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Unfair Reprimand

This rant is along the same lines of “How to convince users to use their computers only for business related work”. Every few months or so I send out three mass emails: 1) Instructions for contacting the helpdesk. 2) A copy of the official acceptable usage...

Tags: e-mail, it management, job, management, MMarble, policy, reprimand

Discussion threads 2006-03-16

Additional Resources

Japanese bureaucrat gets reprimand for Wikipedia contributions

Where do we should draw the line between normal usage and abuse?

Tags: Wiki, paulmah@..., bureaucrat, Wikipedia

Discussion threads 2007-10-09

Japanese bureaucrat gets reprimand for Wikipedia contributions

A Japanese bureaucrat was so obsessed with the popular animated series Gundam that he contributed 260 times to the Japanese language Wikipedia page on the topic. He has been reprimanded for shirking his duties in favor of the Wikipedia contributions about the robots, officials said. Here's an...

Tags: Ministry, Bureaucrat, Wikipedia, Agriculture Ministry, Wiki, Online Communications, Paul Mah

Blog posts 2007-10-09

I've been fired twice

I just read article posted about retailiation in the work place. I've been fired twice. The first time I never complained and was harassed constantly for fraternizing with an another employee even after their leaving the company for another job. My second job I was constantly harassed...

Tags: job, i've been fired and had to instigate the first one, yes, e-mail, carmen2003tg@...

Discussion threads 2006-12-11

"There's no crying in baseball" (or the workplace)

Remember when Tom Hanks' character in A League of Their Own said, "Crying?! There's no crying in baseball!"? He was playing a beleaguered coach of a women's baseball team who couldn't deal with one of the team member's emotional outbursts.The line was meant to be funny (in fact, one of...

Tags: Success, Teams, toni bowers, Workplace

Blog posts 2007-06-27

Lessons in diplomacy, or how to effectively employ the Mafia death stare

My skills of diplomacy were put to the test Thanksgiving Day in the form of my 5-year-old twin nephews, who for the purposes of this blog I will affectionately refer to as Beelzebub and Lucifer. To say these children are unruly is the understatement of the year. Now, I love...

Tags: Diplomacy, Team Management, Management, Toni Bowers

Blog posts 2007-11-26

Thank you, US Army

I won't deny I have been critical of the US Army and on occasion the Canadian Armed Forces, but more often, critical of the Army's political masters.Buts its only fair to share the other side.As Canadians are well aware, a few years back 4 Canadians were victims of "friendly fire"...

Tags: JamesRL, off-topic, soldier, us army, US-Army

Discussion threads 2005-05-24

Dealing with the problem employee in government IT: Be fair and methodical

Good advice hereAbout two years ago, I was hired to take over as manager of a department with a few "problem" employees. All three had also interviewed for my job. I was given some indication about the situation before I was hired, so I was somewhat prepared. ...

Tags: problem employee

Discussion threads 2005-03-29

Betray an employee or put the company at legal risk?

I’ve been an IT manager with a team for a number of years, but at the time the following incident occurred my duties had changed so that, while I was still a manager, I no longer had any direct reports. A woman in the department asked to talk with me...

Tags: Becky Roberts, young man

Technical articles 2003-03-26

Take command of your IT department

A TechRepublic member gets promoted but is not able to take on his required leadership role because he's still viewed as a colleague. An HR expert provides some valuable advice in our HR Handbook column.Editor’s note:The best insight on HR dilemmas is provided by solving real-life situations that IT pros...

Tags: Wade A. Mitchell, Human Resources

Technical articles 2001-11-26

How to roll out an IT policy in your organization

Crafting a good policy is only half the battle against security breaches. The hard part is getting buy-in from end users. Here are some tips for getting everyone on the bandwagon.E-mail and the Internet are the most important communications tools used in business today. Of course, along with increased use...

Tags: E-mail, SECURITY, Toni Bowers, information technology, Antoinette Taylor

Technical articles 2002-07-31

Managing a loud and obnoxious subordinate

Managing a loud and obnoxious subordinateEver so often I struggle to manage one of my people. I've just turned 30 and this person is in their mid 40's. I've been her manager for just under a year, and started with the company as her manager, whereas she's been here 5yrs.This...

Tags: anyhelpwouldbegreat, Human Resources, it management, loud, managing, obnoxious, subordinate

Discussion threads 2005-07-14

New to management

New to managementJust got promoted to head of department 3 months ago.at first I thought it was easy. You know, just ask your staff to do the work. But I guess my perspective was dead wrong. I have to deal with a lot of people, inside and outside the...

Tags: Priciple Centred Leadership, career, management, zuhreen@..., leadership

Discussion threads 2006-07-13

IT managers provide tips for employee reviews

Here's a New Year's resolution for every IT manager: I promise to fully document staff members' accomplishments so that annual performance reviews are more accurate and easier to complete. Revisit this advice from columnist Bob Artner to learn more.Editor’s note: Editor in chief Lisa Kiava is filling in for Bob...

Tags: Performance management, Lisa Kiava, performance review, Bob Artner, performance

Technical articles 2001-12-06

Strategies for quashing idle gossip in the organization

No gossip in the workplace is good gossip. Managers need to know how to stop the gossip grapevine before it grows out of control, resulting in firings or even lawsuits. Here are some practical tips on stifling office gossip.All managers know they should discourage office gossip—it's just common sense. But...

Tags: Team management, Recruitment & Selection, Kinda, strategy, Ken Hardin, gossip, team, team member

Technical articles 2002-09-30

10+ rules to get managers on the right track

Every day, employees complain about, or tell humorous stories about, their fearless managers. And every year, new research and reports on job satisfaction point to a high rate of employee dissatisfaction. The reasons for this dissatisfaction are job mismatch, job definition, pay and pay inequity, poor benefits,...

Tags: Job, Employee, Standards, Logic, Dave Soteros, Recruitment & Selection, Quality, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Business Operations

Blog posts 2008-01-18

Strategies for quashing idle gossip in the organization

No gossip in the workplace is good gossip. Managers need to know how to control the grapevine before it grows out of control, resulting in firings or even lawsuits. Here are some practical tips for slowing the rumor mill.This article originally appeared on Builder.com’s sister site, TechRepublic.All managers know they...

Tags: Team management, Recruitment & Selection, strategy, Ken Hardin, Kinda, team, gossip, team member

Technical articles 2002-10-15

Are Microsoft and IBM both missing the point of open source?

On the surface, it appears that Microsoft opposes anything related to open source, and IBM embraces it. However, that may not be the case. Read on to make sense of Microsoft, IBM, and the open source debate.Bill O'BrienMicrosoft doesn't like open source and is ranting against it. "Microsoft is trying...

Tags: CNET, IBM Corp., open source, MCA, Microsoft Corp.

Technical articles 2001-10-02

Principal sues ex-students over MySpace profiles

Are They Kidding?"...to judge how best to raise and educate their son." Apparently the parents' judgement and raising does not include RESPECT for people in authority who are simply trying to do their jobs.I do not know anyone involved in this, thankfully, but I cannot believe that any self-respecting parent...

Tags: Da Bee, MySpace, principal, judgement

Discussion threads 2007-04-10

How to fire an employee

There are some unpleasant responsibilities that IT managers can't delegate. Terminating an employee is one of those tasks. Columnist Andy Weeks provides guidelines to make sure you approach employee termination in a professional manner.One of the most difficult situations that a manager has to deal with is the termination of...

Tags: Workforce management, Human Resources law, Andy Weeks, termination

Technical articles 2001-03-27