Hrm in South Africa

International Human Resource Management Your assignment is to take a country of your choice and consider how the human resource management function has been shaped by the internal and external contexts. Conclude your assignment with some suggestions as to what the future might hold for the field of HRM in your chosen country. The idea behind the module is for you to explore the meaning and implications of the concepts and ideas of international and comparative human resource management. There is no one way of defining and understanding the nature and purpose of HRM.HRM varies according to the cultural and institutional environment in which it is conducted. It is suggested that you choose a country with which you are familiar, perhaps your home country, as this may enable you to provide examples to support your analysis. However, the important point is to choose a country that may be readily researched by access to texts and other available information. Assessment criteria: These are referred to in your Handbook. However, as a guide you need to show understanding of the various concepts and ideas discussed in the sessions, including knowledge of the perspectives to the employment relationship.This will include the extent to which culture impacts upon the relationship; how political, economic and social contexts influence the relationships; indicate some understanding of differing approaches to management development and have some understanding of the importance of employee relations. Brief outline of the essential criteria: Distinction – an assignment demonstrating wide coverage and understanding of the subject, including a strong critical analysis and evaluation. Commendation – an assignment demonstrating wide coverage and understanding of the subject, with some critical analysis and evaluation.Pass – an assignment demonstrating wide coverage and understanding of the subject, but mainly description rather than critical analysis and evaluati on. Structure Choose a country that has been researched in the past†¦ i. e. a place where HRM practices are commented on and discussed. Consider and comment on internal and external context that have influenced HRM factors CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF EXISTING RESEARCH Conclude with recommendations, as well as suggestions as to what the future may hold for HRM in the country of choice. An analysis of current HRM practices in the Republic of South Africa IntroductionThis study will investigate and explore two to three aspects of HRM practises within the Republic of South Africa. In order to gain an insight into how the country functions, it will be important to understand the various internal and external factors that may have influenced current HRM practices. South Africa is a multicultural country with a rapidly growing economy, and is widely seen as one of the most stable democracies in Africa, having recently emerged from the infamous apartheid era. The South African economy is the largest in the continent, and the 28th largest in the world.The country lobbied heavily, and was eventually invited to join the economic and political organisation BRICS in 2011 (Smith 2011), and has just successfully hosted the annual BRICS conference (2013) for the first time. Concerns have however been expressed over whether South Africa deserves its place among the BRICS, as the country has the lowest levels of government spending, life expectancy, and literacy rates within the group, while the South African GDP comprises just 2. 5% of that of the combined BRICS’s GDP (Smith, 2013).In addition, while the populations of India and China stand at over a billion people, South Africa has a population of 50 million of which almost a quarter are unemployed and live on less than ? 1 a day (Seria & Cohen, 2009). This high poverty level is a major contributor to the crime rates in South Africa, with Johannesburg being infamous for its high levels of crime (Diseko, 2010). The most c oncerning crime considered to be the extent of rape and violence against women in South Africa. With two rapes occurring every minute (Itano, 2003), a typical South African woman is estimated to have a 40% chance of being raped (Middleton, 2011).Domestic violence is also reportedly high, with statistics suggesting that one woman is killed by her husband/partner every eight hours in South Africa (Faul 2013). The practice of ‘corrective rape’ is a major problem, which is based on the incorrect belief that the rape of lesbians can ‘cure’ them of homosexuality (Mufweba, 2003). The South African government is well aware of all these problems, and has made a number of attempts to tackle them head on, including the amendment and strengthening of laws that deal with sexual offences.The government notes that the problem â€Å"is reflective of deep-seated, systemic dysfunction in our society† (Government Gazette South Africa, 2007). Diseko (2010) argues that t he high crime levels have had a massive impact upon the South African economy, with recent research showing that the country has been experiencing a brain drain (Kok, 