advertising, and sale.

3.Evaluate how an environment affects the organization and its management .Discuss the pro's and con's of not corresponding to the demands of the environment

Answer:

The environment can affect the organization and its management in the company for example their employee use their internet for their persinal use even inside the company. The pro's for not corresponding to the environment they are slow in some information from the enternet what are the latest or tge past information. The con's of them for not corresponding to the demands of the environment they are not influences by the environment.

Reference:www.google.com

Fullname:Wilma Son

Prelim Question # 1

Blog Question #1:


1.How do you perceive information as a resource of a company?

Answer:
A survey of Human Resource practitioners' perceptions of pre-employment screening procedures was conducted. The results indicated differences between tests in terms of perceived accuracy and offensiveness, as well as other attributes. Regression analysis suggested that beliefs about validity, the number of other companies using these procedures, perceived offensiveness of the test, and ease in passing the test were important factors in the willingness to use a particular test. Conversely, perceptions regarding the discriminatory impact of the test and the cost of using the test generally were not related to willingness to use the test. Limitations of this study, which was primarily exploratory, are noted.






2.Cite a company;its nature. Describe how the information from its environment improvement its mgt and business as a whole?


Answer:
Construction industry
Abstract Purpose – A quality management system based-ISO 9001 focuses on confirming process conformance from the initial development of a product through production, test, installation and servicing. Information management has been a key factor affecting the effective implementation of the standard. The aim of this study is to explore management of information flows in quality assurance in project management. It is hoped to that it will be helpful in pursuing continuous quality improvement in the construction industry.
Design/methodology/approach – Based on the characteristics of the construction industry, this study designed an organizational structure with three levels, including firm, sub-firms and project departments. The paper examined the difficulties for the multi-level organizational structure in information transferring and feedback.
Findings – It is found that there are information asymmetries in quality management from internal and external organizations. Internally, information asymmetry exists between contractor, subcontractors and suppliers; and externally, there is no information sharing mechanism between project departments. Information feedback is more difficult than information transferring in a construction firm.
Practical implications – The construction industry has always been bedeviled with great difficulties in sharing information among its participants. Although many construction firms have claimed to be ISO 9000-certified, there is still missing an effective channel of information flow for quality management. Originality/value – The paper proposes re engineering current management strategy for establishing an information network for quality management. This study could help construction firms to effectively manage information flow to achieve continuous quality improvement.

Reference:www.google.com

by:juma