Study: Managers misuse tech to control workers
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Managers with outdated notions are misusing technology to monitor and micromanage employees, according to a new study by the London School of Economics.
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Instant messaging (IM) is gaining slow prominence in the workplace, but the application is used for a variety of reasons. An early 2004 study of more than 2,200 US adults from Pew Internet &amp; American Life
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By Paul Gromosiak  I must admit that I am a bit of a Luddite, but I have accepted my fair share of technology in my daily life. What concerns me is how rapidly technology seems to be taking complete control of our lives. Once our servant, I think it is now our master.
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IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 19  /PRNewswire/ -- Many employees fail to clean their personal workspace, which could ultimately lead to more sick days, according to an online poll conducted by IOGEAR.
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The plethora of security technologies on the market is enough to overwhelm even the most knowledgeable IT managers, but in sorting through all of the options, it may be helpful to look at what is not needed.
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Faced with an explosion of communications tools such as wikis, blogs and instant messaging, companies continue to wrestle with the logistics of compliance and control. Some enterprises, however, are finding a positive path.
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By Jonathan Dubin, The Miami Herald  Sep. 18--Computers have been revolutionizing the workplace for decades, but our eyes have been slow to adjust. Many workers in this high-tech era are confined to small spaces, staring at computer screens for hours on end.
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Compliance with federal regulations requires extreme care. On the other hand, users are walking out of your office carrying high-risk data on mobile devices.  What's an IT manager to do?
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There's a possible trend afoot that may actually help workers.
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Restrictive hardware and convoluted rights management crimp consumer choices.
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Niche market potential In the past, equipment control for manufacturing processes on the shop floor tended to be carried out by discrete systems running arcane real time operating systems controlled by proprietary management systems that had no connection through to other systems.â¦
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IT executives must learn business skills, and how to teach those skills to the next generation of managers. Too many look outside for help instead of training their own.
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Doctors need guidance on how to avoid problems using technology to reach patients, says a researcher.
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IT security professionals need to take steps to properly manage how employee-owned consumer devices are used in the workplace, analysts warned at Gartner&#39;s IT security summit in London this week.
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PALO ALTO, Calif. -- This scenario is all too familiar to office workers who collaborate electronically on projects: E-mails get passed around with differing versions of documents-in-progress attached. Instant messages whiz by. Websites are cited, then lost.
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The march of information technology into the workplace has been greeted with a mix of awe and resistance. For all their promise of productivity gains, computers, business software, and telecommunications gear have disrupted processes at the core of a company's identity.
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A Unisys survey reveals that deployment of innovative technology can enhance revenues and productivity, but you have to target customer-touching employees.