War and peace and IT : business leadership, technology, and success in the digital age / by Mark Schwartz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schwartz, Mark, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Information technology--Management.

Information technology.

Technological innovations--Management.

Technological innovations.

Leadership.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (211 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

War and peace and IT

War and peace and information technology

Place of Publication:

Portland, OR : IT Revolution Press, [2019]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The Business-IT Wall Must Come Down With A Seat at the Table, thought leader Mark Schwartz pulled out a chair for CIOs at the C-suite table. Now Mark brings his unique perspective and experience to business leaders looking to lead their company into the digital age by harnessing the expertise and innovation that is already under their roof: IT. In the war for business supremacy, Schwartz shows we must throw out the old management models and stereotypes that pit suits against nerds. Instead, business leaders of today can foster a space of collaboration and shared mission, a space that puts technologists and business people on the same team. For business leaders looking to unlock their enterprise's digital transformation, War and Peace and IT provides clear context and strategies. Schwartz demystifies the role IT plays in the modern enterprise, allowing business leaders to create new strategies for the new digital battleground. It is time to change not only the enterprise's relationship with technology, but its relationship with technologists. To accelerate, enterprises must bring technology to the heart of their work, for just as technology is causing this disruption, it is technology that provides the solution. Unlike Napoleon, it is time for business leaders to come down from the hill atop the Battle of Borodino and enter the fray with the technologists, for that is where the war will be won or lost.

Contents:

Principles

The business and IT

Complexity and uncertainty

Agility and leanness

Interlude: the graphs

The business value of IT

Particulars

Interlude: humility and hubris

The off-balance sheet asset

Governance and investment management

Interlude: innovation

Risk and opportunity

Bureaucracy and culture

Interlude: security

Planning and reporting

Interlude: the future of IT

Prescriptions

Action plan

The leadership team

Afterword

References

Notes

Acknowledgments

About the author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781098124151

1098124154

9781942788720

194278872X

OCLC:

1151767979