Your statement, "[a]s with all things, it is the actions of a few that spoil it for many" isn't really accurate. Often times it is a failure of management to discipline and manage employees, because people do not like confrontation. So, in a passive agressive manner, they generate a blanket policy to respond to the bad actions of a rogue employee because it is expedient and solves the problem at the expense of other problems in the future.
On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 3:47 AM, James Rankin <[email protected]> wrote: > With regards to the blocking of IM status changes, this came down to a > drive from the CEO for software-based presence awareness. People sitting in > "Do Not Disturb" for two weeks were not making things easy for us to show > presence awareness. As with all things, it is the actions of a few that > spoil it for many. > > 2009/11/20 Ken Schaefer <[email protected]> > >> I think this really depends on the company you’re working for. Go work >> for Microsoft, and you can pretty much do whatever you want to your laptop >> (provided it’s legal). My company is the same. But I can understand the >> other arguments being made here (which I largely agree with). >> >> >> >> In a large enterprise, IT is a productivity tool – a cog in a wheel. But I >> disagree with some of the more extreme measures being mentioned here (like >> disallowing people from changing their IM status). People can take the phone >> off the hook if they need some uninterrupted quiet time to get some work >> done – why shouldn’t they be able to be avoid being bothered on IM? >> >> >> >> Cheers >> >> Ken >> >> >> >> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >> *Sent:* Friday, 20 November 2009 9:37 AM >> >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >> *Subject:* Re: WSJ Reporter thinks IT departments should allow users to >> install whatever >> >> >> >> When you've outsourced IT, there's no one left to torture or object. >> >> But, as with all other ill-fated trends, we'll see the pendulum swing back >> the other way as productivity plummets. >> >> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry >> ------------------------------ >> >> *From: *"Alex Eckelberry" <[email protected]> >> >> *Date: *Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:27:46 -0500 >> >> *To: *NT System Admin Issues<[email protected]> >> >> *Subject: *RE: WSJ Reporter thinks IT departments should allow users to >> install whatever >> >> >> >> The interesting and amazing thing is that this really is where some major >> companies are going – giving their users stipends to buy whatever equipment >> they want, etc. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* Jonathan Link [mailto:[email protected]] >> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 18, 2009 5:13 PM >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >> *Subject:* WSJ Reporter thinks IT departments should allow users to >> install whatever >> >> >> >> Discuss: >> >> >> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703567204574499032945309844.html >> >> >> >> I believe this is more an indictment of the low quality of journalism >> nowadays. It's little more than a rant on his employer's IT policies. In >> no instance does he discuss the measured effect of IT policies might have >> within an organization. He makes vague allusions to the productivity gains >> users could acheive if allowed to use any software they felt necessary to do >> their job. Near the end of the article he does finally discuss some of the >> valid reasons for constraining users ability to install shiny new software >> in order to be more "productive." >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into > the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able > rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such > a question." > > http://raythestray.blogspot.com > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
