Not everyone is easy to work with. If they were, managers would have infinitely easier jobs. You might think you work with a bunch of babies, but it's up to you to find ways to make your team work despite its faults.
Leave the jeans at home, get a haircut and shave those sideburns because the IT industry is tightening its grip on the “dot-com culture” and everything it stands for as managers know that they don’t need to compete to hold on to their best employees.
A new survey has provided a timely reminder for employers that their obligations to ensure a safe working environment do not stop at the office foyer.
More than half of US computer users believe unsolicited e-mail is not a problem in their workplace and that their company's current spam situation is under control, according to a survey.
The federal Department of Employment and Workplace Relations' (DEWR) recent upgrade of the back-end of its online services portal to Microsoft's 64-bit SQL Server 2005 database hit only one hitch -- it still required one 32-bit server.
A quick scan of almost any ICT department, ICT conference or vendor environment confirms that women who embrace technology as a lifelong career remain a rare breed.
Computers have changed the way we learn. The getting of wisdom is no longer a linear process, but a journey where information is forever transforming and where learning is a "trip" from one Web site to another.
We're constantly being told that storage capacity is cheaper than ever, so why do companies still insist on imposing size limits on e-mail inboxes?
The more I think about the issues surrounding the under-representation of women in IT, the further I get from finding a solution. Overanalysis is a real drag. And that's why this year I'm going to be blogging direct from the FITT lunch.
Minimising red tape and administrative processes has always been an key goal for most enterprises, but occasionally you get the suspicion that such tasks are not always being undertaken from the purest of motives.
You're fired! This succinct phrase strikes more fear into the heart of the working man or woman than any other. John McKee, a certified business and executive coach, gives us the top 10 self-destructive workplace habits sure to endanger ones longevity on the job.
It's never easy when a company changes its culture. As a manager, you can play a key role by embracing the changes, helping to shape your people's perceptions of change, keeping them informed, and instituting some positive changes of your own.
Not everyone is easy to work with. If they were, managers would have infinitely easier jobs. You might think you work with a bunch of babies, but it's up to you to find ways to make your team work despite its faults.
If you're the first one in the office and the last to leave or feel that you have more work than is humanly possible to do in a normal workweek, this article is for you. You can minimise your workload without shirking responsibilities or compromising quality by learning to take acceptable shortcuts and by mastering the secret of the 80/20 rule or Pareto’s Principle.
New technologies have changed just about every aspect of workplace culture. But how long can we go on with these changes without close examination of their overall effect?
The 3Com 3108 is well worth considering in environments where workers spend much of their time away from desks without resorting to expensive to run GSM or 3G dependent mobile phones.
Microsoft's experimental office of the future is full of gee-whiz work tech. But would any of it really be an improvement over the tech you use today?
New programs are to be aimed at encouraging software makers to produce applications for the next version of Office.
New technology such as MP3s may soon be used as vectors for viruses, a security expert has warned.
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