Assignment 1 The New Frontier Data Analytics in Dell In this highly competitive business environment, businesses are constantly seeking ways to gain traction and understand what is on the minds of current customers and potential customers in order to increase business efficiency. Many companies have turned to business intelligence (BI) and data analytics. Use the Internet or Strayer Library to research articles on data analytics. Select one (1) industry or one (1) company that is currently using data analytics. Use the industry / company you have selected as the basis for your written paper. Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you: 1. Define data analytics in general and provide a brief overview of the evolution of utilizing data analytics in business. 2. Analyze the main advantages and disadvantages of using data analytics within the industry or company that you have chosen. 3. Determine the fundamental obstacles or challenges that business management in general must overcome in order to implement data analytics. Next, suggest a strategy that business management could use to overcome the obstacles or challenges in question. Provide a rationale for your response. 4. Analyze the overall manner in which data analytics transformed the industry or company you selected with regard to customer responsiveness and satisfaction. 5. Speculate on the trend of using data analytics for the chosen industry or company in the next ten (10) years. Next, determine at least one (1) additional type of data that one could collect by using data analytics. Provide a rationale for your response. 6. Use at least three (3) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources. Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: · Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. · Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

Proctor and Gamble

Why did management at Proctor and Gamble allow the management to grow prior to Lafley?

Proctor and Gamble has undergone costly restructuring. Upper management has forgotten that “Strategic management is defined as the set of decisions and actions that result in the design and activation of strategies to achieve the objectives of an organization” (Pearce & Robinson, 2005, p. 1). Proctor and Gamble has lost focus of their strategic management planning which involves maintaining the company’s mission and goals and looking at the company’s internal conditions and capabilities. The company became management top heavy. Lafley described this as been too invested in their employees. When a company acquires another company, one is also acquiring the other companies’ management team. Proctor and Gamble over the past century has acquired Folgers Coffee, Norwich Eaton Pharmaceutical, Richard- Vicks, Noxell, Shulton Old Spice, Max Factor and Iams Company. In 2005, Proctor and Gamble also acquired Gillette. No wonder the present management team had to eliminate 9600 management jobs. One of the ramifications of cutting 9,600 jobs is that a competitor may think that Proctor and Gamble is in trouble. Proctor and Gamble was correct in its decision to eliminate 9,600 which cut its payroll. When a company is trying to get fiscally healthy, and looking at ways to cut overhead cost: the first area to look at is the payroll budget.