Monthly Archives: March 2010

Business models on golf

Sports are no longer the idealized preserve of those who need to fight for honor and prestige. It has now become a business issue and whole sectors of the economy will rely entirely on the successful staging of sporting events. Golf is no exception. The stars are no longer dumb teenagers who are being manipulated by their parents or guardians.

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Why does golf bore certain people?

Have you ever had the feeling that you have seen one too many golf tournaments. You listen to sport journalists waxing lyrical about the beauty of the game and you want to choke. They all seem to be very much interested in what they are doing yet you do not see what the fuss is about. Have you ever wondered why some people seem to be enamored by the sport?. In this rather skeptical article, we go through some of my reasons for thinking that golf can be something of a bore.

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Golf and women

Are women equal? The first part of answering this question requires an honest acknowledgement of the journey that golf has been to ultimately culminating in the creation of a female golfing legend who amassed extra ordinary wealth through prize money and sponsorship deals. Sports can be discriminatory to women and golf has to be commended for standing firm and insisting that women are brought to the table to be made an integral part of the golf community.

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Capacity management

Capacity management is one of the processes involved in managing information technology (IT). The foremost concern is to guarantee that IT capacity can keep pace with the requirements of both present and future business, while remaining cost effective. As viewed through the lens of the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL), capacity management is primarily composed of three sub-processes: service capacity management, business capacity management, and component capacity management (essentially, management of available resources).

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Service level management

Service level management, a component of the service selivery process, is the method of continually identifying, monitoring and reviewing the level of various IT services consented to in the Service Level Agreements (SLAs). The process of service level management guarantees that all the proper plans and arrangements in the form of Operational Level Agreements (OLAs) and Underpinning Contracts (UCs) have been agreed upon by both internal IT Support-Providers and various external suppliers.

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