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284 - Peter Drucker on Effective Executives & Wireless Access in Classrooms?
June 24, 2004
TRENDS by Elliott Masie - June 24, 2004
#284 - Updates on Learning, eLearning and Training
47,687 Readers - The MASIE Center - www.masie.com
1. Peter Drucker on Effective Executives
2. Wireless Access in Classrooms?
3. Founder of ASCII & Technology Pioneer Dies
1. Peter Drucker on Effective Executives: This morning, I read an article in the current edition of Harvard Business Review by Peter Drucker. He outlined a very crisp view of what makes an effective executive. They ranged over a wide set of personalities and approaches.
However, Drucker found that they all tended to follow the same eight
practices:
* They asked, "What needs to be done?"
* They asked, "What is right for the enterprise?"
* They developed action plans.
* They took responsibility for decisions.
* They took responsibility for communicating.
* They were focused on opportunities rather than problems.
* They ran productive meetings.
* And they thought and said "we" rather than "I."
And Drucker added a ninth practice, "Listen first, speak last!"
2. Wireless Access in Classrooms?: A simple question for TRENDS readers:
"What is your policy about the use of wireless laptop access in classrooms? Do your classroom trainers allow, forbid or leverage the growing use of wireless connectivity during classes?"
Can you send me a quick note to emasie@masie.com with your experiences on this and I will post a summary in a future TRENDS.
3. Founder of ASCII & Technology Pioneer Dies: Bob Bemer, a computer pioneer who published warnings of the Y2K problem in the early 1970s and helped invent ASCII, a widely used coding system, has died after a battle with cancer at age 84.
Bemer played an major role in how the world's computers operate. He helped invent the ASCII coding system that is used in computers to represent text, and also contributed the escape key and the backslash to the computer language.
I met Bemer when I was 22 and was impressed with his view of the future of technology. He strongly believed that open standards would accelerate the development of technology and saw the need for worldwide dialogue on computer language. He will be missed!
Note: Openings Available in MASIE's e-Learning CONSORTIUM: Due to several corporate mergers, we have eight openings in our e-Learning CONSORTIUM.
Join 180 other major corporations as we cooperate on inventing and implementing e-Learning. Details at http://www.masie.com
#284 - Updates on Learning, eLearning and Training
47,687 Readers - The MASIE Center - www.masie.com
1. Peter Drucker on Effective Executives
2. Wireless Access in Classrooms?
3. Founder of ASCII & Technology Pioneer Dies
1. Peter Drucker on Effective Executives: This morning, I read an article in the current edition of Harvard Business Review by Peter Drucker. He outlined a very crisp view of what makes an effective executive. They ranged over a wide set of personalities and approaches.
However, Drucker found that they all tended to follow the same eight
practices:
* They asked, "What needs to be done?"
* They asked, "What is right for the enterprise?"
* They developed action plans.
* They took responsibility for decisions.
* They took responsibility for communicating.
* They were focused on opportunities rather than problems.
* They ran productive meetings.
* And they thought and said "we" rather than "I."
And Drucker added a ninth practice, "Listen first, speak last!"
2. Wireless Access in Classrooms?: A simple question for TRENDS readers:
"What is your policy about the use of wireless laptop access in classrooms? Do your classroom trainers allow, forbid or leverage the growing use of wireless connectivity during classes?"
Can you send me a quick note to emasie@masie.com with your experiences on this and I will post a summary in a future TRENDS.
3. Founder of ASCII & Technology Pioneer Dies: Bob Bemer, a computer pioneer who published warnings of the Y2K problem in the early 1970s and helped invent ASCII, a widely used coding system, has died after a battle with cancer at age 84.
Bemer played an major role in how the world's computers operate. He helped invent the ASCII coding system that is used in computers to represent text, and also contributed the escape key and the backslash to the computer language.
I met Bemer when I was 22 and was impressed with his view of the future of technology. He strongly believed that open standards would accelerate the development of technology and saw the need for worldwide dialogue on computer language. He will be missed!
Note: Openings Available in MASIE's e-Learning CONSORTIUM: Due to several corporate mergers, we have eight openings in our e-Learning CONSORTIUM.
Join 180 other major corporations as we cooperate on inventing and implementing e-Learning. Details at http://www.masie.com
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