2006). Moolman (2012) highlights cases of high numbers of skilled engineers and other professionals emigrating to MDRs (More Developed Regions) such as Australia and North America.Dreyer, cited in Moolman (2012) argues that while South Africa holds 80% of the world’s chromium, manganese, gold and platinum reserves, the shortage of skilled workers means that costs are becoming too high for the industry to be profitable. The statistics for 2001 show that only 181 managers or skilled professionals immigrated to South Africa from MDRs, with 645 going the opposite way (Statistics South Africa 2003, cited in Kok, 2006). These statistics highlight the struggle that South Africa faces with regard to the attraction and retention of talented skilled workers to help keep its economic growth on an upward trajectory.However, Diseko (2010) argues that this phenomenon is reversing, and cites South Africa’s rapidly growing economy and political stability have seen it once again become a ‘net importer’ of skilled workers. He claims that South Africa now appears an attractive proposition to South African expatriates as well as foreign skilled workers, and argues that this ‘net import’ of skilled workers is driven by economic factors such as the recession within MDRs, such as Europe and North America. Cultural factors are also vitally important within the business environment, as they affect the context of business and social interactions.Hofstede has developed a In order to understand the cultural aspect of South Africa countryHofstede (2013) This essay will explore current HRM practices in South Africa, with three major aims Identify your country of choice Justify your choice of country Provide a contemporary overview of the country (50 words) Identify the cultural features of your chosen country using Hofstede or another cultural theorist Explain how those cultural features impact upon HR practices in that country (100 words) Identify the PESTLE factors affecting your chosen country. Explain how those PESTLE factors impact upon HR practices in that country. 100 words) What might the future hold for HR in your chosen country? (50 words) These areas will be investigated through a review of existing literature, which will be critically analysed in order to identify areas that may be developed in future. Definition – highly debated, as various HR practitioners define this in different ways. Macey & Schneider (2008) argue that the term is used to describe behaviours, traits and psychological states, and their associated outcomes. Access Talk about how the new educational processes being introduced will enhance variation among the talent pool if it works. ttp://geert-hofstede. com/imprint. html http://geert-hofstede. com/dimensions. html SA at the m oment may have the need for people and have the people, but the skills of the people may not match up to the requirements. what has been driving the change, crime rate in johannesburg, violence, more economic potential than actual, growing quite fast, next to BRICKSA is the definition of emerging economies going to include SA? Look at growth rate of BRICKSA economies and  compare to European and US economy. TABLE Stagnation in western economies, but is growth being shown as a comparative within the BRICKSA economies.References Diseko, L, (2010), â€Å"South Africa’s brain drain generation returning home†, Available at: [http://articles. cnn. com/2010-11-18/world/south. africa. migration_1_south-africans-violent-crime-job-seekers? _s=PM:WORLD], Accessed on: 15/03/13 Erasmus, B, Van Wyk, M, Schenk, H, (2003), â€Å"South African Human Resource Management – Theory & Practice (3rd Edition)â€Å" Formeset, Epping, Cape Town Faul, M, (2013), â€Å"South Africa vi olence against women rate highest in the world†, Available at: [http://www. huffingtonpost. com/2013/03/08/south-africa-violence-against-women_n_2837804. tml], Accessed on: 03/08/13 Government Gazzette South Africa, (2007) [Online], â€Å"Criminal law (Sexual offences and related matters) Amendment Act 2007†, Available at: [http://www. info. gov. za/view/DownloadFileAction? id=77866], Accessed on: 12/03/13 HRPractice, (2011), [Online], â€Å"Findings from a pilot survey†, Available at: [http://www. hrpractice. co. za/newsletters-online/200907. html] Accessed on:12/02/13 Itano, N, (2003), [Online], â€Å"South Africa begins getting tough on rape†, Available at: [http://womensenews. org/story/rape/030224/south-africa-begins-getting-tough-rape#.UVB2sBzIbX4], Accessed on: 15/03/13 Macey, WH, & Schneider, B, (2008), â€Å"The meaning of employee engagement†, Industrial & Organisational Psychology, Volume 1, pp. 3-30 Middleton, L, (2011), â€Å"Correctiv e rape: Fighting a South African scourge†, Available at: [http://www. time. com/time/world/article/0,8599,2057744,00. html], Accessed on: 12/03/13 Moolman, S, (2012), [Online], â€Å"The brain drain continues†, Available at: [http://www. miningweekly. com/article/the-brain-drain-continues-2012-08-10], Accessed on:15/03/13 Mufweba, Y, (2003), [Online], â€Å"’Corrective rape makes you an African woman’†,Available at: [http://www. iol. co. za/news/south-africa/corrective-rape-makes-you-an-african-woman-1. 