EBK ESSENTIALS OF MIS
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Author: LAUDON
Publisher: PEARSON
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Factors related to Qantas management:
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Competitive force model related to Qantas management:
- Competitive forces model
- Qantas depends on competitive forces mod...
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Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) related to Qantas management:
- TCO of technology assets
- TCO in Qantas is performed to analyze the IT infrastructure.
- It is used for predicting the cost of specific technology implementations...
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Service level agreement related to Qantas management:
- Service level agreement
- It is agreement done between the customers and their service providers...
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Outsource related to Qantas management:
- Requirement of outsource in Qantas airways
- The management decides to provide outsource in terms of switch depending on competitive forces and TCO models...
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