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It is probably more true in "Corporate America" where MS Windows Active Directory is in use and all the computers are domain joined and have read/write access t
by _wldu 5y ago
It is probably more true in "Corporate America" where MS Windows Active Directory is in use and all the computers are domain joined and have read/write access to file servers.
- temp8964 5y agoIt sounds like a problem the IT department should solve. No?
- g_p 5y agoIt is, but solving that problem would entail re-training staff, reduce "productivity", and moreover, cost money... Many companies have cut their IT provision below what is needed to simply stand still. IT is a cost to their business, not a revenue source. They don't consider the counter-factual of "well, what if we didn't use IT and computers and the internet" when valuing what IT is bringing to their business. If they did, they'd perhaps be willing to spend more. MBAs don't like spending money on something that doesn't yield them more sales though...
- bluGill 5y agoMBAs don't like wasting money. If bad IT costs them money or sales they care. If they can reduce the costs without losing that money they will. However they don't know how to solve this optimization problem and are learning the hard way when they get it wrong.
- g_p 5y agoI think part of the issue is also that the negative impact of getting IT wrong is delayed, and often lands after your middle managers have moved on to other organisations, thus don't see the impact of cutting costs repeatedly. Since there's no visible problem (nothing catches fire) the day, week or month after cutting spend on IT, it's an unnecessary expense in the eyes of beancounters.