also Adds New Dimensions to Human Resources

Adding to your business adds some additional expertise requirements. You can learn all the skills yourself or you can add some additional resource people to help. Either way, adding requires adding new types of know how.

Any good business technology assessment is going to start with looking at the internal knowledge you already have available. Think about the technology skills of your employees. Think about the skills that you have. Do you have a technically savvy group? Do you have adequate computer skills for learning how to create and manage a Web site, online auction or financial service? Do you have culture of independent workers or one with the sharing and collaboration that will be necessary to make the new technology work?

Please take your time on the assessment tools below. Much of your long – term success and the implementation cost of adding to your businesses will be determined by the skills you currently have and the skills that you will need.

So let’s take another timeout and audit your IT strengths and weaknesses.

Worksheet three.

Now that you have looked at your or your manager's IT strengths and weaknesses, let’s think about it for all of our employees. .

Take another  timeout to work on this worksheet. Remember, that it is okay to ask employees about their technology skills if you are unsure. Gather as much information as is needed for your assessment to be precise.

Worksheet four.