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Knowledge Is Power. Data Isn’t.

In the CEO Afterlife

Now, I don’t want anyone to think that I don’t value information technology. That meant making the call without all of the information, and not fretting about it, but being glad of it. To be fair, the ‘act early’ ethic prevails in corporate cultures that worship entrepreneurial thinking. But, I’m a disciple of point #4.

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IT Manager Job Description and Duties (JD) Template

HR Digest

A well-written IT manager job description will ensure that the right candidate is hired. This is why hiring managers are expected to put in the best work when writing one. Who is an IT manager? An IT manager is a manager that oversees the entire job of the information and technology department.

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Is Your Company Using Employee Data Ethically?

Harvard Business Review

Supreme Court, once said , “Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have the right to do and what is right to do.” ” Associate Justice Stewart probably didn’t know how new data technologies would soon begin to blur those boundaries. Potter Stewart, justice of the U.S.

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Ethics for Technologists (and Facebook)

Harvard Business Review

In retrospect, if I had to write it again, I’d include a section or chapter on ethics. The ongoing explosion of technologically-enabled business opportunities inherently expand the ethical dilemmas, quandaries and trade-offs managements will confront. Ethics Information & technology Innovation'

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What Is Responsible Computing?

Harvard Business Review

It is a practical blueprint that firms can use to make their IT more green, ethical, trustworthy, and sustainable, based on six pillars that leaders need to address for their business to become a responsible computing provider: data centers, infrastructure, code, data, systems, and impact.

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Predict What Employees Will Do Without Freaking Them Out

Harvard Business Review

Imagine one of your managers walks into their subordinate’s office and says, “Our data analysis predicts that you will soon get restless and think of leaving us, so we want to make you an offer that our data shows has retained others like you.” Who’s Afraid of Data-Driven Management? Beware Big Data’s Easy Answers.

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What Inexperienced Leaders Get Wrong (Hint: Management)

Harvard Business Review

Not just those under attack for ethical lapses, accounting problems, or excessive compensation – retired college presidents are the latest to join corporate executives in the latter category. Much has been made of the distinction between leadership and management. Too many managers, not enough leaders, the critics say.