Settle, Mark
Truth from the trenches : a practical guide to the art of IT management / Mark Settle - Brookline, MA : Bibliomotion Inc., 2017. - xx, 183 p. ; 24 cm.
Summary:"The IT management profession is not for the faint of heart. Anyone who has worked in this sector is familiar with the unique (and borderline impossible) challenge of trying to keep up with technological innovations while operating on a too-small budget and facing constant criticism for problems outside of your control. Truth from the Trenches passes on the hard-won leadership lessons that seven-time CIO Mark Settle gained during years of working in IT management. Settle describes the key constituencies that an IT leader needs to influence, seduce, leverage, and manage to be successful. His practical recommendations will allow readers to improve their organizational impact and accelerate their career advancement."--Jacket Includes index
"Written by a practitioner for practitioners."
Contents:
Prologue: Leadership versus management
Follow the money
Get them to like you
Fishing in the talent pool
Playing nicely with the vendors
What gets measured gets managed
Decoding demand signals from the business
Exercising the power of position
Managing innovation
Look in the mirror
Epilogue: The art of the possible
9781032717906 (hbk.)
Information technology Management.
Management Information technology.
658.4038 SET
Truth from the trenches : a practical guide to the art of IT management / Mark Settle - Brookline, MA : Bibliomotion Inc., 2017. - xx, 183 p. ; 24 cm.
Summary:"The IT management profession is not for the faint of heart. Anyone who has worked in this sector is familiar with the unique (and borderline impossible) challenge of trying to keep up with technological innovations while operating on a too-small budget and facing constant criticism for problems outside of your control. Truth from the Trenches passes on the hard-won leadership lessons that seven-time CIO Mark Settle gained during years of working in IT management. Settle describes the key constituencies that an IT leader needs to influence, seduce, leverage, and manage to be successful. His practical recommendations will allow readers to improve their organizational impact and accelerate their career advancement."--Jacket Includes index
"Written by a practitioner for practitioners."
Contents:
Prologue: Leadership versus management
Follow the money
Get them to like you
Fishing in the talent pool
Playing nicely with the vendors
What gets measured gets managed
Decoding demand signals from the business
Exercising the power of position
Managing innovation
Look in the mirror
Epilogue: The art of the possible
9781032717906 (hbk.)
Information technology Management.
Management Information technology.
658.4038 SET
