MIS 3534 – Prof. Min-Seok Pang

Week 2 – Otis Elevator – Reading Brief Guideline

Read Otis Elevator case from the Harvard Business School coursepack and explain the following three points.

  • What’s the direction of Otis’s strategic move?
  • Why is Otis trying to shift its strategic focus?
  • How do Otis’s IT projects (OtisLine, e*Lostistics) support such a move?

Instructions

  • Submit via Blackboard (http://learn.temple.edu/).
  • Up to 200 words.
  • Due by 5:30pm on Monday, Sep 12. A late submission will not be graded.
  • For your brief to be considered for a best brief with extra credits, you need to submit by noon, Sep 12.
  • DO NOT COPY AND PASTE from the case. Use your own words. Plagiarized work will be graded at 0.