[LINK] RTA plans desktop open source

[Bernard Robertson-Dunn]

Andy Farkas wrote:
> 
> Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
> 
> > http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,8631776%5E15306%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html
> ...
> > The RTA's proposed new mail and desktop system will give frontline staff
> > their first view of email and the department's intranet.
> >
> > Currently, staff do not have access to these applications.
> 
> Uhm, why do the frontline staff need email and word-proccessing?
> 
> I thought their job is to enter details, take money, and print receipts.

These days email is being used to replace HR functions and to improve
communications with staff. It allows enterprises to flatten the
organisational structure (code for - fire middle managers). A PC and
network is cheaper than a couple of layers of managers in a large
organisation.

Does it work? Ask those people who have lost their sense of belonging and
who don't feel appreciated, understood or valued.

-- 
A good manager is a man who isn't worried about his own career but rather
the careers of those who work for him
-- H. S. M. Burns

Regards
brd

Bernard Robertson-Dunn
Canberra Australia
brd at austarmetro.com.au