METU © 2014 IS 501 Information Management Systems ASSIGNMENT 1 Answers 1. a) Explain and discuss the strategic business objectives that the information systems of Dollar General address. Goodlettsville‚ Tenn.-based Dollar General Corporation is the US nation’s largest small-box discount retailer. Dollar General(DG) offers a carefully edited assortment of the most popular brands at low everyday prices in small‚ convenient locations. DG ranks among the largest retailers of top-quality brands
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Research Methods Chandra Beasley Liberty University BUSI 600 7.6 NCR Corporation‚ known as a world leader in ATMs‚ point-of-sale (POS) retail checkout scanners‚ and check- in kiosks at airports‚ announced in June 2009 that it would move its world headquarters from Dayton (OH) to Duluth (GA)‚ a suburb of Atlanta‚ after more than 125 years. An employer of 1‚200 mostly high-salaried‚ profes- sional workers in Dayton‚ NCR was enticed to move by Georgia’s offer of more than $56.9 million in tax
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Abstract National Cash Register Country Club began as a benefit to employees of the NCR Co. located in Kettering‚ Ohio in 1954. In th1990’s‚ membership recognized a much needed boost while original members aged and decreased in numbers. In 1997‚ AT&T purchased the NCR Corporation and began funding an initiative to renovate supported by thorough research to optimize the NRC performance. The primary goal to attract new members led NCRCC to commission the McMahon Group to assist with the strategic planning
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Coping with Change Every corporate strategy is undermined by change whether it is due to 1. Technological change 2. Societal change or 3. Fashion change ■ Mistake were not the speed of change but direction of change ■ Obviously a company has to adjust its strategy to take advantage of change when change takes place There are five basic ways to do so……. Five basic ways to react change are 1) A foot in both camps 2) A foot in new camps 3) Both feet
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You are required to prepare an investigative report on a recent corporate scandal that involved improper accounting practices or any form of financial scandal. Your report must include the following: an overview of the corporation a description of the scandal methodology - explaining the specific accounting impropriety that the company used. an explanation of how the firm managed to hide their accounting improprieties a discussion of who the scandal effected - both inside‚ and outside
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Reaction Essay: The Corporation The documentary The Corporation‚ directed by Jennifer Abbott and Mark Achbar and produced in 2004‚ although bias‚ opens many doors for discussion in regard to capitalism and the role of corporations in our lives. I found the documentary to be presented professionally‚ and filled with legitimate facts more so than extreme opinion. The documentary truly outlines the "all-pervasive" role the corporation has taken as the "world’s dominant institution". The film opens
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payment with regard to the present and future. 2.0 ORIGIN OF ATM IN NIGERIA Automated Teller Machines (ATM) was introduced into the Nigerian market in 1989‚ as a matter of fact‚ the very first ATM in Nigeria was installed by National Cash Registers (NCR) for the defunct Societe Generale Bank Nigeria (SGBN) in 1989. 2.1 BANKS AND ATMS Banks in the country are now adopting Self Service (ATMs) technology because it is cost effective in the long run. System in Nigeria In the past few years‚ Nigerian
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liability of the shareholders. However‚ under certain circumstances the corporate entity may be disregarded. This is also known as piercing the corporate veil and is the most frequent method for holding the shareholders liable for the acts of a corporation. Corporate officers‚ directors and controlling shareholders have a general fiduciary duty of loyalty and care which should govern all their corporate conduct. Unless they breach that duty by gross negligence or acts in bad faith‚ they usually will
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Corporation – A separate legal entity that has an existence at law that is separable from those who form it. It is a separate legal entity in the sense that it has an existence at law‚ but no material existence. * It is separate and distinct from its shareholders * A properly authorized agent may bind the corporation in contract with third parties. * Shareholders possess limited liability for the debts of the corporation‚ and creditors may look only to the assets of the corporation to
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Chapter 1 I - Background of the study Point of sale is the place where a retail transaction is completed. It is the point at which a customer makes a payment to the merchant in exchange for goods or services. At the point of sale the retailer would calculate the amount owed by the customer and provide options for the customer to make payment. The merchant will also normally issue a receipt for the transaction. Base in our research‚ the oldest‚ simplest POS system is the cash register‚ but there
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