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Although the technical complications in moving or merging a data or telecom department are considerable, it is the human considerations that are most important and critical to the success of the change. This article shows several methods for handling these issues, with real world examples, in order to prevent problems with the change.
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Eric Klein has an MS degree in information systems and a BBA degree in management information systems, both from Pace University, New York, USA. He has taught classes at both the undergraduate and graduate level at Pace University in New York, USA, the Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yaffo, Israel, and Polytechnic University, Israel in Practical Networking.
His practical experience in management consulting is from his experiences at Moran Stahl & Boyer in New York, and as a Senior Technical Consultant for MCI. He is a member of the ISOC, the IETF (IPv6, Evolution of SNMP, SNMP Version 3, and IPv6 Operations working groups where he is co-author of, draft-ietf-v6ops-nap-01.txt in the IPv6 OPS) and the IEC.
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Klein, E. Moving or Merging IT Departments? The Hardware and Software are the Easy Parts. J Netw Syst Manage 13, 141–146 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10922-005-4437-6
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10922-005-4437-6