116543#. UVB9mhzIbX4], Accessed on: 14/03/13 Seria, N, & Cohen, M, (2009), [Online], â€Å"South Africa’s unemployment rate approaches 23. 5%†, Available at: [http://www. bloomberg. com/apps/news? pid=newsarchive&sid=aoB7RbcZCRfU], Accessed on:14/03/13 Smith, D, (2013), [Online], â€Å"South Africa: More of a briquette than a BRIC†, Available at: [http://www. guardian. co. uk/world/2013/mar/24/south-africa-bric-developing-economy ], Accessed on:13/03/13 SA HR Best Practice Summit Reportback http://www. hrfuture. et/education-and-training/sa-hr-best-practice-summit-reportback. php? Itemid=265 ARE YOUR EMPLOYEES ENGAGED? http://www. hrpractice. co. za/news/news. html http://www. info. gov. za/view/DownloadFileAction? id=117580 Human resource practices and discrimination in South Africa: overcoming the apartheid legacy http://www. ingentaconnect. com/content/routledg/rijh/2002/00000013/00000007/art00008 Managing human resources in South Africa: A multinational firm focus http://www. emeraldinsight. com/books. htm? chapterid=1761939 http://books. google. co. uk/books? id=uilaYjWdvN4C&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

Bullying & media

Our society functions under the assumption that certain individuals are more powerful than the others, thus, we have the play of powers in every human social interaction. The social strata of our country is an example that some individuals are more powerful than the rest. However power can either be a boon or bane to society depending upon how a person exercises his power. Thus we have come to conclude that power is good when it is used for the benefit of many (deontology) and it becomes bad when it is used to suppress the rights of others or to render harm to those who can’t oppose it.In schools where students are viewed as individuals of the same status, there are some who exhibit bullying as a way to show authority. This may include intentional physical assault, verbal abuse and other means that causes harm to others. It has become a phenomenon in schools around the world and may cause stress, fatigue, trauma, injury and etc (Einarsen, et. al. 2002). The media has helped to highlight such misdemeanor and much information has been disseminated for the benefit of the parents, schools and social workers.Some schools have made programs to identify the bully and the victim for them to provide counseling sessions for the bully and personality development for the victim. These anti-bullying policies were designed to teach bullies of conflict resolution, negotiation skills, and impulse control the victims were given support and protection. Though this program generally aims to stop bullying, an article written by Robin Grille tells us that these program simply punish the bullies and fails to address the root cause of the problem.Since the program segregates the bully and the bullied, we discriminate on the bully as though he was the root cause of the problem. We blame him for the trouble when in fact there is a gargantuan of factors that should be considered before pointing the finger at the bully. Perhaps an understated fact in our plight to address bullying is that there are certain factors that affect the behavior of all human beings. In the case of bullies, studies show that those who come from authoritarian parenting which often entails spanking and closed doors for explanation and negotiation either becomes the bully or the bullied (Baldry, 1998).This is because children’s differ in the way they react to environments wherein they are subjected to pain or rendered powerless. Studies show that only 43% of hospitalized children due to parental abuse consider themselves as abused children (Berger. Et al. 1998). The rest thinks that they deserve the punishment; in turn they simply try not to commit the same mistake again. To elucidate on that matter, children who thinks that the physical harm that they received was a worthy punishment for their wrongs has tendencies to be bullied or to become the bully.If a parent spanks a child for every wrong that he has done, he would think that for him to correct the wrong doings of others i t is acceptable for him to physically hurt other too for them to learn their lesson. As a consequence, those who become the victims or the bullied may think that they deserve being bullied because they aren’t strong enough or they did not do something right. Thus, they begin to justify bullying simply because their parents bully them in their households. It is then evident that the bully and the victim aren’t the only ones to be blamed for such behavior.The environment in the household which is dominated by the parents has much to play in the bullying phenomenon. Researches shows that those who admit that they were physically abused by their parents and openly protest against the act has lesser chances of tolerating cruelties. Since these children already have the concept of the wrongness of the act, they won’t tolerate being bullied or to bully other children (Berger. Et al. 1998). Psychology dictates that children imitate adults