The Road Goes Ever On wrote: > > ""Priscilla Oppenheimer"" wrote in > message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Someone also just sent me a URL to this newspaper article > that points out > > the importance of learning business practices, not just > particular > > technologies. It's a good read: > > > > http://www.startribune.com/stories/789/3936460.html > > > > An interesting artivcle, and one with some nuggets of good > advice, > particularly for those new to the business cycle. For those who > have been > seeing articles like this over the past twenty years or so, > this article > reinforces good advice, much along the lines that NRF has > offered in other > threads that appear regularly on Groupstudy. Good advice is > timeless, and > the advice in this article, which reiterates similar outlooks > as have > appeared in the business press over the past couple of decades > remains true. > > Way back when I was learning things and formulating my own > technology > philosophy, I was blown away by three things I read - Peter > Keens book > Competing in Time, Paul Strassman's book The Business Value of > Computers, > and an obscure article written by an economist working for the > Chicago > Federal Reserve Bank. Each of these sources in its own way says > similar > things from a higher level. The Fed study was a short and > simple one, but of > all the business sources I have read, still seems the most > relevant. The > gist of the study was that investment in infrastructure yielded > high returns > in productivity. The author was reporting on government > investment in > physical infrastructure such as roads, water treatement, and > the like, but a > clever studentworking towards his master degree while going to > night school > ran with that theme and wrote a master's thesis which earned him > departmental honors.
Was that you? :-) Sounds interesting. Thanks for commenting on the article. I thought it made some good points. Priscilla > > Anyone in the technology field, whether it be IT Management, > Consulting, or > even something as seemingly mundane as sales, should ALWAYS be > aware of the > business value of technology. Over the past 15 years or so it > has been > technology which has driven productivity. > > The dark side is that technology changes, and has a way of > becoming more > appliance like, meaning that what as skilled labor yesterday is > out of the > box tomorrow. Thin about it. All you folks who are AVVID > experts and > therefore in high demand. How long before AVVID is nothing more > than another > PBX, and routers self configure for QoS? Think the telco > employee who drives > the truck and installs your DSL is making 100K? not likely. > > So yes - keep your skills up to date, so you don't end up like > the guy in > the article. My own opinion is that one must always consider > the value to > business for any skill set one pursues. > > JMHO > > NRF - your comments are always welcome on topics such as these. > > Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=70835&t=70816 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
