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A Successful CIO, 2007.
This paper discusses the strategy CIO's must use for successful strategic IT planning.
933 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 33.95
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The paper explains why so many CIOs fail in aligning their strategic IT plans to business objectives. The paper looks at how the entire process of creating, editing and finally seeking feedback and execution of the IT plan requires a set of skills the CIO doesn't typically use. The paper discusses the use of transformational leadership and transactional leadership. The paper concludes that implementing a successful strategic IT plan depends on the CIO creating successfully functioning cross-functional teams, using effective transformational leadership strategies and infusing a sense of ownership into the plan across departments.
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Executive Summary
A CIOs' Emotional Intelligence and Cross-functional Team Performance
Summary
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"The role of cross-functional teams is primarily to intensely focus resources, processes, and people for the completion and project schedule for a strategic IT plan. The logic of cross-functional teams is that the varied members of the team, each from a different functional area or in larger organizations, specific disciplines including engineering, marketing, manufacturing, operations, and service can be more effective in accomplishing the many synchronized and often complex tasks in developing a strategic IT plan that supports their specific business goals and objectives."
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The Split within AFL-CIO, 2008.
An analysis of the history of the American Federation of Labor - Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) union federation and the implications of the split within it.
4,180 words (approx. 16.7 pages), 12 sources, MLA, $ 111.95
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This paper discusses the current split within the American Federation of Labor - Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) union federation. It describes the history of the separate organizations and the history of their merger. It then discusses the changes that have occurred since the AFL-CIO merger. It also looks at the implications of the split within the merged organization and its implications.
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Executive Summary
History
A Changing Workplace
The Split
Conclusion
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"Acuff says the working relationship with the disaffiliated unions is difficult, but the AFL-CIO's goal is still to someday return those unions to the AFL-CIO fold. There's no question that labor must change to attract workers. But perhaps unions may have a chance for resurgence with the current undercutting of the middle class that is prevalent in the United States today. However, in order for that to be the case, unions must make their commitment to the worker their major priority. While politics is important (politics influences public policy), it cannot be first and center. The worker must perceive there is a benefit to union membership, and that benefit is to work to protect the individual workers rights."
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The AFL-CIO Labor Union, 2004.
A discussion of the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO).
2,226 words (approx. 8.9 pages), 19 sources, APA, $ 69.95
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This paper examines the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), the largest association of organized labor in the United States. The paper looks at the key issues of the organization, such as its attempt to influence politics, its position on Iraq, its focus on civil rights, its stance on immigration and its role as an umbrella organization. The paper discusses the organization's methods to achieve its goals and notes the challenges it faces in the future.
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"The American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) is the largest association of organized labor in the United States, representing roughly 13 million of the country's estimated 16.4 million union members. It is an umbrella organization, consisting of 86 different national and international unions, and has members employed in virtually every field (Ness, 2002, p. 359). With its mission to "unify the diverse interests of organized labor into a single voice," the AFL-CIO coordinates its national program on a state and local level through state and regional branches of the organization. They have 50 state federations of labor and more than 600 central labor councils. These organizations formulate national policy and coordinate state and regional activities (Ness, 2002, p. 361). The union itself is headed by the President and the Executive Council."
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Organizational Politics, 2007.
An analysis of the article, "The CIO Who Admitted Too Much", by Evan Shuman and the wisdom of the chief information officer (CIO) Shawn Shwegman in his admissions.
1,235 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 42.95
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This paper discusses the article, "The CIO Who Admitted Too Much", by Evan Shuman, in which he addresses the issue of Overstock.com's CIO, Shawn Shwegman. It analyzes the fact that Shwegman wrote a letter admitting his own failure as CIO in creating effective databases to handle all of the company's administrative demands. The paper discusses his admission and the wisdom of his honesty.
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"Once again however, the issue focuses on projected as opposed to actual problems. Shuman's article asserts that there have been no problems to date with the update of the Oracle system. While Shwegman did focus on his own accountability for existing problems, he does the same for projected problems. I do not believe that this was necessary, even if the letter was unintentionally leaked. In taking responsibility for projected future problems, Shwegman made matters appear worse than they actually were. I therefore believe that Shwegman was unwise in two respects. Firstly, he focused only on the negative effects of his company's current system rather than also focusing on success. Secondly, he projected problems rather than solutions, in this way unnecessarily causing concern among stakeholders and partners. While accountability is important, it is also important to handle this with responsibility and consideration."
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Article: Karen Gugliemo's 'Is Offshore Outsourcing Worth the Loss of Jobs?', 2008.
An analysis of the failing economics of international technology job markets in "Is Offshore Outsourcing Worth the Loss of Its Jobs?" by Karen Gugliemo in 2007"Tech Target--CIO".