especially their parents. The m ost basic example of imitation is how parents teach their children how to speak.First words such as mommy and daddy are to be repeated by adults over and over for the child to copy. Same goes with other skills such as walking, eating and etcetera. Thus, children learn from society by imitating. If a child is exposed in an environment that tolerates violence then the child will in turn learn how to be violent and considers it as a norm (Strassman, 2007). A bully or the victim is an indication that the family in which they came from tolerates bullying or similar forms of abuse, punishment, and cruelties.Furthermore, in a book written by Gayle Macklem it is said that household environment strongly affects a child’s behavior since this is where he first imitates his social skills. Simple teasing which can be a form of bullying often occurs at home as older sisters and brother or even the parents themselves. Teasing mostly happens at school and study shows that 39% of students in the 2nd grade admit that they respond in a hostile manner when they are teased (Macklem, 2003).Simple form of teasing between brothers can be resolved by parents easily but those who use authoritarian parenting often use power to stop teasing without even discussing the root cause of the problem. This is effective in preventing physical harm, however this does not stop the cause of the problem and similar teasing would eventually occur. The best way that parents should do is to discuss the cause and let their children speak their minds without the use of verbal abuse. This can lead to a resolution and will then teach children how to settle conflicts in peaceful means.However, since parents today have lesser time for their children given that both have to work to support the family, most parents don’t have the time to discuss with their children the importance of settling their fight. Perhaps the worst thing that parents do is to further instigate a fight by heating up the tea sing between siblings. Families belonging to the lower class or those who live in areas that where violence is high often view teasing as entertainment and a harmless act between sibling. This can be true however; teasing can often render emotional stress to children.They either seek for vengeance or become meek and withdraw from the world. With teasing as the most basic example of how a bully is shaped in the household, it is evident that parental intervention is needed. Thus we come into a conclusion that bullies are simply children who where also bullied at home. This further supports the argument of Robin Grille that bullies should not be the ones to be blamed for their behavior hence, it’s the parents ho are to be blamed. For a school program against bullying to work, it is important that we address the main cause of the issue and not just the after effects.Sure we can teach the bully how to handle stress and other skills to resolve conflicts in means that do not include physical injury and verbal abuse, but this is not the best way to resolve the problem. Since the cause of bullying is rooted at home, we should look into the families and perhaps try to address the problem from the source. It is best for schools to include parents in the counseling sessions to address bullying at home rather than waste their efforts in transforming the bully into a harmless individual which will eventually become futile since we send the child back to the environment that shapes bullies.If we really want to address bullying then we must go to the root cause, and in that case, it is the family upon which the emotions of the child is first molded. Perhaps in this way we can directly pinpoint the source of the emotional distress in the child and the family. However one setback of this is that the school may find it difficult to contact parents and make them come to school for a scheduled interview. This is a tedious process and may require ample amount of time to prop erly get to the root cause.However if this country is really determined to stop bullying then these measures should be undertaken to make sure that school environments are safe for their children. This would in turn foster proper learning and better social skills for their children. Since society now place much value on emotional intelligence, we must make sure that our children is emotionally stable and that should start at home with their parents as the role models. Reference Baldry, AC & Farrington DP (1998) Parenting Influences on Bullying and Victimisation Journal of Legal and Criminological Psychology Vol 3(2) pp.237-254 Berger, A. et al (1988) The Self-Report of Punitive Childhood Experiences of Young Adults and Adolescents Child Abuse and Neglect Vol 12 pp. 251-262 Einarsen, S. et. al. (2002) Bullying an Emotional Abuse in the Workplace. London Strassman, J. (2007). How to Defuse Aggressive Behavior in Kids. Date accessed November 28, 2007. http://www. parenthood. com/articl es. html? article_id=3833 Macklem, G. L. (2003) Bullying and Teasing: Social Power in child

Home Confinement is the Solution to Prison Overcrowding...

