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What is an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system? How do ERP systems improve on prior generations of information systems?
New strategic alliances are formed every day. What are they, and why are they increasingly being used by businesses?
Open book management is a relatively new philosophy about the use of information in organizations. Describe open book management and how it differs philosophically from the traditional view of the management of financial information in an organization.
How does the implementation of open book management require an organization’s accountants to change their traditional practices?
Describe the three generic strategies for dealing with the environmental effects of operations. Is one of the strategies always preferred to the others? Discuss. Exercises