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Should broadband distributors be regulated as common carriers by the FCC?

March 11, 2010

From the literature and court cases, FCC is less obliged to regulate broadband distributors as common carriers, as “Computer network Information” services are not subject...

Modifying World Trade Organization’s TRIPS agreement?

February 12, 2010

Here is another analysis article on a widely asked question – “Should treaties like the World Trade Organization’s TRIPS agreement be modified so developing countries...

Should the US patent process be revised as suggested in S 1145 and HR 1908?

February 12, 2010

Here is an interesting analysis article (short and sweet as we say) on “Should the US patent process be revised as suggested in S 1145 and HR...

Should the Linux and Open Source communities be protected from software patent challenges?

February 12, 2010

Here is an short and to-the-point article on a most debated topic that I would want everyone to focus on now – “Should the Linux...

Impact of Software Patents on Innovation in the Software Industry

February 12, 2010

This article is a good resource for those who want to know more about the most raised question – What is the impact of software patents...

Need for Legal and Technological Protection Mechanisms

February 12, 2010

This article is a good resource for those who want to know more about the most raised question – Is there a need for legal and...

Is there a need to legitimate digital rights management mechanisms for protecting intellectual property?

February 12, 2010

This article is a good resource for those who want to know more about the most raised question – Is there a need to legitimate digital...

How can the intellectual property community protect their intellectual property without the DMCA safeguards?

February 12, 2010

This article is a good resource for those who want to know more about the most raised question – How can the intellectual property community...

Should the prohibition in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act against breaking intellectual property safeguards be modified?

February 12, 2010

This article is a good resource for those who want to know more about the most raised question – Should the prohibition in the Digital...

Can data quality regulations be used to keep agencies unbiased in their postings?

February 12, 2010

This is an interesting article that I would recommend which tries to find some conclusion as how agencies may be controlled on posting biased or...

Does making documents accessible over the web eliminate the need for printing documents?

February 12, 2010

The core idea of this article is to comtemplate on a most commonly discussed  topic – Does making documents accessible over the web eliminate the...

Making Government documents transparent

February 12, 2010

There are so many articles about e-governance, but all these articles stress on what e-governance can do, with little thought on how and when e-governance...

Implementing E-Government Act

February 12, 2010

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CIO’s need to know organizational assumptions about IT

February 10, 2010

Though Information Technology (IT) is seen as a core enabler of business continuity and competence, it is not always viewed so. I was impressed by...

Shaping global business strategy based on cultural determinants

February 8, 2010

This article is based on a research paper that I reviewed recently as included in the reference section. The focus of this article is to...

Overcoming Competing Commitment

February 7, 2010

“Competing commitment and how to overcome it” – A review of work done by Kegan R. and Lahey L. L. Overcoming employee resistance has been...

Theory of Business (TOB), Business strategy and more – A case study

January 21, 2010

Bertelsmann AG is the largest media and entertainment group in Europe and the second largest in the world to U.S. based Time Warner, Inc. Bertelsmann...

Applying NPV, ROI – An example to guide IT strategist to evaluate IT investments

January 21, 2010

Case Study: Opportunity A:   Your bank is looking at an optical character recognition (OCR) system to further automate the check processing function. Check processing is...

Preparing Marketing Plans – Sample one for Amazon.com – A handy tool for strategic IT managers

January 21, 2010

Overview Amazon.com offers Earth’s largest selection of online products. Being the #1 online retailer, it offers the most advanced and innovative ways of e-commerce that...

Theory Of Constraints (TOC) – A Case study (AOL, FCC, Verizon) based analysis

January 21, 2010

All organizations strive for excellence. The Theory of Business (TOB) of any company is considered the deciding factor, which determines the degree of excellence and...

M-Commerce? How could your company take liverage out of it?

January 21, 2010

Its my pleasure to introduce you to the emerging world of m-commerce and how your company can take a competitive edge by harnessing this technology...

Force Field Analysis – How could IT managers use it?

January 19, 2010

Force field analysis is a tool used for analyzing the supporting and opposing forces behind a change process. Managers use it to identify the stakeholders...

Technology Cycles and Innovation

January 19, 2010

Technology cycles and innovation are two useful phenomena that can be used to explain how competitive advantage of companies can be maintained over time. Technology...

Costs and Benefits of Planning

January 19, 2010

Planning has advantages as well as disadvantages. This means that even though planning aids in improving organizational and individual performance, it might not work very...

“Cognitive Dissonance” and how to ease it

January 19, 2010

Cognitive dissonance is an insecure feeling, or lingering doubts, consumers sometimes have after making large purchases. One way to reduce Cognitive dissonance (CD) is to...

Influencing Problem recognition of customers

January 19, 2010

The consumer can be influenced by exposing him to some stimuli that makes him realize about his potential need or desire for something. A good...

Market segmentation

January 19, 2010

Market segmentation is the process of separating the varied market into segments, each of which has similar characteristics. For example, a cosmetic company may segment...

Simple NPV & ROI calculation (Example 001)

January 19, 2010

Case: A company invests $15000 and receives a $11000 cash benefit at the end of the first year and a $12100 cash benefit at the...

Accounting Vs Financial Management

January 19, 2010

Accounting can be considered as an information system that provides various tools to summarize financial performance or economic activities of an individual, family, organization or...

Balance sheet and Income Statement? – Another baisc stuff that IT manager need to know

January 19, 2010

Balance Sheet gives the snapshot of the business’s financial position at a particular instance. It basically measures the wealth of a business firm at that...

Assets and Liabilities for an organization – Yes basic stuff for anything including IT strategic planning

January 19, 2010

Assets and liabilities are the two major entities that find an entry in a business’s balance sheet for measuring its wealth. Assets are items owned...

