0471499358 0470851325 electronic book 9780470851326 electronic book 047084454X 9780470844540 9780471499350
Alternate Call Number
D 90 AAL.I
Summary
Accessible, refreshingly candid, but above all helpful, this pragmatic guide addresses a real need by dealing with the problems that face the new IT manager. By providing a number of practical recommendations and approaches including how to make the transition from technical professional to manager and dealing with people, to giving advice and guidance on organization structure, architecture and planning approaches, this book covers a whole raft of issues essential to managing an IT unit.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
The IT Manager's Survival Guide; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; PART A MANAGE YOUR WORLD; PART B WHAT IS WRONG WITH MANAGEMENT?; PART C THE MANAGEMENT THEORISTS; Appendix A Yukl's specific behaviours for managing relations; Appendix B Business initiative proposal; Appendix C Thorpe's 4 Rs; Appendix D1 Jacques' time span; Appendix D2 Jacques' complexity measures; Appendix E1 Software inventory; Appendix E2 Hardware inventory; Appendix F Examples of principles; References; Further reading; Index.