Synopsis
Getting IT Right is a succinct, practical, strategic planning guidebook for executives, project leaders, and managers tasked with instituting IT change in large organizations. It provides a blueprint for strategic planning of enterprise-level changes in IT, impacting all areas of company operations, as well as a training tool to prepare, help, guide, and motivate positive participation by those impacted by the changes.
About the Author
Dr. Jim Bohn is "The Blue Collar Scholar." Raised by a factory-working father and armed with a PhD, Dr. Bohn puts proven theory on the table and invites you to roll up your sleeves and go to work. His organizational expertise, insight, and business savvy derives from decades of successfully leading leaders, observing, and evaluating the organizational behavior of multiple Fortune 500 organizations. Dr. Bohn's rare alloy of practice and theory is hard to find in today's market, making him a much-appreciated advisor. An internationally recognized expert on leadership, change management, and organizational efficacy who has served in a variety of roles in the corporate world beginning in 1973, Dr. Bohn has personally lead the transformation of multiple under-performing teams to achieve award-winning levels of success. He has served in roles ranging from the shop floor to design, engineering, sales, and service. His customers include major hospital networks, manufacturing organizations, global legal teams, finance groups, and non-profits in projects ranging from leadership team development, mergers, organizational analysis, and large-scale change implementation including ERP projects across the US and in Europe. He has served as a Group Director for the Manufacturing Consortium Paranet Group. Dr. Bohn's prior book, Architects of Change: Practical Tools for Executives to Build, Lead and Sustain Organizational Initiatives, has been endorsed by G.E., Walgreens, Lowe's, Comfort Systems USA, and others, while The Nuts and Bolts of Leadership has been endorsed by Sodexo and the Water Council of Milwaukee. In addition to his books and published research, teaching at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Concordia University, and Marquette University, and his work in organizational transformation, Dr. Bohn is a sought-after speaker at the Milwaukee Business Journal and the National Academy of Change Management Professionals. He's led workshops for SHRP and Wisconsin I/O Psychologists, ASTD-Twin Cities, MNCMN, MNODN, Atlanta Field Service Conference, Metro Milwaukee SHRM Annual Conference, SHRM SIGS, IFMA Twin Cities and the Chicago Corenet Real Estate Group among others, including PMI International, Minnesota PMI, the Volunteer Center of Ozaukee County, OFB, National Association of Credit Managers, The Neenah Police Department, the Plant Facilities Management Association, PRSA, Johnson Controls, Kohler and QPS.
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