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Adventures of an It Leader Robert D. Austin

Adventures of an It Leader By Robert D. Austin

Adventures of an It Leader by Robert D. Austin


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Summary

Becoming an effective IT manager presents a host of challenges from anticipating emerging technology to managing relationships with vendors, employees, and other managers. A good IT manager must also be a strong business leader. This book helps you to understand the role of IT in your organization.

Adventures of an It Leader Summary

Adventures of an It Leader by Robert D. Austin

Becoming an effective IT manager presents a host of challenges--from anticipating emerging technology to managing relationships with vendors, employees, and other managers. A good IT manager must also be a strong business leader. This book invites you to accompany new CIO Jim Barton to better understand the role of IT in your organization. You'll see Jim struggle through a challenging first year, handling (and fumbling) situations that, although fictional, are based on true events. You can read this book from beginning to end, or treat is as a series of cases. You can also skip around to address your most pressing needs. For example, need to learn about crisis management and security? Read chapters 10-12. You can formulate your own responses to a CIO's obstacles by reading the authors' regular Reflection questions. You'll turn to this book many times as you face IT-related issues in your own career.

Adventures of an It Leader Reviews

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About Robert D. Austin

Robert Austin is Professor at Copenhagen Business School and Associate Professor at Harvard Business School, where he chairs the executive education program for CIOs. Richard Nolan is Philip M. Condit Endowed Chair in Business Administration at the University of Washington and Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, where he co-chairs the executive education program for CIOs. Shannon O'Donnell is a Consultant with Cutter Consortium's Innovation Practice; she is also Research Associate at the University of Washington and Visiting Researcher at Copenhagen Business School's Centre for Art and Leadership.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Our Hero Called to Adventure Chapter 1. The New CIO Chapter 2. CIO Challenges Chapter 3. CIO Leadership Part 2: The Long Road of IT Trials Chapter 4. The Cost of IT Chapter 5. The Value of IT Chapter 6. Project Management Chapter 7. The Runaway Project Part 3: The Management Ordeal Chapter 8. IT Priorities Chapter 9. Governance Chapter 10. Crisis Management Chapter 11. Damage Control Part 4: The Hero's Breakthrough Chapter 12. Communication Chapter 13. Emerging Technology Chapter 14. Vendor Partnering Chapter 15. Managing Talent Chapter 16. Standardization and Innovation Chapter 17. Managing Risk Part 5: The Hero Finds New Freedom Chapter 18. Looking Forward Epilogue Ways of Using This Book Information Technology (IT) Acronyms Acknowledgements

Additional information

CIN142214660XVG
9781422146606
142214660X
Adventures of an It Leader by Robert D. Austin
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Harvard Business Review Press
20090324
320
N/A
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