1,470 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 48.95
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This paper explains that the basis of Gugliemo's article 'Is Offshore Outsourcing Worth the Loss of Its Jobs?' reflects the growing economic disparity that is occurring at the domestic level in the United States and in Canada. The author points out that her research indicates the growing exponential rate of American and Canadian jobs that are being exported over to third world countries have greatly lowered wage rates, threatening the middle class in North America. The paper relates that another factor is the policy making-leverage that America wields over most third world countries supplying technology job markets in the global market. The author underscores that, since many of these jobs are being provided to economically impoverished countries, there is a marked disadvantage not only to the workers being exploited in these countries but also to the workers on the North American continent. This paper includes long quotations.
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Summary
Discussion
Analysis and Critique
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"In Gugliemo's article, the issue of a vanishing middle class is a dangerous idea for native North American technology workers. When companies continually find that they can outsource jobs without government regulation, the country will find itself in a crisis. While the rich get richer, and the poor get poorer, where does the middle class go? Certainly, they would find themselves in the majority of the poor, which can constitute a real danger of stability in the country. Throughout history when the middle class is a missing link between the rich and the poor, civil strife will most likely ensue."
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American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, 2004.
An overview of this federation of labor unions on the North American continent.
1,543 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 50.95
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The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), a federation of autonomous labor unions in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Panama, and U.S. dependencies, was formed in 1955 by the merger of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO). This paper traces the history of the AFL-CIO, including the events that led up to the 1955 merger. It also discusses the organization's political leanings, operations, and presidents.
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"From the start of Kirkland's term, the AFL-CIO was forced to adapt to a number of adverse economic trends. Union membership dropped from 33% of all U.S. workers in 1960 to 14% in the late 1990s. To shore up organized labor's declining influence, the AFL-CIO concentrated on organizing service workers and public employees and improving labor unity. In 1981 the UAW rejoined the union; the Teamsters (1988) and United Mine Workers (1989) later followed."
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George Meany, 2002.
An Assessment of George Meany's career.
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 6 sources, $ 62.95
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This seven-page undergraduate research paper discusses the career of American labor leader and AFL-CIO president George Meany, and evaluates what factors accounted for Meany's success and failures as a labor leader.
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Business Integration Journal Website, 2007.
A review of the Business Integration Journal website.
722 words (approx. 2.9 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 25.95
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This paper looks at how the website for Business Integration Journal is primarily designed to assist IT Directors and CIOs with the many decisions required in the integrating of systems in support of business strategies. It discusses how the site is designed to be a comprehensive resource for any IT or line-of-business manager interested in staying current on the specifics of system integration.
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Summary Description
Overall Look and Feel and Apparent Target Audience
What the Site Does and Does Not Give You
Why The Site Will or Will Not Be Used As Part of a Professional Resources List
Reasons to Return Back to the Site
What Information Was Expected to be Found and Was Not There
Links From the Site That Are Helpful
Bottom Line Evaluation
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"Business Integration Journal does deliver significant amounts of in-depth content and guidance for its IT Director and CIO-level readership. In addition the site has 18 different categories of articles included on the site, and a series of selections by category within a secondary and third level of the site. The site also delivers the current edition of the Journal electronically to anyone clicking on the icon of the current editions' front cover. "
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Corporation and Union Fulfillment, 2004.
An examination of the direction of labor unions today.
2,514 words (approx. 10.1 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 76.95
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The new leadership in the AFL-CIO is committed to putting the ?movement? back into the ?labor movement,? and there is now an opportunity for reflection on the role and strategy of organized labor in our society. This paper questions whether unions really matter anymore, and if they do, what their mission should be. Specifically, it asks whether there is a need to build a movement simply to represent our own members, or whether this movement have a wider role in society as a whole. Does the fate of the labor movement and workers? rights in the workplace concern more than the ranks of organized labor?
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"For too long, there has been an irrational and self-defeating division of duties among progressives in the US Union workplaces, while other groups - the so-called social movements and identity groups - organize in the community. Even the term ?labor movement? has been reduced to mean simply trade unions, which are supposed to focus on narrowly defined bread-and-butter workplace issues - wages and benefits. This topical and organizational division of turf misleadingly implies that there is an easy division between workplace issues and other social struggles. Furthermore, it suggests that wages and benefits are somehow unifying and other social issues are divisive (Blanton 2003). These separate spheres of influence have resulted in the sad fact that US progressives have often marched in solidarity with labor movements and workers around the world, but often fail to consider the working majority here at home."
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Labor Unions, 2007.
An overview of labor unions with a focus on the Association of Flight Attendants.
1,354 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 45.95
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This paper provides a brief overview of the history and purpose of labor unions in America. In particular, it looks at the Association of Flight Attendants AFL-CIO which is a sector of the Communications Workers of America CWA. It looks at how ,over the course of the last few years, the union has gone through some major changes in strategy and structure as a result of the events of September 11, 2001 and then discusses these changes.
