Letters Does IT Matter? An HBR Debate to the Editor 1 Introduction by Thomas A. Stewart 2 5 7 6 Letters from: John Seely Brown and John Hagel III F Warren McFarlan and Richard L. Nolan . Paul A. Strassmann Other readers 17 Reply from Nicholas G. Carr Order the article‚“IT Doesn’t Matter” E-mail us at hbr_letters@hbsp.harvard.edu Every magazine has an ideal‚ or an idealized‚ reader. For Harvard Business Review‚ he or she is an executive of uncommon intelligence
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minds to looking into another point of view. A point of view that is less confrontational and says “let’s just get along.” I would like to come across as a fellow spectator. I am in no way an expert on the subject. I am someone who read the essay and said “hey Deborah Tannen’s argument makes sense.” Like my audience‚ I never really thought about it that much. I want to come across as someone that wants things to be less confrontational and to see things from all sides. I want the audience
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scientific investigation is‚ by its very nature‚ un-designed. That’s not to say it is ill-designed or meritless and‚ in fact‚ as with the case in point‚ could be the impetus for true investigative research. In her piece “My Children‚ the Food Experiment‚” Sandra Steingraber offers a glimpse into her five-year experience feeding her children without commercial influences‚ while living in a cabin in the woods. Free from child-directed mass marketing‚ Steingraber observed that her children enjoyed fruits‚ vegetables
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fought against communism during the war‚ but Truman and Eisenhower used containment to fight the war‚ while Kennedy used flexible response. Containment was created by George Kennan which was used to resist the Soviet Union from spreading communism to other countries (Ayers 819). President John F. Kennedy used flexible response as opposed to containment. Flexible response is reinforcing the United States so we would not need to resort solely nuclear’s if things went wrong (Ayers 886). All three presidents
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A progress report by the Independent Reviewer on Social Mobility and Child Poverty October 2012 University Challenge: How Higher Education Can Advance Social Mobility A progress report by the Independent Reviewer on Social Mobility and Child Poverty October 2012 University Challenge: How Higher Education Can Advance Social Mobility Contents Foreword and summary 1 Chapter 1 Introduction 11 Chapter 2 Access all areas 19 Chapter 3 Making the grade
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Day 4 [Main Forum] • Read Chapter 2 (Indigenous Sacred Ways) • Post your response to these questions: As suggested by Fisher (2005) in Living Religions‚ consider the interrelatedness of everything in the cosmos as it is expressed in many indigenous religions. How do you think the importance of these relationships developed? What spiritual purpose do you think they serve for indigenous peoples? • Post your response to the discussion question by clicking on Reply What I perceived from Fisher
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FDR’s Response to the Great Depression The stock market crash of 1929 set in motion a chain of events that would plunge the United States into a deep depression. The Great Depression of the 1930’s spelled the end of an era of economic prosperity during the 1920’s. Herbert Hoover was the unlucky president to preside over this economic downturn‚ and he bore the brunt of the blame for the depression. Hoover believed the root cause of the depression was international‚ and he therefore believed that
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The different experiences of Ida and Tom Have you ever been the one to turn a bad situation good? Maybe considered the hero of a certain situation? In both stories‚ Ida and Tom can be thought of heroes because the both acted out on instincts to overturn a horrific incident. Moreover‚ both of their circumstances were different. Ida and Tom can be considered heroes‚ but there are experiences are different. The first difference in the two readings is that Ida and Tom were treated differently by their
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While working for the funeral home we used these type of equations on a very regular basis. Not only did we use it during the process of embalming‚ but during cremations as well. We had to figure body weight to how long a burn must be‚ as well as correct temperature and time. You would not believe how vital this information is. I know it sounds disturbing at times‚ and many people don’t want to think about it. The reality is that these are the types of jobs that keep our society going. I have also
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My father’s college graduation ring is the most precious and valuable gem than any other gem in this world. This ring has significant sentimental value. It represents his great effort in getting a college education. It also is special to the rest of the family. This ring is the symbol of long nights my dad studied while supporting a family of three children and a baby on the way. My mother was a stay at home mom and she supported him each step of the way. It is a black and gold ring; he uses
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