The Practical CIO
A Common Sense Guide for Successful IT Leadership
Gebonden Engels 2010 9780470531907Samenvatting
The IT executive's ultimate handbook for survival in a rapidly changing economy
The Practical CIO: A Common Sense Guide for Successful IT Leadership provides needed advice for modern executives competing in a challenging global environment. Proactively establish goals for ITHold all vendors accountableExtract maximum value from existing IT investmentsManage and market the IT brandBuild relationships up, down and sideways across the enterprise and beyond its traditional boundariesAct like a CEO
Brimming with interviews and case studies from leading global enterprises such as Microsoft, Prudential, Citigroup, Chiquita Brands, Smithfield Foods and West Marine. The Practical CIO is designed for clear-eyed IT and C-level executives with no patience for hype or overly optimistic visions of a "better tomorrow." Truly a commonsense guide for successful IT leadership, this book delivers exactly the kind of hard-nosed, actionable advice that executives urgently require.
Specificaties
Lezersrecensies
Inhoudsopgave
Acknowledgments xv
Introduction xvii
Chapter 1 Build a Great Team 1
Chapter 2 Proactively Establish Goals for IT 29
Chapter 3 Design the IT Strategy 47
Chapter 4 Hold All of Your Vendors Accountable 69
Chapter 5 Before Negotiating, Do Your Homework 91
Chapter 6 Manage Contracts, Don’t Just Sign Them 105
Chapter 7 Work With the Business 127
Chapter 8 Manage and Market the IT Brand 145
Chapter 9 Building Relationships Across the Enterprise—And Beyond 167
Chapter 10 Act Like a CEO 193
Afterword 213
Endnotes 217
About the Author 223
Index 227
Rubrieken
- advisering
- algemeen management
- coaching en trainen
- communicatie en media
- economie
- financieel management
- inkoop en logistiek
- internet en social media
- it-management / ict
- juridisch
- leiderschap
- marketing
- mens en maatschappij
- non-profit
- ondernemen
- organisatiekunde
- personal finance
- personeelsmanagement
- persoonlijke effectiviteit
- projectmanagement
- psychologie
- reclame en verkoop
- strategisch management
- verandermanagement
- werk en loopbaan