COBOL -- COmmon Business Oriented Language -- and Chase Manhattan
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This 13 page report discusses COmmon Business Oriented Language or COBOL and whether or not a “project leader” recommends that the institution should use COBOL as an ongoing process of business. COBOL was one of the first high-level programming languages, introduced in 1959 by the Conference on Data Systems Languages and played an important role in automating the business world with its proficiency at defining and manipulating complex data structures. Does it still serve that purpose in the 21st century? Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: BWcobol.wps

Collecting Data in Developed and Developing Nations
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This 24 page paper examines the differences and similarities when collecting data for marketing purposes in developed and developing countries. This is examined from the perspective of various influences including culture, ethics, marketing, political, legal, economic, structural, informational and technological and sociocultural factors. The bibliography cites 23 sources.
Filename: TEdatadevc.rtf

Communicating Between Projects
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A 9 page paper on one aspect of project management. What happens to all the knowledge gained from experiences project team members have during the project process? Companies need to have a procedure to allow knowledge to be communicated company-wide. Companies have vast amounts of underutilized knowledge and information because there is no sharing process established. Instead, the project manager and team members have knowledge that winds up locked in their hard drives but inaccessible to anyone else. This essay discusses tools that can be used to communicate the knowledge to everyone. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: PGprjmgc.rtf

COMMUNICATION Mini-Observational Study.
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(8pp) We all experience and talk about the reality around us in uniquely different ways. For a climber, the mountains are a realm of quiet inspiration. For the non-climber, who becomes dizzy standing on a ladder, the heights may be a realm of fear and the cause of horrifying nightmares. The climber may find it extremely difficult to communicate to the non-climber the emotion he or she has experienced. In this Mini-Observational Study we shall be observing the purposes, contest, content, and process of formal and informal group communication. Bibliography lists 4 sources. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: BBminOb.doc

Communication, security and risk management
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A paper which looks at the role of communication in security and risk management, with reference to corporate organisations and societal institutions such as the health service, and considers the impact of IT and global communication on these issues.
Filename: JLcommrisk.rtf

Company Analysis –Timberweb.Com & Wine.Com :
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This 6 page paper analyzes two e-companies, Timberweb.com and wine.com. Timberweb is the largest global vertical networking company that links buyers, sellers and others associated with the timber and lumber industries. Wine.com distributes wine from around the world. This essay discusses the purposes and services of each company and comments on operations management. The writer also comments on eVinyard's acquisition of wine.com and wineshoppers.com, creating a new company under the name of wine.com. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: PGtmbwn.rtf

Comparison of eCommerce (B2C) Websites
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(5 pp) The challenge for all of us who shop for merchandise on the internet, is to first apply the ol' shopping code of 'the best 'goods' for the best price,' and the second is the ease of movement through the website of the merchandiser. This discussion will be based on two 'department store' (B2C) type websites: www.sundancecatalog.com and www.eddiebauer.com
Filename: BBeCom.doc

Competitive Advantage Through Information Technology
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This 5 page paper is a literature review on the attainment of competitive advantage through the use of information technology. The bibliography cites 17 sources.
Filename: TEcomadt.wps

Competitive Advantage Through Information Technology
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This 7 page paper is a literature review on the attainment of competitive advantage through the use of information technology. Both cost advantage and differentiation are considered and cases are sited to illustrate the points raised. The bibliography cites 20 sources.
Filename: TEcomadt2.wps

CompuNet & Its Information Technology
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An extensive, 11 page case study evaluatively examining CompuNet and its reliance upon a large information technology infrastructure. Examines the internal & external environments and provides a comprehensive S.W.O.T. analysis as well as discussion risks vs. benefits and strategic recommendations for the future. Excellent for those studying management (of) information systems. No Bibliography.
Filename: Compunet.wps