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The Adventures of an IT Leader, Updated Edition with a New Preface By the Authors by Robert D. Austin

Robert D. Austin . Unknown Year . English

What does it take to lead and manage your company’s tech? Becoming an effective IT leader and manager presents a host of challenges—from anticipating emerging technologies, to managing relationships with senior executives, vendors, and employees, to communicating with the board. A good IT leader must also be a strong business leader. This book—now thoroughly updated with a new preface by the authors and current tech details and terminology—invites you to accompany new CIO Jim Barton as he steps up to leadership at his company. You’ll get a deeper understanding of the role of IT in your own organization as you see Jim struggle through a tough first year, handling (and fumbling) all kinds of management challenges. Although fictional, the scenarios are based on the authors’ long experience working with real-life companies across industries and sectors. The Adventures of an IT Leader is both an insightful story and an instructive guidebook. You can read it from beginning to end or treat it as a series of cases, skipping around to different chapters that address your most pressing needs. (For example, if you need to learn about crisis management and security, read chapters 10–12.) You can also test yourself and think about how to use the book’s lessons in your own company by reading the authors’ “Reflection” questions at the end of each chapter. This book is your indispensable manual for IT management and leadership, no matter what business you’re in.

Categories: Leadership & Strategy

About the Author

Robert D. Austin is a Professor of Information Systems at the Ivey Business School at Western University, and an affiliated faculty member at Harvard Medical School. Prior to his appointment at Ivey, he was Professor of Innovation and Digital Transformation at Copenhagen Business School (CBS), and, before that, Associate Professor of Technology and Operations Management at the Harvard Business School (HBS). He has taught extensively in Executive Education, and for nearly a decade chaired the HBS executive program for Chief Information Officers (CIOs). His research focuses on management of innovation processes, especially in creative companies. Professor Austin has published many articles in academic and professional venues, such as Harvard Business Review, Information Systems Research, Management Science, MIT Sloan Management Review, Organization Science, and the Wall Street Journal. His is also the author of nine books, all available on Amazon. He's also had extensive experience as a manager, as Dean of the Faculty of Business at the University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, as CEO of the largest executive education provider in northern Europe (now called CBS Executive), as chief operations executive for a new business incubated by a major tech company, and at at Ford Motor Company.

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