The Adventures Of An It Leader, Updated Edition With A New Preface By The Authors
by Robert D. Austin /
2016 / English / PDF, EPUB
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What does it take to lead and manage your company’s
tech?
What does it take to lead and manage your company’s
tech?
Becoming an effective IT leader and manager presents a host of
challengesfrom anticipating emerging technologies, to managing
relationships with senior executives, vendors, and employees, to
communicating with the board. A good IT leader must also be a
strong business leader.
Becoming an effective IT leader and manager presents a host of
challengesfrom anticipating emerging technologies, to managing
relationships with senior executives, vendors, and employees, to
communicating with the board. A good IT leader must also be a
strong business leader.
This booknow thoroughly updated with a new preface by the
authors and current tech details and terminologyinvites you to
accompany new CIO Jim Barton as he steps up to leadership at his
company. You’ll get a deeper understanding of the role of IT in
your own organization as you see Jim struggle through a tough
first year, handling (and fumbling) all kinds of management
challenges. Although fictional, the scenarios are based on the
authors’ long experience working with real-life companies across
industries and sectors.
This booknow thoroughly updated with a new preface by the
authors and current tech details and terminologyinvites you to
accompany new CIO Jim Barton as he steps up to leadership at his
company. You’ll get a deeper understanding of the role of IT in
your own organization as you see Jim struggle through a tough
first year, handling (and fumbling) all kinds of management
challenges. Although fictional, the scenarios are based on the
authors’ long experience working with real-life companies across
industries and sectors.The Adventures of an IT Leader
The Adventures of an IT Leader is both an insightful story
and an instructive guidebook. You can read it from beginning to
end or treat it as a series of cases, skipping around to
different chapters that address your most pressing needs. (For
example, if you need to learn about crisis management and
security, read chapters 1012.) You can also test yourself and
think about how to use the book’s lessons in your own company by
reading the authors’ Reflection” questions at the end of each
chapter.
is both an insightful story
and an instructive guidebook. You can read it from beginning to
end or treat it as a series of cases, skipping around to
different chapters that address your most pressing needs. (For
example, if you need to learn about crisis management and
security, read chapters 1012.) You can also test yourself and
think about how to use the book’s lessons in your own company by
reading the authors’ Reflection” questions at the end of each
chapter.
This book is your indispensable manual for IT management and
leadership, no matter what business you’re in.
This book is your indispensable manual for IT management and
leadership, no matter what business you’re in.