By necessity, corporate computing environments heavily restrict users in an attempt to limit corporate legal liability and to control cost and maintenance efforts. Academia, on the other hand, has long tolerated wide-ranging capabilities for users, all in the name of academic freedom. If corporations want employees to use technology creatively, it seems as if they should take a lesson or two from academia.
Index Terms:
corporate computing policies, system administration, system management, security
Citation:
Sorel Reisman, "Can Control and Creativity Coexist?," IT Professional, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 5-6, Mar./Apr. 2005, doi:10.1109/MITP.2005.31