Steps to the Future: Fresh Thinking on the Management of IT Based Organizational Transformation

Christopher Sauer/ Philip W. Yetton

ISBN 10: 0787903582 / ISBN 13: 9780787903589

Published by Jossey-Bass Inc Pub, 1997

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320 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Steps to the Future: Fresh Thinking on the Management of IT Based Organizational Transformation
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass Inc Pub
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0787903582
• ISBN 13: 9780787903589
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.68 kilograms

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

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.