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But CA has to face a new challenge whether it continuous to keep major business in mainframe or make a thorough transformation from mainframe to cloud computing. In the process of developing, CA met a lot of problems. Developing cloud computing needs a huge amount of money. CA needs to hire more high-tech specialists. In the meantime, maybe CA still needs to spend time on maintaining current mainframe and its clients’ data. If CA want to keep its mainframe and develop cloud computing in the same time, CA should separate the company into two major department: mainframe department and cloud computing department. Even though we think CA have a lot of challenges in the transformation process. CA still has a lot of opportunities and advantages in the technology field. We recommend CA to maintain its main business in mainframe, and increase the investment in development of cloud computing. Overview CA Technologies is one of the largest independent software corporations in the world. They have maintained its well-respected position in the mainframe and client server business for the past thirty years. CA Technologies have expended their business to Asia, Africa and South America. The company created software that runs in mainframe, distributed, virtualized environments. Early mainframe computers ran software applications to help manage and automate a company’s many processes. CA Technologies and other software management companies developed software that streamlined and automated mainframe operations, lowering cost and freeing IT staff to work on more strategic projects. As the evolution of computing technologies, cloud computing dominated IT discussions. In 2007, as a 30-year-old technology business, CA had the most complete portfolio of management software from mainframe to client server. But some insiders thought the old strategy would cause the declining of the company’s revenue. After firm-wide strategic sessions and internal surveys, CA was reorganized to a new strategy. Four strategic pillars were established and a fifth area covered all aspects of CA cloud offerings. To strengthen the cloud computing capabilities, CA made some acquisitions from 2008 to 2010. Some insiders worried about this newborn company. Concerns regarding the security of cloud offerings surfaced from critics and others and positioned CA Technologies on a test to justify that cloud is safe to use. Not only opportunities, CA still faces a lot of challenges. Many challenges for CA would be solved like how to communicate the nature of CA Technologies’ strategy and transformation to its customers or something about technology and organizational issues still need to be done. Despite all the problems and challenges, CA’s leaders strongly believed the cloud computing will make the company to become the pioneer of this field. Problems Technology Issue: 1. Uncertainty of CA’s capability to do the cloud computing. As we all known that the main business of CA technologies was mainframe, and it accounted for over 60% revenue and majority of its profits. Furthermore, CA technology has possessed a good reputation in the mainframe market. As the new technology developed and the evolution of the industry, cloud computing appeared and has become the trend for the present business world. In order to develop its promising succession plan and maintain its highly competitive strength in the market, CA would like to transform its mainframe business to new technologycloud computing. Nevertheless, they do not have enough capability to get into the cloud computing market because cloud computing was based on nearly all of the concepts that were different from the mainframe environment, so this will be a challenge for the CA Technologies to get involved in the market. That is to say, the company needs talents to build up related technique and marketing experience inside the company. Also, the company needs to consider whether they have already had the enough capability to do the cloud computing by themselves. Alternative 1a. Acquisition Large corporations don’t easily innovate, so CA Technologies can choose some small companies or even integrate some startups, such as some cloud computing platform software companies, some cloud-based authentication software companies and cloud infrastructure consulting company etc. By using acquisition strategy, CA can acquire more experienced workers and gain more related resources from those small cloud computing companies. This implementation would make CA Technology get into the cloud computing market more easily. Also, Acquisition is a more efficient way that won’t take CA Technologies too much time. 2b. Self-develop research team CA technologies has already acquired several small cloud computing firms since the company changed its target from the mainframe market to the cloud computing market. Perhaps, the company can decide build its own research and developing team based on their previous acquisition to keep growing its key cloud computing technique under its market strategy. After all, after the acquisitions, CA Technologies has already had related technologies and recourses, and they do not need to do acquisitions all the time. Moreover, acquisition needs rich cash flow, and it takes time to evaluate the effect. The priority thing for CA Technologies is to integrate the technique and knowledge it acquired from those start up cloud computing companies. The company can use what they have gotten from the various acquisitions, such as the cloud computing platform, the security software solutions and some data to build up its competitive advantage. By building its own research team and growing the firm’s young talents, the company will ensure its innovation and ability to fit in the competitive cloud computing market. 