Virtual Management at Accenture

Q.1 What are the advantages of working in a Enviornment like the one

created by Accenture? What are the disadvantage?

Ans. Advantages of working in a virtual environment is useful to

Business organisations as it helps them in following ways:

1. Virtual environment helps develop and improve the performance

of the organisations.

2. Operating virtually helps them to gather and share information

easily even when they are far from each other.

3. Virtual environment helps make decisions quickly and reliable.

4. Easy access to global conferences.

5. Helps in reducing overhead expenses.

Disadvantages:

1. Face to face interaction is not possible.

2. May require heavy cost of, to maintain information system.

3. If system fails then working of the organisation also fails which

leads to many inconveniences.

Q. 2 Would you like to work in a company like Accenture? Why or why

not? Explain your Anwser.

Ans. Yes, I would like to work in a company like Accenture. Because

Accenture people are some of the most creative, forward-thinking

people in the business world.Working in a company like Accenture

would certainly add a good experience. Doing this virtually will not

only help me to save time but also provide me with knowledge in a

continous basis. Working like in this company will benefit me in

terms of compensation,Higher salary packages and last but not the

least the global exposure.

Q.3 What kinds of companies could benefit from being run virtually like

Accenture? Could all companies be run virtually like Accenture?

Ans. Companies whose major part of their working depends upon

Outsourcing, who has workforce diversity and companies who

provide their customers value based quality services with shared

knowledge through internet would be benefited.

No, all companies can't be run virtually like Accenture as this is

not an easy thing to do. It requires a good co-odination between the

Employees heavy installation cost of information system etc. Which

might be difficult for many organization to Implement With.

Q.4 According to Accenture, how does information technology help

create high-performance organization?

Ans. Accenture research indicates that high-performance businesses

view IT as a strategic asset—a source of both operational excellence

and competitive advantage. Our Strategic IT Effectiveness (SITE)

experts help top management adopt that mindset and achieve

greater business value from IT. We have a clear perspective: IT is

not merely a cost but a critical contributor to the business, focused

on improving business value and performance. Our professionals

are experienced with bold, value-creating approaches to IT, bringing

boardroom-relevant criteria to IT investments and helping high-

performance businesses to "think bigger" about IT's ability to

improve operating results.