Why Do IS Projects Fail? (Hint: You probably already know the answer!)
[caption id="attachment_710" align="alignleft" width="300"] http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/Viruses.jpg cc2.0[/caption] An article in MIT's Sloan Management Review (http://sloanreview.mit.edu/projects/embracing-digital-technology/) describes why IT projects so often fail to achieve their intended...
How good are you at multitasking? Try this game …
[caption id="attachment_614" align="alignleft" width="294"] http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephenvance/4538434224/ (cc 2.0)[/caption] I recently came across an article showing that laptops in the university classroom lowers performance, both for the...
Can technology leaders really have charisma?
[caption id="attachment_564" align="alignleft" width="240"] http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons (cc 2.0)[/caption] Despite a decent performance by Ashton Kutcher, Joshua Stern's biopic on the late Steve Jobs has been panned...
Top Management Support of Enterprise Systems
[caption id="attachment_480" align="alignleft" width="240"] By lumaxart (cc 2.0) via Wikimedia Commons[/caption]Research Question: What supportive actions do top managers engage in during IS implementations? How do...
Roller Coasters & Remote Leaders
[caption id="attachment_508" align="alignleft" width="300"] By Lakeyboy at en.wikipedia [Public domain], from Wikimedia Commons[/caption]Over the last couple of months I've had the opportunity to observe a...
Remote Leadership, Communication, & Performance
[caption id="attachment_516" align="alignleft" width="300"] francr2009.deviantart.com/art/Earth-from-space-2-135303150 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)[/caption] Research Question: How is leader performance influenced by leadership style, physical distance, and communication effectiveness between leaders and followers?...
Charismatic Leadership and User Acceptance of IT
[caption id="attachment_530" align="alignleft" width="300"] flickr.com/photos/blacksnob/2229230806/ (cc 2.0)[/caption] Research Question: How does perceived leadership behaviour influence the acceptance and use of information technology? Abstract: Although there...