Steps to the Future
Fresh Thinking on the Management of IT-Based Organizational Transformation
Gebonden Engels 1997 9780787903589Samenvatting
IT solutions from the leading edge
Information technology promises much but, as many businesses arefinding, it often fails to deliver. Representing the new wave ofthinking about I.T., this thought-provoking collection assemblesleading researchers from four continents, including Dan Robey,Robert Zmud, Claudio Ciborra and Robert Benjamin. Writing with deepknowledge of both I.T. and business, they persuasively argue forthe integration of the core business unit and the I.T. function,advocate a new role for I.T. professionals, stress the importanceof managing outcomes rather than process, and provide practicalguidelines for turning new ideas into new management practices.
Specificaties
Lezersrecensies
Inhoudsopgave
The Authors.
1. The Right Stuff: An Introduction to New Thinking About ITManagement. (Christopher Sauer, Phillp W. Yetton)
Part One: The Traditional Solutions
2. False Prophecies, Successful Practice, and Future Directions inIT Management. (Phillp W. Yetton)
3. A Professional Balancing Act: Walking the Tightrope of StrategicAlignment. (Janice M. Burn)
4. The Pathology of Strategic Alignment. (Christopher Sauer, JaniceM. Burn)
Part Two: Competencies of IT-Enabled Organizational Change.
5. IT-Enabled Organizational Change: New Developments of ITSpecialists. (M. Lynne Markus, Robert Benjamin)
6. At the Heart of Success: Organizationwide ManagementCompetencies. (V. Sambamurthy, Robert W. Zmund)
Part Three: Process Change.
7. Against Obliteration: Reducing Risk in Business Process Change.(Robert D. Galliers)
8. The Real Event of Reengineering. (Jane Craig, Phillp W.Yetton)
Part Four: New Interpretations.
9. The Paradoxes of Transformation. (Daniel Robey)
10. Joint Outcomes: The Coproduction of IT and OrganizationalChange. (Rod Coombs)
11. Improvising in the Shapeless Organization of the Future.(Claudio U. Ciborra)
12. The Paths Ahead. (Christopher Sauer, Phillp W. Yetton)
Index.
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
