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Stephen S. MusokeStephen S. MusokeOperations ManagerOperations Manager

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offtech@infoma.comofftech@infoma.com

OverviewOverview

• Definitions• Background• What is the Information Age?• Key Trends• Opportunities• How do I Stay on Top?• About Stephen S. Musoke• Questions?

DefinitionsDefinitions

• Success– A journey with multiple peaks and not one ultimate

pinnacle. One success builds on another. Setbacks and mistake will also help you build success

• Career– the sum total of paid and unpaid work, learning and

life roles you undertake throughout your life. • Information Age

– the present economic era from about 1970 when the global economy's has shifted in focus away from the production of physical goods (as exemplified by the industrial age) and toward the manipulation of information.

BackgroundBackground

• The world is driven by the need to create, analyze and manage information

• The new age worker is an information worker

• Competition is now global, both in scope and locality

• Your competitors for the same work are in China, Europe, USA, Asia

Information AgeInformation Age

• The major driver is to generate, collect, analyse and disseminate information

• The Information age has more change than other ages since actions affect more people across the globe

• The information age requires employeers, employees to

Key TrendsKey Trends

• Internet Based Computing

• Collaboration

• Sharing of Information

• Basic Infrastructure Readily Available

• Focus on Value Added Services

• REALITY: THE WORLD IS FLAT

OpportunitiesOpportunities

• Higher Quality Work at Lower Costs

• Higher Value Knowledge – become a knowledge worker

• Outsourcing– assigning some part of the work of your

company to an outside company

• Off shoring– doing work for clients outside your country

Trend SettersTrend Setters

• These companies are setting trends for the Information age

• Google

• Facebook

• yahoo

• Microsoft

• SalesForce.com

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• Develop and maintain a positive mental attitude • Become a master of change - change is the

culture of the Information Age • Become totally flexible - you choose some

change, and some change chooses you. So, you must prepare yourself to deal effectively with the change that chooses you.

• Improve your communication skills - understand, appreciate, and master all forms of two-way communications, both outgoing (speaking, writing, and personal image projection) and incoming (listening, reading, and observing).

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• Become a Global Networker – network with anyone anywhere

• Become a dynamic goal achiever – set your goals. This helps you to control your life based on the goals, make better decisions since you know what is important and what’s not, establishes your targets, focuses your energies

• Become a student for life - create and maintain a competitive advantage for yourself. Constantly acquire new knowledge and skills so that you can move quickly in new directions, seize new opportunities, or avoid disastrous twists of fate

How do I Stay on Top - SimpleHow do I Stay on Top - Simple

• Read

• Network

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• Communicate and Act

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• Learn and Act

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Stephen S. MusokeStephen S. Musoke

• Graduate MUK, BSc Civil Eng Upper Second Hons. 2000

• IT Exposure from July 2007 as an intern in Uganda• Software Operations Manager, OFFTECH, a wholly

owned subsidiary of Infoma Corporation NJ, USA (http://www.infoma.com)

• OFFTECH Services:– Website Development, Hosting and Support including

Ecommerce– Community Website Design, Development and Operation– Technical Documentation– IT Product and Service Definition and Evaluation– Bid Preparation, Evaluation and Monitoring

Any Questions?Any Questions?

• If u don’t ask who will?

• If not now, when?

• There aren’t any dumb questions?

• Dumb questions are those which are not asked?