Our title is itself a book's and the first sentence, see that after the comma, is in its front flap by journalist Scott Rosenberg. Let's take some more words from it and share here. Blogging brought the Web's native character into focus---convivial, expressive, democratic. Bloggers have become the curators of our collective experience, testing out their ideas in front of a crowd and linking people in ways that broadcasts can't match. Blogs have created a new kind of public sphere--one in which we can think out loud together. The preceding paragraph is all in the book flap, front and back. It is the simplest answer if somebody is asking what a blog is, then and now. Although we see that as the magnanimous purpose of a blog which is really enticing and challenging. It adds choices and rooms for both sources and audiences without the regular prescriptive cadence. What's common is the responsibility. Whether or not we do it via blog, print and online news, and whoever
The acquirement part is of great sense. It involve not a only a single process. It can have varying activities from before, during and after the delivery of the acquired material or solution. The processes may include sub processes and it gets down to having the pre-acquisition and post-acquisition. Underneath the sub processes may go through different stages which starts with careful planning, designing, et al.
If you go to your finance and ask for some money, more often than not, you are asked, for what purpose it is going to be used about. It is typical. Come budget forecasting season, allocation of ICT stuff depending on their lifecycle, where there are some that needs to be replaced and upgraded, everything that is perceived to be necessary and important to operate a peaceable ICT environment must be diligently allocated a reasonable amount.
Investing in ICT by all means is (can be more or less) about acquisition. One thing, the pre-acquisition part would ask by the investor what it is that certain investment tries to achieve. Something that would create or add value to the existing business system would approximately get approved. The acquisition of ICT, if done judiciously, would make the organization's stakeholder maybe happier than ever, meaning the objective has been met and something useful has been developed to address certain barrier or problem. Otherwise, sad, creating the notion that ICT only add up on waste and liabilities, which could result the organization started to become hesitant in pursuing future opportunities with ICT.
The post-acquisition part entails the application and monitoring of such ICT effort or business system. With the resources properly and continuously being assigned, the stakeholders would know whether the system is performing well as to its intended purpose. The establishment of how to measure its effectiveness would not only tell the stakeholders how successful the acquisition was but may also led to other initiatives that realizes the importance of integrating ICT into the business system. For the small and non-IT organizations depending on the nature of their business, ICT can be acquired to address high value activities.
On the other side of acquisition, it also involve the following few:
-Human capital and staffing;
-Training and development; and
-Others.
Comments