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Craft Division
Pairing the Crews
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"Some participants in and observers of the U.S. labor movement have viewed unions as institutions with the potential to establish industrial democracy and socialism. Others have viewed unions as highly conservative institutions returning to workers the status lost in the transition from village societies to urban anonymity. In reality, their role has been more modest. In the early 1980's they enrolled in their ranks only one of five members of the labor force, down from one of four in the 1950's and 1960's. These workers had a somewhat greater say in their work lives and in the halls of Congress and state legislatures. They received somewhat greater pay and were more productive. They sometimes followed the political calls of their leaders and sometimes did not."
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?Not Your Father's Union Movement?, 2002.
Analyzes this collection of articles on union activism, edited by Jo-Ann Mort.
1,201 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 41.95
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The book "Not Your Father's Union Movement", edited by Jo-Ann Mort, is comprised of eighteen articles covering many of the central issues in the changing world of union activism. The paper shows that the main argument of the book is that the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) has undergone complete reorganization to meet the needs of working families in a changing economy and also to rebuild the critical link in fighting for worker's rights in a progressive and egalitarian America.
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"The emphasis of the Bensinger article and many of the others in this book is on the argument that effective organization is the key to the re-emergence of the union as a powerful social, economic, and political force in society on behalf of those whom the corporations would exploit, if not intimidate and discourage into silence. Organization is the key to union success because it mobilizes workers and brings them together in a cooperative atmosphere which results in effective action (such as the HERE "sip-in" and marches), which, in turn, solidifies members' determination to fight for better pay and working conditions. In addition, success breeds more success, which convinces workers to see the fight through to little victory upon little victory at the local level, and this leads to bigger victories at the national level."
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IT and Change Management, 2007.
This paper predicts the effects of IT change on corporate strategy.
1,388 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 46.95
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The paper discusses how the majority of changes in corporate strategy today are due to the growing strength and sophistication of applications, tools and processes of IT systems. The paper explains that in conjunction with all these technological changes there also needs to be change management. The paper discusses how, for lasting change management to occur, leadership must not just give the goals lip-service but exemplify the new mentality. The paper emphasizes that a leaders' passion for change is critical.
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Executive Summary
The CIO is Becoming the Change Agent
Success Factors in Managing Change Management
IT's Challenge: Making Change Last Through Business Process Reengineering
Conclusion
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"The majority of changes in corporate strategy today are from the growing strength and sophistication of applications, tools and processes in addition to the advanced analytical capabilities of IT systems. Couple this with the significant growth in Service Oriented Architectures (SOA) and platforms and the ability to synchronize systems to align with customers' demands, and the stage is set for IT to completely revolutionize global business. This is fact what is exactly happening today as companies become more reliant on and more accountable to their performance as measured by software monitoring core business processes."
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Chief Information Security Officers, 2007.
This paper provides a phenomenological study of government and private industry chief information security officers (CISO).
7,554 words (approx. 30.2 pages), 15 sources, MLA, $ 165.95
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In this work the writer seeks to identify the skill set of the CISO, or the chief information security officer, in the business world of today with the complex problems that are faced. It is the belief of the researcher that there must be special and identifiable attributes and through phenomenological study of a vast amount of literature, survey and case study documentation, this work seeks to make those identifications. This paper discovers that there are most certainly special attributes of these individuals in performing their role and successfully fulfilling their responsibilities in such roles.
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Abstract
Objective
Significance of the Study
Hypothesis
Rationale
Literature Review
Ten Top Challenges Rates by Federal CISOs
Critical Technology Ratings of 10 Federal CISOs
Federal CISO and CIO Responsibilities
Figures
Use of Security Tools and Technology
Summary of the Literature Reviewed
Theoretical Framework
Research Question
Data Collection and Analysis
Testable Hypotheses
Rival Hypotheses
Contribution to the Body of Knowledge
Research Methodology
Data Collection and Analysis Design
Project Plan for Execution of Design and Reporting Results
Projected Results and Presentation of Projected Results
Bibliography
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"The rationale upon which this study is based is that in today's increasingly complex world of Information system and information technology and the applications that are utilized each and every day by the business and finance, economic, banking, governmental, and other transactions that are necessary for the world to function the responsibility that lay in the hands of the CISO, or 'Chief Information Security Office' is one of great import both in terms of their own stability, but the security of those depending upon them to carry that heavy load. There must be specific attributes that assist these individuals in skillfully carrying out their appointed role and that allows them to remain in their role successfully. This study seeks to identify a specific set of skills or attributes of these individuals through exploration of literature seeking to identify the same."
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