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For graduate and undergraduate courses in IT management and IT strategy.
The authors utilize their years of working with companies on IT management / strategy to provide students with a practical look at the evolution of IT in business.
The authors utilize their years of working with companies on IT management / strategy to provide students with a practical look at the evolution of IT in business.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I first read this when I was at university, and since coming back out into the commercial world I've realised what an excellent book it is. This should be mandatory reading for anybody in a decision making position, whatever industry they're in.
It clearly identifies the role of IT both historically and currently. There are also measured (and canny) observations on where to go next. True, it's written in a very academic style but this is very much a strong point as there is no waffle or wild conjecture here. The plentiful case studies are appropriate to illustrate the points being made.
Highly recommended.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I bought this book for my MSc in Analysis, Design and Management of Information Systems and I consider that it was extremely helpful. The chapter about the perspectives of IS and the role of the CIO are very interesting. In the chapter about Information Systems Planning, they included lots of concepts related to strategy, linking IS Planning with six different approaches/techniques: Stages of Growth, Critical Success Factors, Competitive Forces Model, Value Chain Analysis, Internet Value Matrix and Linkage Analysis Planning. The chapters about managing systems development are really instructive also. I strongly recommend the book for those IT practitioners whom are seeking a managerial position. It is very useful to managers and strategists as well.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This was the recommended reading material for MIS when I was at Uni a few years ago and it still reads very well (if you like that sort of thing). Although I must confess to being someone that thought that the special feature about the making of The Phantom Menace that appears on the DVD edition was an insightful analysis of project management (really! it gave me a great respect for George Lucas!)
It dispels many of the myths that still abound; much of the emphasis of the book is on IT as strategic tool rather than a cost saving one. Neither does it pretend that everything is rosy in the garden, particularly where emotive issues such as downsizing (mass sackings) and outsourcing (getting you to apply for your current job with a different company for less money) are concerned. There are numerous case studies illustrating what at first seem like dry facets of commerce but end up being quite rivetting snippets of how successful businesses became such.
The only other thing is that the price tag is around 3 times what I paid a few years ago, but if you are an IT decision maker (in which case you should have read this book already) then the cost will be just a minor expense.
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The best book at Professional Graduate Diploma BCS
I used this book at Professional Graduate Diploma British Computer Society Exams for the modules Management Information Systems and Computer Services Management. Read more
Published on 26 Nov 2003 by Yusuf
Good from the practical point of view
What I can say is that the book has an extensive collection of case examples of related occurences dealing with each topic. Read more
Published on 25 Jun 2003 by Dharmesh Suraj Bali
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