>>>This morning we got the news that our department's name will change from MIS to IT, the reason being that MIS is outdated. I don't have any statistics, but it seems IT is more common.
>>>Can anyone comment on the proposed change - i.e. good/bad idea, (in)significant, other thoughts?
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>>I don't think it matters a bit what a department is called.
>>I do think such useless changes simply are a waste of money that could well go to better uses.
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>>I guess my basic opinion is that "management" is worrying about the wrong things if this has a high priority. Which evidently it does.
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>>Enjoy the new department name... you're 'it'.
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>Better that than being mis-informed, mis-placed, mis-aligned, mis-allocated, mis-applied, mis-balanced, mis-becoming, mis-behaved, mis-believed, mis-billed and mis-built, mis-calculated, mis-cataloged, mis-characterized, and last-but-not-least mis-chievous. ;)

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