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What Is A Data Protection Policy? Can It Be Beneficial?

Strategy Driven

Because of potential online and offline security threats to your business, it’s essential to set up your information technology (IT) team dedicated to data privacy and security. In this article, you’ll explore how you can level up your business security by establishing a data protection policy.

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Peer Influence On Students’ Career Choices

The Horizons Tracker

.” Conversely, the researchers observed that female individuals lacking prior experience in the IT domain were more inclined to receive favorable encouragement, leading them to pursue careers in the field of Information Technology.

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Balancing Management and Leadership: What’s Your Power Source?

The Practical Leader

Control with rules and policies or foster commitment with values and trust? Managers often hide behind rules and policies. Leaders enforce rules and policies as a last resort when persuasion power has failed. During these challenging times, balancing information and communication is especially important.

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We Need Caution When Predicting The Future Of Work

The Horizons Tracker

Messy change They highlight how, in politics and policymaking, we are often tempted into thinking that change occurs after we elect the right leaders, who then craft the right policies, which then change practice on the ground. It’s an enticing vision of change, but it’s seldom one that is reflected in reality.

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Information Technology's Dangerous Trend in Africa

Harvard Business Review

For the past few decades, emerging technologies such as biotechnology, microelectronics, information technology and communications technologies have become central to the socioeconomic development of nations. These technologies improve productivity and facilitate better living standards when they penetrate into societies.

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Is The Golden Era Of Tech Clusters On The Wane?

The Horizons Tracker

The rise of the information technology industry has seen the emergence of a number of key tech hubs across the United States. In response, local policy initiatives to boost innovation abound,” the researchers explain. Winner takes all.

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5 Ways Outsourcing Your IT Will Save Your Company Money

Strategy Driven

But, when it comes to IT or Information Technology, does it actually save your company money? Secondly, you don’t need to incur extra costs, such as arranging tax payments, insurance policies and complying with various employment laws.