2. Cloud computing security problems When the cloud computing first launched in the market, not all the people trust this new technology. Security was one of the major concerns. For the public, mainframe looks like a safer way to store data. At least, customers can see there is a mainframe in real, and the mainframe system is considered the company’s asset. On the contrary, cloud computing is entirely based on the Internet which seems vulnerable to virtual attacks. That is why some big companies refused to use cloud computing system in their business. For CA Technologies aspect, in the new era of cloud computing, any incident pertaining to privacy or security even a minor one is the fastest way to erode brand equity and consumer trust. As more and more information on individuals and companies in placed in the cloud, concerns are beginning to grow about how safe an environment it is. If the security issue doesn’t be solved, the cloud computing market will lose customers and CA Technologies will get in trouble. Alternative 2a: Strengthen the ability on solving the security issue Although cloud computing system is a new helpful technology, there is still plenty of security issues associated with this innovative technique. The security issues can be divided into two categories, security issues faced by cloud providers and security issues faced by their customers. Since now, the could computing system is based on the internet and users will be easily exposed to any kind of online threatens. Hackers can steal a lot of customer information in clouds and they will be more willing to do this since their effort can bring more profits if they succeed. For CA Technologies, the company should develop highly protective security approaches and techniques to prevent data breach and privacy issues which is more considered by the users. Alternative 2b: Eliminate misunderstandings on security issue In fact, for numerous cloud computing providers, they will not put eggs in one basket. The clients’ data might be stored separately in different places. This implementation can highly reduce the risk the clients consider the cloud computing technique. Besides developing solutions for security, correcting the stereotype of the public is also an important part for marketing department to address. Marketing Issue: 1. The change of the market. Historically, around 85% of CA Technologies’ revenues came from roughly 1000 companies that are $2 billion and above. That is to say, the traditional mainframe business strategy of the CA technology is almost focusing on big companies. However, by considering the high switching cost and the security problems, the big companies are reluctant and react slowly on making changes. What’s more, lots of mainframe fans believe that the mainframe is still the best place to store and secure data. And many think that cloud computing is â€Å"overblown†. On the other hand, more and more small businesses highly rely on online platform, signing up with private providers that make sophisticated applications more affordable. Because cloud computing can offer small businesses significant cost-saving benefits—namely, pay-as-you-go access to sophisticated software and powerful hardware, so those small and media companies are increasing more needs for cloud computing. Thus, facing the external change, CA Technologies should think of how to balance its previous mainframe business and expanding new could computing market. Alternative 1a: Develop proper market segment and maintain its previous mainframe service Different companies have different needs. CA Technologies can divide a board target market into subsets of consumers who have common needs, and then design and implement strategies to fulfill their needs and desires. Although CA Technologies reengineered itself and has gone forward to cloud computing market step by step, it doesn’t mean that CA Technologies should give up all its mainframe customers. CA Technologies still can retain their strong point-mainframe, and do business with the big companies who are reluctant to move to the cloud computing environment. Perhaps in the future when those companies find out that they should also dapt cloud computing technology, their first choice will be the CA Technologies since the company is their loyal and responsible provider. Alternative 1b: Arouse cloud computing awareness Because CA Technologies is a newcomer in the cloud computing market, not all potential customers are familiar with the company. Developing a suitable marketing strategy is critical to arouse its brand an d awareness in the market. For the B2B market, building a positive reputation is the key since the way of word of mouth can easily bring more possible customers to the company. Moreover, CA Technologies can use social media to let people know and trust the company. By using the social media, CA Technologies can tell their customers that they are not only good in the mainframe market but are also ready for the new technology, cloud computing. This can create certain impact, attract more customers and build the brand loyalty. Alternative 1c: Convince big companies to use the cloud computing To win the business deal for cloud from big companies, CA Technologies first needs to change traditional and stubborn ideas of those big companies and convince