Sapient is a business consulting and technology Services Company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that was founded in 1991 to specialize in client/server application development. Sapient was one of a group of companies (along with firms such as Cambridge Technology Partners and i-Cube) that sought to differentiate themselves from traditional consultants by offering strong technical skills and application development to enable companies to get business value out of technology within fixed-fee/fixed-time contracts and by focusing solely on client's success to achieve long term goals and objectives. In the mid-1990's, Sapient recognized the potential of Internet and started to offer Internet solutions to its clients. Sapient was one of the few e-business integrators from the dot-com era that recognized offshore opportunities early on. It invested in global delivery capabilities in India starting in 2001.The Company has been through significant changes over the past five years, including significant shifts in its client base, offshore staff mix, and target contract size, but the focus on its purpose, core values, Internet enablement and related technologies is unchanged. Assignment Questions 1. What is Sapient's Strategy? Sapient's strategy to succeed is to do whatever it takes to deliver the right business results for its clients, on time and on budget using its unique QUADD (Quality, Design, Delivery) engagement approach. Its "strategic context" that is its purpose, core values, vision, goals and client value proposition are the means to achieve. Sapient's purpose and core values (client-focused delivery, leadership, relationships, creativity, openness and people growth) focused on client's success. In order to achieve higher growth rates than the industry average it raised the bar in terms of being client-focused. Sapient devises business and IT strategies that improve its clients' competitive position and performance, as well as the value they realize from their IT portfolio. Sapient has a relatively sophisticated business model is as it has multi-geography, multi-currency operation spread across the North America, Europe and India which represent 50% of its total employees for off-shore activities but the company's success relies on focusing to develop new ways to create value for clients by significantly changing, or replacing, business processes, operations, capabilities and business models. 2. What key tasks will help Sapient differentiate itself from its competitors? What features of Sapient's organizational structure impact (positively or negatively) the company's ability to execute on these tasks? The key tasks that will help Sapient differentiate itself from its competitors are: Its strong legacy of delivering solutions to the client on-time and on-budget.
A strong healthy dog is pulling a wagon of a pretty bag of dog food that looks healthy and tasty. The dog food sets perfect and looks great in the wagon. The little puppy is pulling this big wagon of dog food up a steep winding road, to show his strength from eating Beneful dog food. The wagon with the dog food in it says “Incerdibites Bring out the incredible in your small dog. The advertisers attended audience is anyone who owns a small dog. The ad also says “it’s not the size of your tail it’s how you wag it. That statement is saying even though it’s a small puppy. It’s how they wag it by being happy if they eat the right dog food. This ad uses a lot of detail and color, which really makes it stand out. They use a very pretty back ground setting very dark green grass, a dark blue sky, with a pretty yellow sun, and clouds, a very pretty tree that’s very colorful and destruct! The ad really sticks out by all the detail and color. The advertisers are trying to show if your little dogs eat Beneful dog food, they can pull this wagon up this steep road too and they will be top of the l...
Riordan has identified criteria in four areas that define the company’s mission statement. First, the company focus is to have attitudes and abilities that exceed industry standards to provide solutions for customer’s challenges and lead the industry in Research and Development. Second, the mission for customer relationships is to be a solution for the customer, maintain quality, innovation, and customer service at a reasonable price. Third, to ensure the long-term viability of the company, the mission to the employees is to have an innovative and team oriented working environment, in addition to keeping the employees informed and supported. Lastly, the future of the company depends on maintaining profitability to allow growth in the company (Apollo Group, 2004).
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An organizational analysis is an important tool to become familiar with how medical businesses and organizations are able to meet standards of care, provide services for the community and provide employment to health care providers. There are many different aspects to evaluate in an organizational analysis. This paper will describe these many aspects and apply the categories to the University Medical Center (UMC) as the organization being analyzed.
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We encourage collaboration and gain commitment by involving the team in decision making by creating excitement around common goals. We believe our strength and success lies in our approach to build collaborative relationships that create new success for our customers.
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