Process Control and Process Improvement

January 19, 2010

Process Management has its relevance when managers begin to conceptualize business activities as interdependent processes instead of functions and tasks. The basic requirement towards effective...

Adopting "Systems View" while Process Improvement

January 19, 2010

Systems view refers to analyzing a problem situation as a system of interdependent processes that exchange input and output. This view helps to identify the...

Equity Theory – How could we motivate effectvely in an organization

January 19, 2010

Equity theory states that a person is motivated when he perceives that he is treated fairly. He usually picks a colleague who works with him,...

Different kinds of diversity in organizational settings

January 19, 2010

Two major types of diversities is notable in an organizational setting, which every IT manager should take into consideration – Surface level diversity are those...

Working as team, not always good in an organization

January 19, 2010

Working in teams does not always ensure positive results. Two possible disadvantages are large number of employees quitting the job and “Social Loafing”. Teams require...

Managers and their focus on diverse work force

January 19, 2010

Managing diverse workforce is a crucial skill for a manager since there exists both surface level (demographic, cultural and language) and deep level (personal differences...

Current usage and future of XML Database Management Systems

December 28, 2009

Deepesh Joseph April, 2009 Purpose The purpose of this document is to present a management report that analyzes the current usage of XML based Database...

High Tech Worker Immigration Issues

December 28, 2009

Deepesh Joseph Kristen Schmidt Raja Sekhar Tunuguntla August 9, 2007 High-Tech Worker Immigration Issues Introduction The United States has a long history of immigration, right...

Future Trends in Enterprise Architecture

December 28, 2009

1. Introduction Enterprise Architecture (EA) has been in practice since last 3 decades and it is considered as the key enabler of Enterprise business success...

Be informed, Gain knowledge!

December 22, 2009

One of the core aspects of human life is its need to be informed and thus gain knowledge to act wisely, conscientiously, responsibly and intelligibly....

Basic differences between managing information and managing knowledge? Is it necessary that we try to “get inside people’s heads” to capture it?

December 10, 2009

Information and Knowledge are two interrelated concepts. Information is processed data that has the capacity to give form or shape to a matter or to...

Motivation studies indicate that not all people are motivated by the same factors or rewards

December 10, 2009

Motivation is a very important psychological driving force that every individual require to complete an effort. An effort well done, leads to better performance and...

Reengineering New York Public Library (NYPL)

December 10, 2009

After analyzing the NYPL website (www.nypl.org), it becomes clear that the Digital Library project is a part of a bigger reengineering initiative that has been...

Personal Internet Usage at Workplace

December 10, 2009

As a Director of Security for your organization, what policies or plans could you implement that might help control or diminish personal Internet use at...

Spend Money or Lose It

December 10, 2009

Viscione’s article (as in Refernce section) pictures out how important is designing and implementing a continuously improving budget process, for any business firm to survive....

Strategic Alliances – Review and Case Study

December 10, 2009

The goal of Milne et. al. article is to study how non-profit alliances lead to shape environment policy and market behavior. Focusing on this goal,...

Strategic Planning

December 10, 2009

Strategic Planning – An analysis from view points of Mintzberg and King 1. The way strategic planning originates: Mintzburg states that strategies can originate as...

Personal SWOT Analysis

December 10, 2009

Personal SWOT analysis is a good “data collection and analysis method” that we can use to arrive at high performance goal oriented plans. I feel...

About surveys on International Business – Are you World-Minded?

December 10, 2009

One interesting thing that I have noticed about is that most of the business case surveys that deal with world-mindedness, stresses more on religious, cultural...

Interesting business case review – Taking a Business Decision based on Ethical intensity and Social Responsibility

December 10, 2009

This review of a chapter from a famous management book reflects on a sample business case when a company which was moving towards bankruptcy was...

Applying Wanous Study to a Real Life Example in an organization

December 10, 2009

Employee resistance due to cynicism will be a major factor in any organizational change process. The negative affectivity (NA) (Wanous et. al, Jun 2000 )...

Handling Employee Negativity in an Organization- Review of Case study

December 10, 2009

The Wanous study (as in referred article) brings out the importance of considering negativity of employees during an organizational change and find remedies for it....

Motivation studies indicate that not all people are motivated by the same factors or rewards

December 10, 2009

Motivation is a very important psychological driving force that every individual require to complete an effort. An effort well done, leads to better performance and...

Interesting business case review – Taking a Business Decision based on Ethical intensity and Social Responsibility

December 10, 2009

This review of a chapter from a famous management book reflects on a sample business case when a company which was moving towards bankruptcy was...

Theory of Business (TOB) – What is it? Explained with case study of Sassy Scrubs

December 3, 2009

The main problem areas that Doran focuses on are Money management and Planning. It would be interesting to reflect on how the lack of a...

SWOT -Putting yourself back to when Peggy Piontkowski first created Sassy Scrubs

December 3, 2009

Put myself back to when Peggy Piontkowski first created Sassy Scrubs. If she would have done a SWOT analysis, what might she have listed in...

Assess Barnes and Noble’s response to the substitution threat from Amazon. How did Amazon respond in turn, and to what net effect?

December 3, 2009

Barnes and Noble’s Response: Barnes and Noble had started studying online business during late 1994. It was not in response of Amazon.com’s going online that...

Traditional bookselling and Online bookselling – Comparing a customer’s willingness-to-pay

December 3, 2009

Traditional book selling and Online book selling – Comparing a customer’s willingness-to-pay for books supplied in these two business models. (i.e. Do they expect to...

Separation of Stores and Online Operations for Barnes and Nobles

December 3, 2009

Separation of Stores and Online Operations for Barnes and Nobles: Was this a good idea?? What was its intent and did it work?? The case...