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Remember a time when you did not have a cell phone? Do you remember the days before texting? This handy pocket technology has revolutionized how we stay connected and how we access and use information today. The growth of our technological society is directly related to the rate at which information can be exchanged. In general, this exchange of information is called communication.

Although some states and cities have passed laws to ban texting and using handheld phones while driving, there is no current law to ban all cell phone use while driving. However, according to the National Safety Council (2009), 28 percent of all crashes—1.6 million per year—are caused by cell phone use and texting by drivers. The mission of a new national nonprofit organization called FocusDriven, patterned after Mothers Against Drunk Driving, is to make phone use while driving as illegal and socially unacceptable as drunk driving. US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood supports

Organizational strategy may be considered as the coordinated set of actions that leverages the use of organizational design, management control systems and organizational culture to make the organization effective by achieving the organization’s objectives. The organizational strategy works best when it meshes well with the IS strategy. Optimized organizational design and management control systems support optimal business processes which reflect the firm’s values and culture.

Your essay response should be between four (4) and five (5) pages in length, in 12-point font, double-spaced, and with one-inch margins on all of the page borders. Please cite your sources and number the pages.

In a two- to three-page paper (excluding the title and reference pages), explain the purpose of an income statement and how it reflects the firm’s financial status. Include important points that an analyst would use in assessing the financial condition of the company. Also, analyze Ford Motor Company’s income statement from its 2012 Annual Report.