Download or read book Modern Management s Guide to Information Technology written by Michael Stephen Bird and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2010-08-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The articles included in this book present the concept of Information Technology (IT) management. There are various topics such as managing diverse project team members, leading IT professionals, aligning IT strategies to business strategies, improving the value chain analysis through effective management of technology resources, managing new technology in the education industry, and agile software development methodologies. He also includes the results of his dissertation study that reveals the software project managers view of the agile software development approach. He presents some valuable suggestions on how to improve the success of agile software development projects.

Download or read book A Guide to Information Technology written by Andreas Sofroniou and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-12-21 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Guide To Information Technology.ISBN: 0952795647 Year: 1999 The book covers the fundamental aspects of computing and the development of new information systems. Explains the current systems, structured analysis and designing, management, planning and the year 2000 problems and solutions.

Download or read book The Executive s Guide to Information Technology written by John Baschab and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2007-07-13 with total page 673 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praise for the The Executive's Guide to Information Technology "This book is important reading. It offers practical, real-world insight and pragmatic no-nonsense approaches for people who have a stake in corporate IT. " --Lynda Applegate, Henry R. Byers Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School "Information systems and processes are very important parts of our due diligence assessment of a company--yet the jargon is often more difficult to understand than many foreign languages. Baschab and Piot effectively translate IT into words and concepts that businesspeople can easily understand and act upon. This book is a helpful reference guide for corporate executives and private equity groups of all types." --Neal Aronson, Managing Partner, Roark Capital Group "Business success increasingly depends on effective use of IT. Effective use of IT depends on the kind of in-depth, practical insight in this book. Baschab and Piot provide a pragmatic approach to information systems investment that should be required reading for senior executives and CIOs alike." --Erik Brynjolfsson, Schussel Professor of Management, Director of the Center for Digital Business, MIT "This book should provide valuable guidance for management and technology consultants. The Executive's Guide to Information Technology provides field-proven insight on all important aspects of IT planning and execution, from governance to applications to operations and infrastructure." --Gary J. Fernandes, former vice chairman, EDS, member of the Board of Directors, Computer Associates "Baschab and Piot do a great job of laying out the fundamental issues and challenges that every IT organization faces. More often than not, the issues are not technical in nature, but are a reflection of how the IT and business teams work together to define, execute, and implement new business tools. The threshold issue is leadership. Often it is difficult for business leaders to feel that they have the skills and perspective to provide that leadership on technical projects. The Executive's Guide to Information Technology provides non-technical business leaders a solid framework for engaging with their IT peers." --Tom Nealon, Chief Information Officer, J.C. Penney

Download or read book The Facility Manager s Guide to Information Technology written by Michael May and published by . This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This easy-to-read, informational text presents a current, impartial and comprehensive look at how Information Technology (IT) and Facility Management (FM) have become inextricably bound together in the modern workplace. Exploring the evolving relationship between Information Technology and Facility Management, this book is a text that can be used by students, novice facility managers and as well experienced facility managers. As a result, the authors intend the text to be used as both a teaching and a reference tool for educational organizations and corporations alike. This text will also cover the latest advancements in facility management automation and provide a guide for implementing them successfully.

Download or read book The Facility Manager s Guide to Information Technology written by Michael May and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-25 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This easy-to-read, informational text presents a current, impartial and comprehensive look at how Information Technology (IT) and Facility Management (FM) have become inextricably bound together in the modern workplace. Exploring the evolving relationship between Information Technology and Facility Management, this book is a text that can be used by students, novice facility managers and as well experienced facility managers. As a result, the authors intend the text to be used as both a teaching and a reference tool for educational organizations and corporations alike. This text will also cover the latest advancements in facility management automation and provide a guide for implementing them successfully.

Download or read book Public Service Information Technology written by Edward Uechi and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-11-08 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public Service Information Technology explains how all areas of IT management work together. Building a computer-based information system is like constructing a house; different disciplines are employed and need to be coordinated. In addition to the technical aspects like computer networking and systems administration, the functional, business, management, and strategic aspects all are equally important. IT is not as simple as expecting to use a software program in three months. Information Technology is a complex field that has multiple working parts that require proper management. This book demystifies how IT operates in an organization, giving the public manager the necessary details to manage Information Technology and to use all of its resources for proper effect. This book is for technical IT managers and non-technical (non-IT) managers and senior executive leaders. Not only will the Chief Information Officer, the IT Director, and the IT Manager find this book invaluable to running an effective IT unit, the Chief Financial Officer, the HR Director, and functional managers will understand their roles in conjunction with the technical team. Every manager at all levels of the organization has a small yet consequential role to play in developing and managing an IT system. With practical guidelines and worksheets provided in the book, both the functional team and the technical team will be able to engage collaboratively to produce a high-quality computer-based information system that everyone involved can be proud to use for many years and that can deliver an effective and timely public program to citizens. This book includes: Multiple layers of security controls your organization can develop and maintain, providing greater protection against cyber threats. Job-related worksheets you can use to strengthen your skills and achieve desired program results. Practices you can apply to maximize the value of your contracts and your relationships with for-profit companies and other contractors. New method for deciding when contracting or outsourcing is appropriate when internal resources are not available. Improved method for estimating intangible benefits (non-financial gains) attributable to a proposed project. An approach to deciding what parts of a business process should or should not be automated, paying critical attention to decision points and document reviews.

