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- 711: Stakeholder Relations
- ... located in convenient positions. The last of the businesses is Somerfield 24-7, a new, recent venture that allows people to shop for groceries without going into any of the supermarkets, by using the phone, Internet or interactive television and getting the goods delivered to their door. I am a representative for the employees of Somerfield plc. Report On Thursday November 11 Somerfield announced the sale of up to 490 stores ... who are unfortunate enough to lose their jobs need suitable redundancy packages, which should reflect on their position and dependance upon Somerfield. If the company are opting to target custom through new technologies including the Internet, interactive TV etc. then retraining to deal with distribution through this method to local communities could be a solution to cut redundancies.
- 712: Survival In A Net Based Societ
- ... what is correct and what is wrong. The audience is spoon-fed opinions and information by the 'experts' because they know what is 'right'. The 90's will be known as the age of the internet, a period when communication has been revolutionalised, a period when all the information we have collected over the years has finally become available to the common person. E-mail allows almost instantaneous communication, chat rooms ... have scoffed at the idea of the moon being made of anything but green cheese, I wonder what Neil Armstrong will have to say about that. I can go on and on and on. The internet is giving us an oppurtunity to learn, to know, to understand, to be better human beings. There will be changes in the way we think, the things we consider important, but these will all result ...
- 713: Serach Engines
- Web Portals When the term "internet" became a household saying, such did words like Excite, Yahoo, and Lycos. These were the so-called portals that directed Internet first-timers to their destinations and virtually walked them through the World Wide Web. They were and still are the fist place visitors go when they start to "surf" the web. Yet these portals are ...
- 714: Oligopoly
- ... the phone industry, once the biggest monopoly in U.S. history, is evolving into an oligopoly consisting of three or four huge carriers. Their intent is to offer an impressive array of long-distance, local, Internet, and wireless services to consumers and businesses. An example would be that of MCI WorldCom Inc. which has recently reached an agreement to acquire Sprint Corp for an estimated $115 billion in stock. This deal ... industry that BellSouth Corp. is willing to make huge investments to survive in the market against oligopolies. The goal of the telecommunications oligopoly is to provide a one stop shopping for telecommunications services including phone, Internet, and wireless. Since the 1996 Telecommunications Act unleashed a frenzy of mergers, BellSouth has gone from being the largest of seven regional Bells to the second smallest of four. The smallest one, US West, is ...
- 715: Is Canada Losing Its Identity
- ... simply the 51st state or a refugee dump station for other countries. As the world drives into the 21st century, technology is taking an increasing role in everyone's lives. New innovations, such as the Internet, are making every corner of the world closer. This is known as globalization. Where before countries were thought to be quite distant, today, we can travel and converse quicker then we ever could before. I ... and everyone is becoming increasingly aware of our roots. Also many web sites now offer Canadian alternatives to their site, like "Yahoo.ca" which will find Canadian web sites before searching the rest of the Internet. There are some disappointing losses to some of our heritage as some companies and traditions won't live on into the 21st century. However, this is happening all over the world as everything is becoming ...
- 716: Is Our Society Becoming Post-l
- ... these changes started to occur. Since then a whole array of new technological innovations have provided mankind with even more mediums through which to communicate information. The telephone, television and most recently computers and the Internet have made instantaneous global transmission of data a very real possibility. Mcluhan sees these new technologies as the agents of a process of 'retribalization' (Mcluhan 1962). The advent of the Gutenberg press started what Mcluhan ... the modern world. I think however his metaphors of 'retribalization' and 'living mythically' are slightly over the top but I do think that electronic media has, and will even further with the expansion of the internet, profoundly change the way we live and work. We are constantly being told how 'the information revolution' will extend its reach into every corner of our lives. Mcluhan is not the only writer who has ...
- 717: Modern Television Changing Ame
- ... is noticed by the poor color saturation of American television sets. What digital television offers is a guaranteed crystal clear picture, elimination of crosstalk (also referred to as ghosting) on the screen, access to the Internet, on-screen data, and six channels of CD quality surround sound (Sharp Electronics Corporation 1.) The first move to introduce digital television in America was made by the Sony Corporation of America and the Grass ... stand to gain too much from this mandatory upgrade. Digital television is the dawn of a new era in communications. There is unlimited potential for cross-level communications: the video telephone, the computer television, the Internet television, etc.. The choice is simple. The television industry wants a long over due upgrade because analog television is too primitive towards new technology. The America public wants to be the world leader in technology ...
- 718: Management In The Year 2000 Gl
- ... in the global corporation to explain and notify about problems. Naturally problems do not actually arise every time members communicate. Effective and honest ongoing interpersonal communication can now be facilitated by technology such as the Internet, fax, and videoconferencing. Global organizations can now prevent greater, later costs incurred from error correction. The advent of modern communications has given the global corporation another tool to operate efficiently. Corporations that use technology will ... cost. Of course the communication needs to be timely and truthful for it to be valuable. Information also needs to be proactively stated, discussed, openly, honestly and fully disclosed. For remote communications, the use of Internet email, fixed and in particular mobile telephones is often prolific. There should be regular broadcast news and information in the form of say, email messages updating members around the world on how the business is ...
- 719: Oligopoly
- ... the phone industry, once the biggest monopoly in U.S. history, is evolving into an oligopoly consisting of three or four huge carriers. Their intent is to offer an impressive array of long-distance, local, Internet, and wireless services to consumers and businesses. An example would be that of MCI WorldCom Inc. which has recently reached an agreement to acquire Sprint Corp for an estimated $115 billion in stock. This deal ... industry that BellSouth Corp. is willing to make huge investments to survive in the market against oligopolies. The goal of the telecommunications oligopoly is to provide a one stop shopping for telecommunications services including phone, Internet, and wireless. Since the 1996 Telecommunications Act unleashed a frenzy of mergers, BellSouth has gone from being the largest of seven regional Bells to the second smallest of four. The smallest one, US West, is ...
- 720: Opposition To Aviation Expansi
- ... put up resistance in this endeavor. One example is the growing concern over converting the closed El Toro Marine Corps Air Station in Orange County, California. The residents there have put up an impressive opposition Internet site to keep everyone informed on the issues. This Internet access affords the on-line populous, growing by millions each year, to be a key stroke away from getting involved. Their business and homeowner associations of the El Toro Coalition (ETC) favor non-aviation reuses ...
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