them that cloud computing is the trend in the future. Advertising the convenience of the new technology and how helpful the cloud computing is to their business will be a persuasive strategy to make them become the customers of CA Technologies. Also, reducing their worries-lower the switching cost and reducing the risk is another convincing way. After all, the main concern for all companies is to increase the revenue and reduce the cost. Furthermore, helping the big company to adapt to the cloud computing environment quickly is critical. When the movement is easy and rapid, the big companies will be willing to make the change. . Sharp competition A range of competitors has offered cloud computing products and services, including traditional software and storage management firms, security and data management firms, software service providers, or application software firms, but also hardware manufactures, and even web services companies. Lots of large companies, such as HP, IBM, Microsoft and Amazon etc are trying to seize the market shar e. Alternative 2a: More focus on some specific area such as HRIS. CA Technologies need to develop their own characteristic cloud computing products and service. We can see the form in the case Exhibit 9, the forecasting market size of SaaS is the highest in the projections for Cloud Computing. It means that there are more opportunities for CA Technologies to gain market shares in SaaS. So developing is critical. CA technologies can focus on SaaS, and there are lots of more specific software in SaaS, such as Human Resource Information System, which is software for the data entry, data tracking, and data information needs of the Human Resources, payroll, management and accounting function within a business. If CA Technologies can focus on some specific software and service, it can help the company to improve the brand image and gain more competitive advantage. Alternative 2b: global extension Cloud computing technology is the trend for the future, but it’s not widespread the entire world. In US. , the technology is developing faster than the other countries, and the competition is even sharper, so in order to increase the market share, CA Technologies can expand its market internationally, such as launching in some developing countries, helping them finding out their needs and meet their need of the new technology. Internal issues: 1. Perception from the insider We cannot deny the trend of cloud computing. Analysts pegged potential savings for enterprises using the cloud at about 40%; one analyst projected cloud computing would save Europe’s five largest economies as much as $ 920 billion from 2010-2015. CA technology should reap the benefits of the new technology. However, the industry insiders hold negative view on switching the core business to cloud computing and questioned the significance of cloud-based opportunities, they thought cloud computing has some issues concerning security, which mainframe had less. They are reluctance to accept the new technology in views. So this reluctant view impeded the development of cloud computing at full tilt. The reluctant view is demonstrated in the conservative investment in this technology, and the strategic choice in the development. Alternatives 1a: Change the perception of industry insiders by training. The industry insider questioned and suspect the cloud computing. By proper training sessions, employees will hold a common goal with the corporation, and develop the cloud computing without hesitation. Alternatives 1b: Hire talents who focus on cloud computing Hiring new talents who are specialized in the development of cloud computing is like insert new blood to the company. They will bring new ideas into the corporation. This strategy will vitalize the whole department. Alternatives 1c: Reorganized the organizational structure, and divide into two departmentsone focus on mainframe, the other focus on cloud computing. Cloud computing is the future trend of IT technology, so the company should slowly adapt to this trend, and then switch the mainframe to computer clouding. However, this transition process may take time. Now what the company can do is to set apart of the two business, and research and develop on both subjects. Because now, mainframe contributes a great deal to the annual revenue, it is unwise to give up the investment and totally switch to cloud computing. Setting up different department for the two technology development may be a choice. 2. Resource allocation Although mainframe contributes a lot to the annual revenue, it is the age of cloud technology. CA technology should newly determine the allocation of resources between mainframe and cloud computing. Alternative 2a: Continuously maintain the mainframe Mainframes may be 1960s’ technology, it did not be replaced by other new technology in more than 60 years, because it is in continuously development and improvement. And Mainframe still plays the main role in the CA technologies. Some advanced mainframes can potentially be used to build private clouds, those nebulous networks with closely delimited borders but offering several advantages of cloud computing. By maintain the mainframe, new versions of mainframes will be announced in future with customized and novel features. Alternative 2b: Enhance the investment in cloud computing. As a world-class large-scale mainframe provider, CA technology has a certain reputation and professional technical quality, so the company can on this basis to develop the cloud technology. The two technology are not excluded each other. And cloud computing is the future strategic direction. Scenarios 1. Information security risk (Likely) In the modern society, information security becomes more and more important. Massive size of data means that well operated security has to be considered, especially in the virtualized field. If an information company reveals clients’ data, it will be a huge disaster. So CA Technologies should invest some money into information security field. They can establish a network security department to deal with emergencies such as hacker’s invasion and virus. 