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Are you "The Decider"?
Just because you're an IT *leader*, it doesn't mean you necessarily get to make the ultimate decision. Take our poll and see where you compare with other TechRepublic members in your powers of decision enforcement. by John Sheesley
Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Blog, Decision-making, Tools & Techniques, Blogging, Management, Internet, John Sheesley
Blog posts 2008-07-15
Making a case: How to become a thought leader and influence decisions
Decision making has been a popular topic of academic research and best-selling business books, due, perhaps, to an apparently fascinating fact: seemingly intelligent people are perfectly capable of making blatantly stupid decisions. Here's how to avoid being in that group. by Ilya Bogorad
Tags: Information Technology, Leader, Benefit, Decision-making, Decision Criteria, Ilya Bogorad, Tools & Techniques, Management
Blog posts 2008-06-26
What drives your company's decision making process?
When it comes to deciding what to do to keep the IT services flowing, there are lots of things which can be influential and have an impact. We look good when our users are productive and happy, so ideally, we listen to them and always try to do what's best...
Tags: Decision-making, Tools & Techniques, Management, John Sheesley
Blog posts 2008-04-21
decision making tools for phr
Hi,I need articles/white papers on decision making tools for PHR.Thanks and regardsNitin
Tags: nitinwebdev@..., decision-making, tool
Discussion threads 2007-03-28
Survey says: We will cut off our nose to spite our face
Pardon me if I seem a little cynical this week; itÂ's beenone of those weeks where I have borne witness to a lot of decision-making thatseems to be decoupled from logic. Actually, thatÂ's not the best way to phraseit, because there is logic behind this decision-making, just not common sense....
Tags: decision-making, planning, strategy, survey
Blog posts 2006-04-16
How would you describe the atmosphere in your IT department?
How would you describe the atmosphere in your IT department?The latest TechRepublic poll asks, "Which of the following best describes the atmosphere that predominates in your IT department?- Totally committed to serving the users- Obsessed with the company's technology as IT's territory- Constantly trying to justify its existence- Content but...
Tags: atmosphere, career, IT Department, it management, Jason Hiner, poll, sales people, team
Discussion threads 2006-03-24
Learn how to use an agile Light Touch to manage your project team more effectively
The concept of agile project management pivots on the idea that assignments and work flow should be determined by the highly skilled
Tags: team, Managing, Prentice Hall Inc., Managing Agile Projects, assignment, autonomy, workflow, Light Touch, project management, Sanjiv Augustine, Web, Web site, decision-making, Value at Risk
Download resources 2005-08-12
Leadership Models
Leadership ModelsFour Framework ApproachIn the Four Framework Approach, Bolman and Deal (1991) suggest that given certain situations, chosen leadership style and/or behavior can be effective or ineffective. The Four Framework Approach suggests that leaders display leadership behavior in one of four types of framework: Structural Framework, Human Resource,...
Tags: cio, Framework, Framework Approach, frank@..., it management, leader, leadership, leadership situation, management, manager, Structural Framework, team
Discussion threads 2005-07-11
Avoid common decision-making mistakes
In this week's Application Developer Management newsletter, author Scott Withrow describes how you can avoid the 10 most common decision-making mistakes, as outlined in "Decision Traps: The Ten Barriers to Decision-Making and How to Overcome Them" by J. Edward Russo and Paul J. H. Schoemaker. How do you respond...
Tags: Application Developer Management newsletter, common decision-making, decision-Making, Application Developer Management, Application Developer, Newsletter Editor, it management
Discussion threads 2004-11-09
Get decision-making help from the Outsourced Data Backup Solutions Pack
As businesses move toward more demanding, high-performance, networked storage configurations, they face numerous challenges in planning, integrating, managing, and supporting backup infrastructures. Many businesses today outsource the data backup function to experts who offer dedicated backup and recovery. An outsourced backup solution can reduce the cost of supporting your backup...
Tags: outsource, TechRepublic Staff, backup, decision-making
Technical articles 2004-04-23
The importance of business intelligence networks to the future of BI
Analytical source: Frank Buytendijk, Gartner ResearchMany CIOs and other executives are looking for guidance on what key technology trends will likely be valuable to their enterprises. Gartner discusses how the collaboration of people and technology through networks will drive the next generation of business intelligence BI. However, that move forward...