Download or read book Information and the Modern Corporation written by James W. Cortada and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2011-10-07 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to information as the transformative tool of modern business. While we have been preoccupied with the latest i-gadget from Apple and with Google's ongoing expansion, we may have missed something: the fundamental transformation of whole firms and industries into giant information-processing machines. Today, more than eighty percent of workers collect and analyze information (often in digital form) in the course of doing their jobs. This book offers a guide to the role of information in modern business, mapping the use of information within work processes and tracing flows of information across supply-chain management, product development, customer relations, and sales. The emphasis is on information itself, not on information technology. Information, overshadowed for a while by the glamour and novelty of IT, is the fundamental component of the modern corporation. In Information and the Modern Corporation, longtime IBM manager and consultant James Cortada clarifies the differences among data, facts, information, and knowledge and describes how the art of analytics has all but eliminated decision making based on gut feeling, replacing it with fact-based decisions. He describes the working style of “road warriors,” whose offices are anywhere their laptops and cell phones are and whose deep knowledge of a given topic becomes their medium of exchange. Information is the core of the modern enterprise, and the use of information defines the activities of a firm. This essential guide shows managers and employees better ways to leverage information—by design and not by accident.

Download or read book Every Manager s Guide to Information Technology written by Peter G. W. Keen and published by Harvard Business Review Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains modern business terms from activity-based costing and benchmarking to Total Quality Management and virtual corporation.

Download or read book Communication and Information Technology in Society written by Jolanta Kowal and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2016-04-26 with total page 707 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These volumes explore a number of significant and interdisciplinary questions relevant to the wider debate regarding the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in a variety of research fields, including management, education, science, and the media. Bringing together research from European countries currently in a state of transition, all three volumes mark a significant contribution to the wider discussion on the role of ICT in today’s world.

Download or read book Start a Successful Career Today in Information Technology written by A. J. Newton and published by A. J. Newton. This book was released on 2021-07-08 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2nd Edition - Revised & Updated "One of the best new Information Technology books" - BookAuthority - A detailed step-by-step guide that takes you from a total beginner to a top-earning IT professional at the top of your career. - Each chapter of this book has been meticulously put together by the author with the newcomer to Information Technology in mind. - The book contains modern information and useful insights that will prove invaluable for IT professionals battling career stagnation. - It demonstrates three pathways to three different successful careers in IT that almost anyone can start pursuing today, with or without a university degree. - It includes the top IT certifications needed to boost your IT career in the 2020s. - This book is a consolidation of 16+ years of experience, knowledge and tips gathered while working in the Information Technology Industry. - It covers job hunting and what to expect at job interviews. - It contains tips and tricks and provides guidance on decision-making every step of the way. - It also includes a glossary of 120 key IT terms to get you started. - It is straight to the point. No boring and unnecessary text. - Purposefully designed with colourful pages and appealing illustrations to make it an easy read. eBook Format: Fixed layout epub

Download or read book Executive Guide to Preventing Information Technology Disasters written by Richard Ennals and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent and well-publicised disasters have highlighted the fact that organisations of all kinds - from healthcare to aerospace - are critically dependent on Information Technology systems. The prevention of catastrophic I.T. failure is now an essential part of management. In this thought-provoking guide for executives and managers Richard Ennals argues that the critical factor is not technology, but people and communication.

Download or read book A Manager s Guide to Current Issues in Information Systems written by Frédéric Adam and published by . This book was released on 1999-01 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A multi-contributed book which will give non-specialists in information technology a brief introduction to the issues surrounding the application of information technology to modern management.

Download or read book ACCA Paper P5 Advanced Performance Management Study Text written by BPP Learning Media and published by BPP Learning Media. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) is the global body for professional accountants. With over 100 years of providing world-class accounting and finance qualifications, the ACCA has significantly raised its international profile in recent years and now supports a BSc (Hons) in Applied Accounting and an MBA.BPP Learning Media is an ACCA Official Publisher. Paper P5 Advanced Performance Management is an optional paper at Professional level. It builds on the performance management techniques introduced in Paper F5. There is also a significant element of strategic thinking and thus P5 has links with paper P3 Business Analysis. The syllabus looks at external factors that affect the organisation's performance such as stakeholders. Internal factors are also considered including the design features of effective performance management information and monitoring systems. Ethics is introduced as a key ACCA topic. Finally, the syllabus considers the impact of current developments in management accounting and performance management on organisational performance.This examiner-reviewed Study Text covers all that you need to know for P5. It features plenty of recent case studies illustrating key syllabus areas and questions to hone your understanding of what you have just read. This paper tests your application of knowledge so these studies and questions are key learning tools. You will also find up-to-date information on the latest management theories and techniques which feature highly in this paper. Then there are plenty of exam tips to guide your study and help you focus on what is essential to know. Now it's up to you.BPP Learning Media is the publisher of choice for many ACCA students and tuition providers worldwide. Join them and plug into a world of expertise in ACCA exams.

