IP: A random observation on the "Internet Revolution"

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

>From: Chris Savage <chris.savage@crblaw.com>
>To: "Dave Farber (E-mail)" <farber@cis.upenn.edu>
>Subject: A random observation on the "Internet Revolution"
>Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 09:59:52 -0400
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> From today's WSJ, an article about GE integrating email, the web, etc., 
> into its operations:
>
>"The shift also is redefining what GE managers do. Those e-business titles 
>are being eliminated; now all managers, even those reluctant to use 
>e-mail, are being rated on their Internet prowess. 'It's not a separate 
>function, it's a core competency,' says Mr. Reiner. 'That's a huge culture 
>change.'
>
>"David C. Calhoun, head of GE's large aircraft engines business in 
>Evendale, Ohio, agrees. 'I don't let anybody in my office without their 
>laptop.' He adds: 'If a guy comes in here 10 times and he always has to 
>bring someone to operate his PC, he ain't making it.'"
>
>The need to be computer- and email- and web-fluent may seem obvious to 
>those of us in the trade, so to speak, but we would do well not to 
>underestimate the "huge culture change" involved in viewing those 
>abilities as "a core competency" of normal managers in normal businesses.
>
>Chris Savage
>Cole, Raywid & Braverman, LLP
>202-659-9750
>
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