Archive of month: November 2012

Capability Maturity Model

Authors: Josh Brown, Musangi Muthui, Swati Ramani Framework Objectives Business success is tightly correlated to an organization’s ability to recruit, retain and inspire high quality talent who possess the skills necessary to execute on business strategy, and to evolve their capabilities as the business domain and organizational needs change over time. A critical component of […]
12 years ago

HP Acquisition of 3PAR

Authors: Musangi Muthui & Zara Madison, CGU SISAT The Acquisition 3Par was based in Fremont, California and was a leader in the market for computer systems data (utility) storage for cloud computing. “The company’s virtualized storage platform was built from the ground up to be agile and efficient and to eliminate the limitations of traditional […]
12 years ago

Individualism, Collectivism and Social Capital

The authors seek to understand the correlation between social capital (the variable that brings people in a community together for common purposes), and individualism‐collectivism. Their historical analysis notes that social scientists and other researchers have previously examined the rise of individualism in a society, and the impact it has on traditional values, social cohesion and relationships between people. The authors argue that “individualism may actually foster social capital” (Beilmann et. al., 2012). The study utilized secondary data […]
12 years ago

Southwest Airlines Case Study

Southwest Airlines personifies agility. Their business was originally built on the premise of being agile and responsive. When the operation was relatively local, it was easy to implement the extremely lean approach to IT while shifting responsibility for business execution and service quality onto their staff. As Ross et. al. notes in their briefing Working […]
12 years ago

Fair Information Practices

Do privacy policies impact people’s perception of information risk when using web-based e-commerce shops? The authors wanted to study the impact of perceived information risk on web user’s level of trust with the website, and their subsequent intent to purchase from that online shop. Other  factors   they  studied  included  overall  user  experience,  consumer’s  history  with the website, and the firm’s reputation. The team gathered data by first […]
12 years ago