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Information Technology for Managers
Today's managers are increasingly expected to successfully oversee and understand information systems -- even when it is an area in which they have had little formal training or expertise. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR MANAGERS is targeted at these future managers who are expected to understand the business implications of information technology. Real world examples show future managers how information technology can be applied to improve their organization. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR MANAGERS provides a framework for managers to understand their important role vis-a-vis information technology and it emphasizes the importance of working effectively with all members of the organization to achieve results.
- GenresBusiness
500 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 2009
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April 19, 2021
While I don't want to read it again, it was not the worst text book I ever read. It got straight to the point on all topics. Sure, technology changes and the book is 6 years old at the time I read it... but overall not bad of an introduction for someone with zero IT experience.
December 22, 2020
Намешано в кучу несколько концепций, очень много устаревшего, за 6-7 лет мир информационных технологий изменился, а книга недостаточно фундаментальна.
January 4, 2014
I don't have a lot to say about this one. This is meant to be a graduate level textbook, I think, and an introduction to IT for non-technical business people. And so it should be perfect for someone like me. I flatter myself to think that I am a relatively sophisticated and literate computer user, but I would not call myself a techie. And I did learn some things form this book. So why it irritate me so badly? For two reasons, I think.
First, the book is basically stitched together with information from other places. Granted, a high-level overview of a subject such as IT is going to have to cull from a wide variety of sources. But the extensive footnotes and the lack of flow in the text made it feel like the author was letting other people do the heavy lifting. I could not sense the author providing any additional context, interpretation or point of view. Instead, the book feels like someone aggregated a series of articles from technology journals over the past decade and then dumped them on to the page without a lot of structure.
Second, the reference points are old and some of the information is out of date. This book was published in 2010 and is still being used in classrooms today. But most of the articles and web-sites cited in the footnotes are from 2007 and 2008. In some fields that might be acceptable, but in technology this is a cardinal sin. Things move and change too fast. One example: The book describes RSS feeds and treats them like one of the next big things. But all of the articles I have seen recently suggest that RSS feeds have come and gone and are rapidly being replaced by other technologies.
Overall, a disappointing read.
First, the book is basically stitched together with information from other places. Granted, a high-level overview of a subject such as IT is going to have to cull from a wide variety of sources. But the extensive footnotes and the lack of flow in the text made it feel like the author was letting other people do the heavy lifting. I could not sense the author providing any additional context, interpretation or point of view. Instead, the book feels like someone aggregated a series of articles from technology journals over the past decade and then dumped them on to the page without a lot of structure.
Second, the reference points are old and some of the information is out of date. This book was published in 2010 and is still being used in classrooms today. But most of the articles and web-sites cited in the footnotes are from 2007 and 2008. In some fields that might be acceptable, but in technology this is a cardinal sin. Things move and change too fast. One example: The book describes RSS feeds and treats them like one of the next big things. But all of the articles I have seen recently suggest that RSS feeds have come and gone and are rapidly being replaced by other technologies.
Overall, a disappointing read.
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