The Fox and the Hedgehog

Sometimes I just do not "get" what many others understand that in a natural way. For example, I think neither roller coasters, no gambling attractive way to spend time. Roller coasters do not scare me, they are uncomfortable. Drivers on I - 94 cedar is a whole lot more interesting (terrible), an amusement game. As for gambling, why not spend your money on something tangible, rather than what is obviously a loss of ideas, or have made contributions to the kiva and help the people really need it, and a micro-loan.another, I really do not "Receive" business management "hedgehog concept." The whole thing is obviously comes from a Greek poet, archilochus, he wrote: "the fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing." Okay, so now I think, "I would like to become a Fox!" But, no. Clearly, in the business world, this matter will be a hedgehog. Argument is that seems to have made the first time by Jim Collins in the Harvard Business Review in 2000 December - January 2001 issue: "the fox knows that on many issues, but the hedgehog knows only one of the big things well. Fox Is complex hedgehog simple. Hedgehog and win. "Well, this is why I have been thinking» In the running to the beginning of this school year, I know that many people have been thinking and talking about recently provided by Google and Microsoft operating college students e-mail system to them. Hedgehog concept, which is often expressed a wish to "outsourcing" of features such as e-mail, in an organization. This philosophy is one of the driving forces behind a series of articles, in the beginning of this century it was "just" another piece of infrastructure.why not, the argument says, and stop fussing about, running their own email servers, "e operation of electronic E-mail "is not you can really, really, be good at and is not a direct relationship to your core business of learning?» Companies like Google, Gmail, has provided the countrys artistic ability, in an e-mail, and your students are familiar with the interface. In fact, most of them may either forward a message from any account, you give them their Gmail account, in any case.

Will the university be » Its attractive, think about turning around the Kucha Shi provide e-mail services. We do not just talk about technology here. And the appropriate legal agreements, service providers, rather than universities, is responsible for things like data security and confidentiality, and legal requirements. Google and Microsoft, of course, there are many benefits, your students are captive users of their services, as a student and then passed through the rest of his life.