Steps to the Future
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Steps to the Future by Christopher Sauer
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.
"An important book for those executives looking to transition theirorganizations into the 21st Century..especially those users andproviders of information technology services. The IT-basedtransformation is the wave of the next millennium." --Carl C.Williams, Vice President of Information Technology, AmocoCorporation
"Fresh approaches to some of the most vexing issues facingorganizations today....A powerful argument for a new view of therole of information technology within the business organization ofthe future." --Michael Vitale, Professor and Head, Dept. ofInformation Systems, University of Melbourne and former VicePresident, Information Technology and Corporate Services,Prudential Insurance (1988-92)
"[Steps to the Future] helps us approach the impAnding third waveof major social change since farming and the industrial revolution-- namely IT&T. Not only are the difficulties and risks offailure analyzed, but ideas for new methods of organizationalapproach and finding new success parameters are documented toensure that we move toward this change with enthusiasm and hope."--Steve Burdon, Managing Director, British Telecommunications, AsiaPacific
"Executives who adopt the new ideas advanced in this book willunderstand why IT must be an integral part of their organizationand how to act decisively to capture maximum business value fromit." --Neville J. Roach, Managing Director, Fujitsu AustraliaLtd.
Endorsement from Tim Besley to come. Ask Nathalie to have itemailed to her. --Tim Besley, Chairman, Commonwealth Bank ofAustralia
"Fresh approaches to some of the most vexing issues facingorganizations today....A powerful argument for a new view of therole of information technology within the business organization ofthe future." --Michael Vitale, Professor and Head, Dept. ofInformation Systems, University of Melbourne and former VicePresident, Information Technology and Corporate Services,Prudential Insurance (1988-92)
"[Steps to the Future] helps us approach the impAnding third waveof major social change since farming and the industrial revolution-- namely IT&T. Not only are the difficulties and risks offailure analyzed, but ideas for new methods of organizationalapproach and finding new success parameters are documented toensure that we move toward this change with enthusiasm and hope."--Steve Burdon, Managing Director, British Telecommunications, AsiaPacific
"Executives who adopt the new ideas advanced in this book willunderstand why IT must be an integral part of their organizationand how to act decisively to capture maximum business value fromit." --Neville J. Roach, Managing Director, Fujitsu AustraliaLtd.
Endorsement from Tim Besley to come. Ask Nathalie to have itemailed to her. --Tim Besley, Chairman, Commonwealth Bank ofAustralia
CHRISTOPHER SAUER and PHILIP W. YETTON are researchers and consultants affiliated with the Fujitsu Centre for Managing Information Technology in Organizations at the Australian Graduate School of Management. They live in Sydney, Australia.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780787903589 |
| ISBN 10 | 0787903582 |
| Titel | Steps to the Future |
| Autor | Christopher Sauer |
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| Bindungsart | Hardback |
| Verlag | John Wiley & Sons Inc |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 1997-05-14 |
| Seitenanzahl | 352 |
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