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It’s called human resources for a reason

ReImagine Work

It was a great day when the personnel department changed the name on the door to human resources. Why I became an advocate of human beings at work. Projects could be more successful and deliver more quickly if we treated people like human beings. Manage those human resources in a way they can engage.

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4 Steps for Implementing Your Remote Work Policy

Chart Your Course

For legal and liability reasons, it’s important to have your human resources department design a clear and consistent remote work policy, says HR outsourcing provider Insperity. CIO contributor Jonathan Hassell says the foundation of a good BYOD policy is defining which devices are permitted. Establish Your BYOD Policy.

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Change Reboot: How to Recover When Your Project Gets Off to a False Start

Change Starts Here

A college within a large public university had moved the processing of its fiscal and human resources transactions from dozens of individual departments to a centralized Business Service Center. The project leader and sponsor walked each department’s chair through the recommended changes to secure commitment for implementation.

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A Board Director's Perspective on What IT Has to Get Right

Harvard Business Review

From my experience, I believe that there are four highly interdependent categories of contributions the CIO and IT function should make. Every discussion on the role of IT and CIOs should start with the question: "What are the potential uses of this technology that will guarantee we stay in business?" Generating Top-Line Growth.

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Is HR Too Important to Be Left to HR?

Harvard Business Review

Have you ever met a sales executive or a CIO who said: "Sales is too important to be left to Sales" or "IT is too important to be left to IT"? Have you ever met a sales executive or a CIO who said: "Sales is too important to be left to Sales" or "IT is too important to be left to IT"? Im sick about it. I doubt it. Im sick about it.

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How to Find and Hire the Right Digital Talent for Your Organization - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM DXC TECHNOLOGY

Harvard Business Review

In particular, CIOs tell us that data scientists, security experts, and enterprise architects are hard to find. Talent-as-a-Service – Use crowdsourcing platforms like Topcoder or Kaggle to access talent that may not be available in the enterprise, commonly for projects but conceivably for operations too. Accessing Talent.

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All Boards Need a Technology Expert

Harvard Business Review

The main reason for this lag is that the project horizon of most IT overhauls goes beyond executive tenures. Chalk remains the technological tool of choice in most education settings. Utilities have only recently begun to add sensors throughout the electric grid and add smart meters in homes and business.