Innovative Product

I think that the iPhone4s is an innovative product because it has the Siri app. The Siri app is really creative. It is much faster than using the internet on your phone and you don’t have to text if you don’t want to. All you have to do is just talk to your phone and ask any question. It is like your own personal assistant and very helpful. I wish I had the iPhone4s just for this app. 

SAP Distribution Game

                Two weeks ago we were introduced to the SAP ERP Simulation Game. In this game, we had groups that bought and sold bottled water to stores in the German market. This game consisted of 40 days, split into two rounds (class periods). I thought the game was hard because there were a lot of things we had to focus on at once, while the days were flying by.  We had 15 minutes, which was the equivalent of 20 days, to raise prices, compare prices, and decide where the six products should be marketed. My team didn’t do so well the first round and we learned what we needed to do to improve our profit, since the game was ranked by profit. However, in the real world businesses are not just ranked by profit. An example of another thing businesses should be ranked by is high margin because it generates high profitability. The higher you set the price over the cost, the more profit you generate.  

                By the end of the second round, my team came in third place. We learned that communicating was extremely important. By working together, we let each other know where we should raise or lower prices, which areas were buying what products, and the prices all the other groups were setting their products. We had the group member who was in charge of telling all this information sit in the middle so we could communicate better as a team. However, I think my group could have communicated better by looking at the areas better. We focused more on where we should market the different products based on prices. This game showed me that businesses succeed when they work together because there are many changes made in such little time to generate the maximum amount of profitability.   

Ethical Views About Apple Firing Their Employee

     This article's situation relates a lot to where I work. Just recently, I received an e-mail from my manager reminding us that we are not allowed to post anything negative about the yacht club or its members, or post pictures of us out with our work uniforms on. Unfortunately, one of the employees did not think our manger was serious about it and continued posting cell phone pictures of him drinking with members and got fired. However, the difference between this article and my work is that my manager sent us an e-mail warning us in advance and Apple warned its employees during their induction process. I believe that UK's Apple should not have fired their employee for posting negative information on their Facebook. When UK's Apple fired employee first applied, they probably never thought that Apple would be serious about checking their Facebook comments and statuses. UK's Apple should have warned their employee and told them that it made them very upset that they posted something negative about their company, but I also understand that if they let this one employee slide, other employees would not take rules as seriously.
     Companies such as Apple want to protect their commercial reputation. With employees posting negative comments on Facebook and Twitter, it can make future customers not be interested in their business. Companies want to do everything they can to protect the image of their company and even one comment or status can harm a company because other people can repost information that can eventually lead to the spread of viral activity.