I will be presenting the new MS Office 2010 System to the Microsoft Slovenia’ partner network this February. The focus of the presentations will be on the business value and benefits of the new applications, and on how to present those benefits to potential customers. See below for the call by MS.
Vljudno vas vabimo, da si rezervirate čas za februarski šolanji Fit za {IT}, ki ju pripravljamo
- v torek, 23. februarja ob 14:00 v predavalnici Microsofta Slovenija Ljubljani in
- v sredo, 24. februarja ob 14:00 v Microsoftovem centru inovacij v Mariboru.
K sodelovanju smo zopet povabili Petra Baloha, predavatelja na Ekonomski fakulteti v Ljubljani in avtorja oz. soavtorja številnih priročnikov s področja Microsoft Office-a. Peter je sodeloval pri uvajanju paketa Office 2007 v mnoga slovenska podjetja in nam bo prikazal nekaj zanimivih povzetkov, ki so relevantni tudi za prihajajoči Microsoft Office 2010. V predavanju si bomo ogledali tudi novosti, ki jih prinaša sistem Microsoft Office 2010 s poudarkom na prednostih za manjše organizacije.
I’ve got a chapter published in a new book published by Cengage Learning just recently. The book has been receiving lots of praise from the reviewers, academia and businesses, so I am very glad I was able to contribute to it.
Reid V, Baloh P, Desouza K C: Strategic Knowledge Management, in Strategic Information Systems Management, Grant R, Hackney R, Edgar (eds). Cengage Learning EMEA, 2010.
International Journal of Information Management just accepted a new paper that I co-authored for publication:
Kayhan Atesci, Akshay Bhagwatwar, Trupti Deo, Kevin C Desouza, Peter Baloh: Scandals at a Business Process Outsourcing Vendor: A Case Study of Satyam Computers.
Abstract: The prominence of business process outsourcing (BPO) continues to intensify in today’s hyper-competitive marketplace. Engaging in BPO can help an organization focus on its core competencies, while gaining specialized knowledge, skills, and processes in auxiliary spaces. The literature is laden with evidence that engaging in a BPO will help organizations secure financial, operational, and even strategic advantages. While there is little doubt that organizations can attain these benefits, few BPO arrangements work out as planned. Managing risks in BPO arrangements is paramount. In this paper, we describe a significant failure through chronological description of scandals that took place at one of India’s largest outsourcing vendors, Satyam Computer Services. In describing the case study, we draw attention to the fact that organizations need to (1) improve their sensing capabilities and keep abreast of strategic transformations at their outsourcing vendors, (2) be able to plan for and execute contingency plans, and (3) balance the risks and rewards of BPOs in terms of knowledge and capabilities dependencies.
The paper is coming out in June 2010 issue of IJIM. Thanx to the coauthoring team and the PI (Prof Desouza), plus, of course, journal’ case editor Prof Dr Ray Hackney, reviewers who provided plentiful and meaningful comments, and the editor Prof Dr Phillip Hills.
IJIM is an international, SSCI indexed peer-reviewed journal which aims to bring its readers the very best analysis and discussion in the developing field of information management. According to JCR2006, it has an impact factor of 0.754 (and a growing trend), plus, an excellent reputation among scholars in the Inf Sys / Inf Mmgt / Org Change areas.