Download or read book Strategic Information Management written by Robert D. Galliers and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Strategic Information Management' has been completely up-dated to reflect the rapid changes in IT and the business environment since the publication of the second edition. Half of the readings in the book have been replaced to address current issues and the latest thinking in Information Management. It goes without saying that Information technology has had a major impact on individuals, organizations and society over the past 50 years or so. There are few organizations that can afford to ignore IT and few individuals who would prefer to be without it. As managerial tasks become more complex, so the nature of the required information systems (IS) changes - from structured, routine support to ad hoc, unstructured, complex enquiries at the highest levels of management. As with the first and second editions, this third edition of 'Strategic Information Management: Challenges and strategies in managing information systems' aims to present the many complex and inter-related issues associated with the management of information systems. The book provides a rich source of material reflecting recent thinking on the key issues facing executives in information systems management. It draws from a wide range of contemporary articles written by leading experts from North America and Europe. 'Strategic Information Management' is designed as a course text for MBA, Master's level students and senior undergraduate students taking courses in information management. It provides a wealth of information and references for researchers in addition.

Download or read book A Practical Guide to Managing Information Security written by Steve Purser and published by Artech House Publishers. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This groundbreaking book helps you master the management of information security, concentrating on the proactive recognition and resolution of the practical issues of developing and implementing IT security for the enterprise. Drawing upon the authors' wealth of valuable experience in high-risk commercial environments, the work focuses on the need to align the information security process as a whole with the requirements of the modern enterprise, which involves empowering business managers to manage information security-related risk. Throughout, the book places emphasis on the use of simple, pragmatic risk management as a tool for decision-making. The first book to cover the strategic issues of IT security, it helps you to: understand the difference between more theoretical treatments of information security and operational reality; learn how information security risk can be measured and subsequently managed; define and execute an information security strategy design and implement a security architecture; and ensure that limited resources are used optimally.

Download or read book Executive Strategy written by Frederick Betz and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2002-04-24 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A modern theory of executive strategy for the information age The information revolution has radically transformed virtually every aspect of business today. Yet, no book has fully addressed its impact on strategic management-until now. In Executive Strategy: Strategic Management and Information Technology, Frederick Betz builds on his pioneering work concerning the management of technical innovation to explore the powerful relationship between traditional strategic management and today's computer and communications technologies. By adapting established strategy-related concepts and processes to the strategic management challenges faced by companies in the information age, this book offers readers the background they need to guide processes ranging from the creation of strategic business models and the development of comprehensive planning scenarios to the strategic management of business diversification and the formulation of information strategy. Concepts are developed with a survey of the older business literature on strategy and the newer information strategy literature, and illustrated by a wealth of new technology and e-commerce-related case studies. The case studies, presented in the book and on its accompanying Web site (www.execstrat.com), are drawn from leading companies such as Apple Computer, Pixar, AOL Time Warner, and Amazon.com. From the Internet and e-commerce to the role of computer-aided tools such as inventory control and project management software, the world of information technology is filled with innovations that have crucial ramifications for the strategic management of every business. This book equips present and future engineering and business professionals with the road map they need to help steer the modern organization skillfully through the twists and turns of this new and exciting business landscape.

Download or read book The Pursuit of Productivity written by Jeffery L. Irvin, Jr. and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-08-18 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Pursuit of Productivity: A Manager's Guide to Information Technology Decisions" is a tutorial for the general manager who has been tasked with deploying information technology solutions within an existing organization. The goal of this book is to provide the manager with a basic vocabulary and understanding of the world of information technology. This will enable him/her to effectively communicate his/her needs to professional information technology consultants, vendors, and the IT staff with whom they work. This will help the manager to make good information technology decisions for the organization. The chief purpose of information technology, in any organization, is to achieve greater productivity. It is towards the goal of productivity that all the efforts of a manager are necessarily directed, especially when it comes to information technology. This book is a starting place for the manager who wants to familiarize his/her self with the world of the Internet and information technology. This book provides the manager with a bird's-eye view of things like the cloud, virtualization, computer networks, and how all of these things require a holistic approach when it comes to their implementation. Every good manager understands that a productive organization is one in which all the parts are working effectively toward the same goal. This is no less true when it comes to the implementation of information technology. Those managers tasked with implementing new information technology must always remember that it is not technology that makes an organization effective, it is people, and how they use technology to achieve the objectives of the organization. So, this book is based on the central principle that people, not technology, make an organization productive. Technology merely helps these people to do even more, faster.