Chapter 15 Blog Post Section 03

For the Chapter 15 blog posting, read the Interactive Session Fonterra: Managing the World's Milk Trade. Answer questions 1-3 in a detailed blog post.

Chapter 14 Blog Section 03

For this blog posting, read the Interactive Session Motoroloa Turns to Project Portfolio Management on pages 550 and 551. Then, in a detailed post, answer questions 1-4 on page 551.

Chapter 13 Blog - Section 03

For this blog post, read the Interactive Session: Organizations, can Business Process Management Make a Difference? on pages 495-496. In a detailed blog post, answer questions 1-5 on page 496.

1. Large companies are constantly changing business conditions with the numerous relationships with business. BPM helps large companies analyze, redesign, and manage business process. BPM makes it easier to check whether these changes comply with federal regulations and business rules.

2. The businesses are able to use rich graphical models to present their ideas. Along with a new user interface and business rules, BPM also has an engine capable of deploying redesigned processes as well as capabilities for integrating processes.

3. BPM now has an online collaborative contract and chargeback process. This process is responsible for a $10 billion annual cash flow. Businesses now drive the establishment of pricing and terms with all of the company's manufacturers if the company decides to sell at a low price.

4. Businesses will have to adjust to a new way to manage their services. They would also have to suffer the backlash of manufacturers who do not want to change business processes.

5. The companies that would gain the most when using BPM are large companies. This will help them manage their prices.

Chapter 13 Blog Post - Section 01

For this blog post, read the Interactive Session: Organizations, can Business Process Management Make a Difference? on pages 495-496. In a detailed blog post, answer questions 1-5 on page 496.

Chapter 12 Blog Post - Section 03

For this blog post, read the interactive session on pages 469-470, Data Driven Schools. In a detailed posting, answer questions 1-5 on page 470.

1.The problem in this interactive session is the lack of education our children seem to have. Teachers across America have noticed the number of middle school students are taking algebra and how many student read below their grade level and have decided to put a stop to it.

2. By using electronic equipment such as Palm Pilots, grade school teachers are able to easily keep track of which words certain students have trouble learning or pronouncing and therefore can give them the proper help with what they need help on.

3. Organizations such as scholarship programs should been addressed to this change is teaching. This way the programs will know the way certain students have been taught so they could offer similar courses of the college to those students.

4. I believe that this new system is working out perfectly. Sure it is not perfect. But it is slowly but surely getting the job done.

5. Not all school district should use data-driven approaches to teach their students. Some students are already doing well with the current system. To change it after the students have so much experience with the old systems that it would be unproductive to change at all.

Chapter 11 Blog Post - Section 03

For this blog post, read the Interactive Session: Technology on pages 429-430, Augmented Reality: Reality Gets Better. In a detailed post, answer questions 1-4 on page 430.

1. In virtual reality, everything is computer generated. Augmented reality, however, add real-world elements alongside computer generated graphics. It there is any part of the real world in the fake reality, it is augmented.

2. Augmented reality is more appealing to users than virtual reality because with augmented reality, you can see how it is used with real life events. While one reality, such as virtual, is cool, it is even cooler to mix together more than one reality.

3. Real estate uses augmented reality to help make it easier for customers to learn about different houses on the market. By pointer their smart phone or similar device to a certain house, they can immediately learn the retail value of that house along with other information. This eliminates the need for a salesperson that must walk around with you and chatter your ear off.

4. When you watch football, there is always a yellow line that marks where the ball must pass in order for a team to have a first down. This is an example of augmented reality because the computer generated yellow line is mixed in with the real life football game.

Chapter 10 Blog Post - Section 03

For the Chapter 10 blog post, read the Interactive Session - Organizations, Twitter Searches for a Business Model, on pages 385-386. Then, in a detailed post, answer case study questions 1-4.

1. Twitter's business model looks pretty solid. They get around 60,000 tweets an hour, which equals almost 1,500,000 tweets a day. Due to their success, Twitter can continue to be a reliable source of information and socialization across the world.

2. Twitter's revenue model would have to be their real-time tweets. Big business such as Amazon and Starbucks use Twitter's tweets to see how many people like a certain product. This helps the companies decide what to market or increase in price.

3. Twitter's most important asset is their free usage. Everybody likes anything that is free because they do not lose anything to get it, like money. The main reason so many people use Twitter is because they can. That is the benefit if freedom.

4. People like popular things. It is pretty much a universal law. If you hear someone say something is cool, you become curious as to whether they are telling the truth or not, especially if you do not have any prior knowledge to the activity. Twitter's free usage allows you to try it out and make your own opinion on it. If you do turn out to enjoy Twitter, you will tell another nonbeliever and the cycle will just continue on.