Tags: business intelligence, decision-Making, Gartner  , Gartner Inc., network
Technical articles 2003-01-30
Multitude Of Options
It identifies the benefits and the risks associated with these choices and provides information designed to assist in the decision making process. Since each business situation is unique, the purpose of this document is not to make recommendations, but rather to provide a forum for educated decision making as it...
Tags: decision-making, transportation, benefit
White papers 2003-01-01
Choosing between A and B? What if the answer is C?
Binary decision-making is a useful strategy when correctly applied. But the strategy also has a number of shortcomings. Bob Artner explains the risks and rewards.This article originally appeared on our sister site, TechRepublic.The great Will Rogers once said, “It ain't what you don't know that hurts you. It's what you...
Tags: Tools & Techniques, Recruitment & Selection, C, Bob Artner, decision-making, Binary decision-making, false dichotomy, dichotomy, binary decision-making
Technical articles 2002-12-04
Build Your Skills: Make batch files more useful with branching and decision-making techniques
Tips on advanced branching techniques in DOS batch filesFew people would disagree that batch files are a limited type of program. Certainly, batch files will never replace Visual Basic or C++ because of their limitations. However, there are some techniques that you can use to greatly enhance your batch file’s...
Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Tools & Techniques, Programming languages, Brien M. Posey MCSE, decision-making, batch file, Goto
Technical articles 2002-11-27
Decision Support: Defining support decision-making levels
Train new help desk operators how to respond to requests for helpOne of the biggest challenges for the help desk manager is training new help desk operators how to respond to requests for help. On one hand, you want your analysts to resolve certain kinds of problems as quickly as...
Tags: Call centers, Tools & Techniques, decision support, Jeff Davis, help desk, matrix, decision-making
Technical articles 2002-10-15
Choosing between A and B? What if the answer is C?
Don't assume that all the decisions you make will be either/or, A-or-B decisions. Casting your decisions as choices between two rigid alternatives drastically reduces your ability to find creative management solutions.The great Will Rogers once said, “It ain't what you don't know that hurts you. It's what you do know...
Tags: Tools & Techniques, Recruitment & Selection, Bob Artner, C, decision-making, Binary decision-making, false dichotomy, dichotomy, binary decision-making
Technical articles 2002-09-19
Cure decision-making disorder
Decision-making disorder delays or derails many projects. Learn to recognize the symptoms and fix the problem before DMD infects your project.A lack of solid specifications can seriously derail your development efforts much more often than bad programming. Decisions affecting a project can come from all over the place during the...
Tags: Tools & Techniques, Shelley Doll, DMD, decision-making, specification, symptom
Technical articles 2002-07-31
Critical project meetings require intensive care
If your projects often end up in the emergency room, maybe you need to perform triage on your project meetings. This article from gantthead explains how to organize decision-making meetings that will increase your project's chance of success.By Joe WynneHow many times have you needed a group decision to be...
Tags: Tools & Techniques, gantthead  , decision-making, decision-making meeting
Technical articles 2001-07-02
Teaching Access as a decision-making tool
Students often find it easier to understand and start using Access if it is taught as a decision-making tool, not a database application. Use these small files and simple questions to introduce fields, queries, and reports to your Access class.Beginning Access students tend to have little trouble creating a database...
Tags: Databases, Microsoft Office, Storage, Mary Ann Richardson, Microsoft Access, database, first lesson, decision-making
Technical articles 2000-07-17
Build the Right Business Intelligence Plan: A Management's Guide to Creating a Plan That Maximizes Your Return on Business Intelligence
Collecting and reviewing data has been a part of decision making for thousands of years. Egyptian scribes recorded inventory for their masters using a stylus on a clay tablet. Today, one takes advantage of computers and business applications to do fundamentally the same thing on a larger scale. Unfortunately, the...
Tags: ePartners, Decision-making, Tools & Techniques, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Enterprise Software, Databases, Management, Marketing, Software, Data Management
White papers 2007-03-30


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