In this assignment, you will study one company in any of the high-tech industries, such as computers, tele-communications, and biotechnology. It should be a fairly successful organization that has been around for at least ten years. You will use resources on the Internet or go to the library. Find articles or annual reports on your organization from the current year and from eight to ten years ago. After you have done your research, answer the following questions:
1. At what stage of the life cycle is the company? What evidence do you have for your inference?
2. Compare its size now to its size earlier. What stage was it ten years ago? Again, on what evidence do you base your inference?
3. What issues are faced by management now versus ten years ago? Give examples. How are these issues being handled?