Accenture is a global consulting services and outsourcing firm with over 129,000 employees serving clients in 48 different countries. It has no operational headquarters and no formal branches, encouraging its employees to move from location to location to work on projects at client sites. Accenture is a networked organization in which groups of professionals come together — face to face or electronically — for short periods of time to accomplish a specific task; once the task is accomplished, the individuals join other task forces. Managers use e-mail, phones, the Web, and other information technologies to manage virtually, often while they are traveling themselves.

What are the advantages of working in a virtual environment like the one created by Accenture? What are the disadvantages?

Would you like to work in a company like Accenture? Why or why not? Explain your answer.

What kinds of companies in Ghana could benefit from being run virtually like Accenture? Could all companies be run virtually like Accenture?
Social networking sites are fast becoming corporate resources. Consider how Facebook may be used by an organization. Can you think of different ways in which organizations such as Coca-Cola, KFC, or Bank of America can use social networking? What are network effects?

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Solution Working in a virtual environment as exemplified by Accenture has its advantages and disadvantages Advantages Flexibility Employees have the flexibility to work from different locations which ... View the full answer