Fighting the Bad: What Your CEO Wishes HR Would Do

March 7, 2012

Tim Sackett over at TLNT plainly talks about a difficult topic: why, as a HR professional, you need to champion the ‘must-do’ moves. Must-do moves are the things in your organization that you must own and absolutely see that they get done. And they’re not always comfortable. Sackett talks about the obvious example: I asked [...]

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NEWS: Join MIPRO at Alliance 2012 (March 18-21)

March 5, 2012

A quick announcement that hopefully reaches any of you heading out to Alliance 2012 in a few weeks. This is the year’s premier show aimed at higher education public sector and Federal users of Oracle technology. If you fall into either of these camps, you probably know Alliance. If you don’t, check out this year’s [...]

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Linkology: The Best of the Internet for 3/2/12

March 2, 2012

Can a Consulting Company Have Soul? If most people’s experience is any indication, you’d think such a notion is totally bananas. In a lot of ways, consulting has become a bad word, synonymous with expensive, often mediocre talent, political finger-pointing and projects that might finish on time and within budget, but don’t meet the organization’s [...]

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Anatomy of a Help Desk Call: A Parable of Maintenance Management

February 29, 2012

I recently overheard a conversation at a higher education institution that went something like this: Facilities Mgr.: Good morning, how can I help you? Caller: I need a new bulb for this projector. FM: Sir, what projector? Caller: The projector in my classroom. FM: Okay, where is your classroom? Caller: I’m in the Johnson Building.  [...]

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Overview: PeopleSoft Portal 9.1

February 27, 2012

I was doing some research the other day for a customer related to 9.1 features and content.  While I am not a PeopleSoft Portal expert, I did gather up some valuable information from PeopleBooks and other sources.  I thought some of these requirements may be relevant to our audience.  So, the following content outlines some [...]

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Linkology: The Best of the Internet for 2/24/12

February 24, 2012

The Skyrim Problem This is the story of how I got a little $60 Xbox game for Christmas that has wound up being more of a time-suck than a Ferrari-driving pet unicorn that purchases cases of bratwurst for you with expired pizza coupons and delivers them via zipline right into your fridge. Last November, offhandedly, [...]

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Connected, 24 x 7: Boon or Bane?

February 22, 2012

At a recent meeting with our sales team, one of our regional directors commented that he receives emails from me at crazy times — late at night, early in the morning, all hours of the day and night. This comment prompted a response from one of the partners that I was “connected 24 x 7″. [...]

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Want to Create a Great User Experience for PeopleSoft?

February 20, 2012

The answer is yes, yes you do. Who doesn’t? Many folks we talk to don’t know much about creating a modern, fluid, rich website experience with PeopleSoft. In fact, it’s something that, in this day and age of SaaS and web access, doesn’t get more play. And that’s too bad, because with PeopleSoft, Applications Portal [...]

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Linkology: The Best of the Internet for 2/17/12

February 17, 2012

The Unasked-For, Unawaited ‘Best Of’ Edition Because I am a “writer” (note the apologetic quotes) and use a rather disgustingly dirty keyboard to post words on the Internet’s bloggertubes, I sometimes get asked questions about what I feel is best. What apps, what restaurants, what whatevers. I’m not kidding. Just because I can sit here [...]

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Come Join Us at Oracle’s 6th Annual Maintenance Summit (March 27-29)

February 15, 2012

It’s the time of year when everyone who’s implementing a maintenance solution or considering doing so perks up and pays attention. As well they should, because we’re on the cusp of the biggest maintenance show of the year. From March 27-29, MIPRO would like to welcome you to Nashville for the 6th Annual Oracle Maintenance [...]

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