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1. GAP OF https://
TECHNOL Will technology step in to help those who need leadership but don’t get it www.leadingvirtually.com/
OGY from sources that are expected to provide it? According to i4cp’s latest will-technology-substitute-
LITERACY study, most of today’s workers say that their managers are ineffective and for-leadership-from-
OF that they lack leadership qualities. Will the workers of the future use the immediate-supervisors/
IMMEDIA Internet to get leadership from other leaders rather than their most
TE immediate supervisors? This may not be as far fetched as it sounds. Last
SUPERVIS Sunday’s New York Times reported an interview with the CEO of Zurich
ORS AT Financial Services, James J. Schiro, who has put himself on YouTube to
WORK connect with workers in his company. As more leaders put their messages
on the Internet, messages that are interesting and relevant will get noticed
by people and passed around. While not every leadership function can be
substituted for this way, some functions such as providing inspiration and
coaching can. A very good example is the video of Steve Job’s address at
Stanford commencement.

Are you aware of cases of technology substituting for leadership from

immediate supervisors?

2. Current
gap of
technolo
gical
literacy
of most
immediat
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superviso
rs at
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3. The role Workers that lack sufficient digital skills often spend considerable time and energy INFORMATION LITERACY OF
of manually compensating for their skill gaps, which no doubt impacts both their MANAGERS: MODELS AND
technolo productivity and their level of job satisfaction. It could even affect how they FACTORS
gy perceive their value to the company, making them wonder about their prospects
literacy for long-term employment as the pace of digital transformation accelerates. -This Vladimír BOLEK* , Mojmír
at work where the role of an immediate supervisor comes as records management leader KOKLES, Anita ROMANOVÁ ,
of an Michal ZELINA
immediat
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superviso
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4. Impact of
Technolo
gy
Literacy
to the
Immediat
e The role of the principal has
Supervis evolved from being primarily
or’s that of a building manager
leadershi (Sharp & Walter) to that of an
p and instructional and curriculum
manage leader.
ment at
Work (Hughes, et. Al 2005) Many
5. researchers and educational
organizations note that strong
leadership is essential to
successful technology reform.

Moreover, principals’
leadership strongly correlates
with teachers’ integration of
educational technology into
their curricula.

Technology leadership differs

from traditional leadership
theory in that it does not
focus on
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Suggestion on
how this gap
can be
resolved

6. The main
importan
ce of
Technolo
gy
Literacy
of
Immediat
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Supervis
ors on
their
leadershi
p and
Manage
ment