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Does moral intelligence lead to business success?: There is a powerful correlation between strong moral principles and business success, or so the authors of Moral Intelligence: Enhancing Business Performance and Leadership Success would have us believe. In this chapter download, investigate this possible connection. Learn about the specific competencies that constitute "moral intelligence" and why...; Tags: Wharton School, Leadership, Management; Download resources 2007-08-08
Avoid common management pitfalls that can lead a good company to go bad: Why do good companies go bad? Archival research on companies that have failed in the past several decades and interviews with people from these failed companies lead to the conclusions in this sample chapter from The Self-Destructive Habits of Good Companies and How to Break Them. Learn about...; Tags: Wharton School, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources; Download resources 2007-06-22
Supercharge your career by adopting the key attributes of outstanding leadership: Nightly Business Report Presents Long Lasting Leadership: What You Can Learn from the Top 25 Business People of our Times documents and analyzes the key attributes of lasting leadership, offering managers valuable lessons that can supercharge their career. In this sample chapter, gain an insider's perspective into Andy...; Tags: Wharton School, Leadership, Professional Development, Management, Career; Download resources 2007-05-03
Turn life into your laboratory: Hone your mental-model skills and practice continuous adaptive experimentation: Get better at making sense of what's going on around you so you can make sound decisions—both in business and in everyday life—that respond to reality, not inaccurate or obsolete models of the world. One way is through continuous adaptive experimentation. More than a plodding process of testing and discovery,...; Tags: Wharton School, Research & Development, Business Operations; Download resources 2006-11-01
Rich Internet Application Case Study: Picking Classes at the Wharton School: How are Rich Internet Applications changing people’s lives? Well at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, MBA students are using a Rich Internet Application developed by Jason Lehman of the Student Services group to decide their...; Tags: Development tools, Wharton School, auction; Blog posts 2006-05-10

Innovating Education in a Webcafe: 2005 Computerworld Honors Case Study: In the early 1990s, the Wharton School implemented a major revamp of its MBA curriculum which BusinessWeek magazine (May 13, 1991) described as "the most radical departure in business education since the early 1960s." The new curriculum brought together leadership training, a comprehensive global management orientation, and an emphasis on...; Tags: Wharton School, Education, Computerworld, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software; Case studies

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They don't all really need laptops, do they?: I've been getting this question a lot lately from administrators, parents, and taxpayers. The question isn't malicious, but rather comes from folks with a vested interest in making sure that our technology dollars directly benefit students. Does giving teachers laptops directly benefit students? For people who aren't...; Tags: Teacher, Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Productivity, Benefits, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Human Resources, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-07-08
SAP's TV budget: more waste: Regular readers will know that I'm pretty hard on enterprise vendors, especially when I believe they are wasting customers' money. Last month for instance I dinged Oracle for wasting money on English language advertising at Madrid Barajas airport. This morning SAP gets my attention. They are sponsoring...; Tags: SAP AG, TV, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-07-08
Anyone bothering to teach 35mm photography classes anymore?: I just bought my wife a new point and shoot digital camera. The trusty Kodak 3 megapixel was getting a bit long in the tooth and more often she was lugging her 35mm SLR to take high quality shots. Since it's summertime, the Olympus Stylus 850SW seems like...; Tags: Photography, SLR, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-07-08
Vista is "OK", says Ubuntu-converted teenager: Vista is "OK", says Ubuntu-converted teenagerInteresting...I find this experiment very interesting. However, there are a couple observations here:1) This wouldn't really be a typical experience for a typical user. Ubuntu has to be installed and configured; would he have done this or been able to do this without...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows Vista, VISTA IS, GUI, Ubuntu, typical user, Linux; Discussion threads 2008-07-07
Dell 1525-122B: Note: This review is part of our Back to School 2008 roundup, covering specific configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores.As middle-of-the-road as a laptop gets, Dell's Inspiron 1525 is an excellent go-to choice for basic computing, especially if you take the time to configure a...; Tags: Notebooks, Processors, Dell Inspiron, Dell Computer Corp., Intel Core 2 Duo, laptop computer; Product reviews 2008-07-03
Dell 1420-123B: Note: This review is part of our Back to School 2008 roundup, covering specific configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores.We were very fond of Dell's 14-inch Inspiron 1420 laptop when Dell launched it in the spring of 2007, as we find that 14-inch models offer...; Tags: Notebooks, Dell Computer Corp., Dell Inspiron, laptop computer; Product reviews 2008-07-03
Why tech jobs are beating the employment odds: Why tech jobs are beating the employment oddsCan somebody tell me whenan economist has ever called it right? Every piece of economic news includes the line "more than" or "less than" what economists predicted.Why do we even listen to these folks?I'd have just put it more brutally...US companies have wanted...; Tags: employment odd, tech job; Discussion threads 2008-07-03
I have to stop using Gmail :(: Regular readers know that I'm a Google devotee. Between Gmail and Google Apps, I spend more time accessing Google servers than any other place on the Net. Since I forward my other school accounts to Gmail, I can use the slick Gmail interface with all of my mail....; Tags: Google Gmail, LG EnV, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Internet, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-07-03
12 terabytes of YouTube data: 12 terabytes of YouTube dataHorrible loss for ConsumersThis Judge needs to be taught what he has the power to do, and not to do. This is a clear violation of the Video Privacy Protection Act. Not to mention a major privacy issue for all of us that have ever watched...; Tags: Corporate communications, Digital media, Google Inc., YouTube Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-07-03
12 terabytes of YouTube data: A lot of us block YouTube access in our schools. There's plenty of objectionable content worth hiding from young eyes. Probably an equal number of us, however, leave it open at the request of teachers who use its vast resources for teaching (yes, there is more than zit...; Tags: YouTube Inc., Video, Teacher, Viacom Inc., Chances, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-07-03
Seven Tech ways to make America better this July 4: Seven Tech ways to make America better this July 4Drill Here. Drill Now. Pay Less.Get the environazi boot of our neck.Build more refineries.Reduce government regulations.Eliminate the Endangered Species Act.Build more dams for flood control.Build more highways to relieve traffic congestion.Relax nuclear power plant requirements to build more reactors.Your mindset is...; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Strategy, Telecom & Utilities, vision, computer; Discussion threads 2008-07-03
Anti-malware blocker, cross-site scripting protections coming in IE 8: Anti-malware blocker, cross-site scripting protections coming in IE 8Once again......late to the game. The "alternate" browsers have had these for a while. Competition breeds improvement, apparently. ;)It will still suckBeing a MS product, it will still suck.RE: Anti-malware blocker, cross-site scripting protections coming in IE 8Why would...; Tags: Web browsers, cross-site scripting protection, Anti-malware blocker, Anti-Malware, IE 8, blocker, XSS, Microsoft Internet Explorer; Discussion threads 2008-07-02
Demystifying BIOS updates - The DOs and DO NOTs: Demystifying BIOS updates - The DOs and DO NOTsSome of this advice is overly-cautious ...[i]When there’s a darn good reason for doing the update (as a rule I find that if I buy a cutting-edge board then there can be a lot of BIOS updates released over a short period...; Tags: BIOS, BIOS update, motherboard; Discussion threads 2008-07-02
Microsoft Equipt: student productivity rise likely?: Probably not. But it's not a bad thing Microsoft have done, and it really shows that they're committed to this "student malarkey" we have going. Today, they announced that project "Albany", now called Microsoft Equipt, has been released into the wild, for the masses who want an all-round suite of...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Corp., OneCare, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Operating Systems, Software, Office Suites, Zack Whittaker; Blog posts 2008-07-02