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RSS cultureDevil's Advocate: IT, culture and change
Comment But I'm interested in the notion that culture is what opposes technological progress. Terry Eagleton points out that 'culture' is one of the two or three most complex words in the English language and wrote a whole book 'The Idea of Culture' to... [13 Apr 2004]
Berners-Lee attacks "stupid" male geek culture
News The inventor of the world wide web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, has called for an end to the "stupid" male geek culture that disregards the work of capable female engineers, and puts others off entering the profession. [24 Sep 2007]
HP Technology Helps Shape School District's Culture of Expectations
White Paper With the help of HP technology, Lake Washington is changing the culture of the education enterprise. Today, the 42-school district - the state's fifth largest and widely recognized as being technology-savvy - relies on HP for desktops, notebooks... [03 Jul 2008]
Sarbanes-Oxley: Is Corporate Compliance or Corporate Culture the Solution to Ethical Crises?
White Paper But creating a vibrant and ethical culture promises not only to increase transparency and accountability. While the Sarbanes Oxley Act may not be the ideal response to recent corporate scandals, it is a predictable response given the impact that... [10 Apr 2008]
Macho culture and long hours drive women out of IT
News Long hours and a macho culture are driving women out of the IT profession, according to research from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and IT trade body Intellect. The women all said the work-life balance, 'old-boys' male-dominated... [09 Sep 2005]
Creating a Culture of Peak Performance
White Paper Lemonis, the CFO, the director of HR, and the six regional presidents set out to identify the key roadblocks to peak performance and strategically counterbalance them with specific programs that would create an environment that responded to the... [27 Apr 2005]
Creating a Customer-Centric Culture at Woodside
White Paper Accenture supported the design and development of a customer-focused culture for the Shared Services organization. Accenture helped bring these characteristics to life through the execution of a culture assessment and associated culture training... [03 Jul 2008]
Maintaining an Educational Culture in Changing Times: A Case Study
White Paper The areas of interest in this case study are those that contribute to an organisational culture supportive of a commitment to flexible delivery. AMES Education provides English language and vocational training to newly arrived migrants including... [21 Apr 2005]
Measuring and Evaluating an Effective Security Culture
White Paper Nowadays businesses require a culture of security that is pervasive throughout the organization, aligning people and practices with security goals. But defining metrics for measuring the effectiveness of a security culture requires a closer look at... [14 Apr 2007]
China and Strategic Culture
White Paper The paper uses the rubric of strategic culture to assess China's strategic disposition. Two dimensions are examined: the nature and impact of China's assessment of its own strategic culture, and the nature and impact of China's depictions of the... [28 Dec 2004]
Patient Safety: Instilling Hospitals With a Culture of Continuous Improvement
White Paper This webcast speaks on patient safety through instilling hospitals with a culture of continuous improvement. [19 Feb 2005]
Genomics: Delivering Cell Culture Systems for Tissue Therapy
White Paper In particular, genomics offers a powerful route to establish stem cell culture systems for tissue-based therapies through the identificationof key stem cell regulatory genes. The undeniable and dramatic trend in population growth and aging is... [25 Feb 2004]
The Culture and Technology Needed for Successful IT Projects
White Paper Even the most talented project teams need to inspect their culture, processes, governance, and technologies to prioritize on the right projects and deliver them on time and budget. Meeting IT project and service delivery goals requires smart strategy. [15 Nov 2007]
Mobile Phone Culture and the Love of Text Messaging
White Paper This paper explores mobile phone culture and its wider stakes by focussing on a phenomenon that was not thought initially to be at all significant in terms of the grand futures of convergent media, namely the history of the comparatively recent... [10 May 2006]
Nurturing a Culture of Continuity
White Paper Today's best-prepared organizations have constructed a culture of continuity one that results from every business unit taking ownership of business-continuity planning, budgeting and strategy leaving IT to do what it knows best - operations and... [02 Jan 2007]
