Cultural Profile and IT Industry in South Africa: MarketLine Report and Analysis

Developing a Cultural Profile of South Africa

Task:

Read the article MarketLine Industry Profile: IT Services in South Africa and MarketLine Report: ACER Incorporated Watch the video "Overwhelmed" by the artist Big Daddy Weave. This video is filmed in Tanzania, Africa, a collectivist culture.

For questions on APA Style, go to OCLS APA Writing Styles Guides. In your paper, address the following: a. Develop a cultural profile of South Africa. Culture Profiles is shown as a tool to improve cultural awareness in global knowledge sharing and learning processes.

Culture Profiles describe cultural characteristics on different levels, such as national, organizational or individual characteristics.

a. The concept is related to existing specifications and standards in order to implement an innovative concept in an interoperable way.

b. Describe the IT industry in South Africa. c. What type of organization is ACER?

d. What strategy did the company ACER implement to enter the South Africa market? Was this strategy successful? Why or why not?

e. Are there additional alliances ACER could employ?

f. Discuss the importance of integrating a Christian worldview in South Africa, a collectivist society.

Accenture plc (Accenture) is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. It operates across 200 cities in 55 countries in the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), and Asia-Pacific. Accenture provides services through a global network of over 50 delivery centers. The company's business is structured into five divisions, which together comprise 13 industry groups that serve more than 40 industries. The firm’s five divisions include: products; financial services; communications, media and technology; resources; and health and public service.

The products division serves a set of increasingly interconnected consumer-relevant industries. The consumer goods, retail and travel services industry group serves food and beverage, household goods, personal care, tobacco, fashion agribusiness and consumer health companies; supermarkets, hardline retailers, mass-merchandise discounters, department stores and specialty retailers; as well as airlines, and hospitality and travel services companies. The industrial industry group works with automotive manufacturers and suppliers; freight and logistics companies; industrial and electrical equipment; consumer durable and heavy equipment companies; and construction and infrastructure management firms. The life sciences industry group serves pharmaceutical, medical technology and biotechnology companies.

The financial services division serves the banking, capital markets and insurance industries. Professionals in this division work with clients to address growth, cost and profitability pressures, industry consolidation, regulatory changes, and address the need to adapt to new digital technologies. The division comprises the banking and capital markets industry
group which serves retail and commercial banks, mortgage lenders, investment banks, wealth and asset management firms, brokers/dealers, depositories, exchanges, clearing and settlement organizations, and other diversified financial enterprises. The insurance industry group serves property and casualty insurers, life insurers, reinsurance firms and insurance brokers.

The communications, media and technology division serves the communications, electronics, high technology, media and entertainment industries. It comprises the communications industry group, which serves wireline, wireless, cable, and satellite communication and service providers. The electronics and high-tech industry group serves the information and communication technology, software, semiconductor, consumer electronics, aerospace and defense, and medical equipment industries. While the media and entertainment industry group serves the broadcast, entertainment, print, publishing and internet/social media industries.