Nt1310 Unit 9 Final Paper

A great deal of information was covered this week such as, the necessity in which businesses need to effectively plan and set objectives, the strategies utilized and how they are executed to obtains results, and how managements decisions can potentially affect those results. Although each topic covered was found to be interesting and informational, there was something in particular that struck a chord, which was how business establishments have to be flexible and adaptable and in many instances plan and change their strategies of today, in order to keep up with the evolving technology of tomorrow. Something that one often thinks about is how individuals use technology today and how companies that provide that technology are adapting. For instance, author Richard Daft of the textbook, Management, 12th ed. brings to light the potential issues that Intel is facing explaining “As another example of an external threat, Intel, whose microprocessors power most PCs, is being hurt by the decline in demand for personal computers as more people turn to tablets and smartphones.” (Daft, 2016, pg. 259). After reading this, one wanted to take a deep look into what it is exactly that Intel intends to do to overcome this obstacle and found some

Intel’s future strategy is not to move away from PCs, for obvious reasons being that it is currently the most profitable component of the business, but to create an additional focus on expanding in housing data (Moorhead, 2016). Patrick Moorhead explains, “Intel believes its future lies within the core growth areas of cloud and data center, IoT (Internet of Things), memory, and programmable solutions.” (Moorhead, 2016, para.