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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Pfleging, Bill. Geek gap. Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2006 (OCoLC)607206214 |
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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Bill Pfleging; Minda Zetlin |
| ISBN: | 1591024153 9781591024156 |
| OCLC Number: | 64595957 |
| Description: | 251 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | What is the geek gap? -- A brief history of the geek gap -- Geeks gain legitimacy -- Who's to blame for the dot-com bust? -- Fundamental differences -- Gripes about geeks -- Gripes about suits -- Geeks "grep" suits "potentialize" : why we don't speak the same language -- Cybercrime: when geeks seek revenge -- Ping-pong versus PowerPoint -- Outsourcing the geek gap -- Same bed, different dreams -- Closing the geek gap -- The future of the geek gap. |
| Responsibility: | Bill Pfleging & Minda Zetlin. |
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Abstract:
Explores the culture clash that pervades nearly every business-technology interaction. This work provides members of both camps a practical guide to working together effectively. Using many real-world examples, it also illustrates the consequences in time, money, careers, and even lives when the separate cultures fail to communicate.
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