2. Political risk (Likely) Cloud computing was created in the information era. There are still many deficiencies in legislation and management. As is known to all, sharing is a symbol of information era. 115 Cloud Drive, pioneer of Chinese cloud drive market, closed its public sharing function and lost 40% market share. 115 Company was destroyed by intellectual property law in China. So CA has to take care of new law and policies to prevent possible events. 3. Abandoning traditional service The biggest characteristic in information era is fast. System evolution, hardware update and many other things about computer are all in high-speed change. CA’s mainframe system is a good example. Although it has some advantages that cloud computing cannot struggle with now like security and liability, it’s an old toy from last century. Abandoning traditional service and offer new and more reliable ones are most important. 4. Merged by a large IT company Cloud computing are becoming more and more important and popular today. As a top 10 leading IT company, CA Technologies must be a target by other companies that want to enter the cloud computing market or expand their market share. However, it’s costly and risky to merge a company like CA Technologies. If CA want to expand its business to other fields, merging can be a good option. Appendix I: SWOT Analysis Strengths: 1. Reliable customer resources CA technologies offer products and services for various industries such as government, banks, retailers, medical companies and technology companies. They have maintained a strong relationship with major companies of these industries since 1990s. For example, they formed partnerships with Microsoft and Netscape in the mid-1990s. At the same time, their business scope extended to other countries including China, South Africa, Japan, etc. 2. Strong Ramp;D capabilities As a technology based company, CA always focuses on the latest technologies. With the strong support of research and development ability, CA technologies are always the first mover in the industry and always launch new products or lead technology revolution in the first place. The first mover advantage ensures that CA maintains its pioneer position in the whole industry. In addition, CA acquires some companies that already license or develop products of new technology. Therefore, CA can supplement its Ramp;D capabilities quickly. Weaknesses: 1. Lack of diversified business Nearly half of the revenue comes from CA’s mainframe solution business, which account for a high proportion of the profits. This situation illustrates that CA is depending too much on its matured markets. If mainframe solution business is affected, CA’s profit will also be negatively affected. . High risk of incompatibility CA Technologies depend on acquisitions to achieve new technologies. However, acquisitions may cost too much time and efforts. On the other hand, there may be inevitable difference and conflict of enterprises culture after merge. Opportunities: 1. New growth opportunities of cloud computing CA decided to turn to go after cloud computing, which is the most popular discussion in IT industry. Cloud computing is disruptive evolution that enables the delivery of virtually limitless IT capacity as a service over the Internet. Therefore the demand for cloud computing services is enormous. This trend can bring CA technologies new profit growth opportunities except mainframe business. 2. New customer market Before CA’s new choice, the customers of its mainframe business are big companies such as Microsoft and Netscape. After turning to cloud computing business, CA has more access to small and medium companies. It may expand the scope of business of CA. Threatens: 1. Doubts of industry insiders Some insiders still have doubts about cloud computing. Many conservatives may prefer mainframe rather than cloud computing. As a completely new approach to IT industry, cloud computing may need more time to be accepted. 2. High competition There exists intense competition in cloud computing business. CA’s competitors, such as IBM and EMC, all have solid financial support, rich technology resources and strong Ramp;D ability. Moreover, increasing number of companies join into the new market. Appendix II: Porter’s Five Forces Level of Competition: High Many IT companies, whether they are big companies or not, are involved in cloud computing business. Suppliers’ Bargaining Power: Low There are a lot of suppliers in the market, and most of them can offer competitive products and services. Customers’ Bargaining Power: Middle There are large amount of customers in the market, while the cloud computing services of IT companies are similar to some degree. Threat of New Entrance: High The entrance level of cloud computing is low. Even with limited resources, small-scale companies can provide such services. Threat of Substitutes: Low It is difficult to substitute all the hardware for cloud computing.

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