The Entrepreneur's Guide to Managing Information Technology

The Entrepreneur's Guide to Managing Information Technology

by CJ Rhoads
ISBN-10:
0275995453
ISBN-13:
9780275995454
Pub. Date:
03/30/2008
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN-10:
0275995453
ISBN-13:
9780275995454
Pub. Date:
03/30/2008
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Academic
The Entrepreneur's Guide to Managing Information Technology

The Entrepreneur's Guide to Managing Information Technology

by CJ Rhoads

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Overview

Software. Hardware. Networks. Wireless. Entrepreneurs face a bewildering array of choices and decisions when it comes to incorporating technology into the fabric of their businesses. Yet nothing could be more important these days. Aligning information technology (IT) with business strategy is essential to meet and beat the competition. As business strategy and technology expert CJ Rhoads shows, managing information technology effectively is an essential skill that all entrepreneurs must develop, just as they develop skills in sales or finance. However, due to the immaturity of the IT industry, making good decisions about information technology is very difficult. Reliable and unbiased information is hard to find, and technical people are often unable to convey information in a way that makes sense to entrepreneurs. The Entrepreneur's Guide to Managing Information Technology to the rescue!

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780275995454
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 03/30/2008
Series: The Entrepreneur's Guide
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 208
Product dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

CJ Rhoads is a well-known guru, speaker, and author on making better decisions about business strategy and technology. Rhoads is the founder of ETM Associates, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in enterprise decision making, management, and technology. She's also an Associate Professor in the College of Business at Kutztown University, as well as the author of over a hundred published articles, dozens of manuals and whitepapers, and two books.

Table of Contents

Illustrations
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. What Is Information Technology and Why We Need to Map It
2. Pounce Like a Panther
3. Why Non-IT People Find IT So Difficult
4. Why IT People Are So Difficult
5. The Essential Balance: Matching The Process
6. Why IT Vendors Are So Difficult
7. The Inside Secrets of Software and Hardware Vendors
8. Getting the Most from Networking
Appendices
A. Technology Map Examples
B. Common Technology Issues Most Business Leaders Experience
C. Basic IT Ability and Experience Sample Assessment
References
Index

What People are Saying About This

Skip Torresson

"The Marriage Of The Hedgehog And Panther Will Produce Powerful And Significant Offspring."

Skip Torresson, CEO, The Stewardship Group

Bill Bauerle

"The ideas are timely and in tune with the challenges most business professional face when trying to understand the IT complexities affecting today's bottom line decisions. My sense is that the scope is about right to effectively address how to better deal with the thesis, i.e. that business owners and Entrepreneurs are often at a disadvantage when making technology decisions because the playing field is bent toward the IT vendors and consultant. This book can help business and IT professionals better navigate through the hype and confusion that is too often intermingled with IT communications, and as a result make better tactical and strategic IT decisions."

Bill Bauerle, CIO Lockheed Martin

Laura Donovan

"The combination of thorough research and personal experience make this a very credible read. The casual writing style makes the statistics and references quite easy to digest."

Molly Tremblay

"Inviting and nonthreatening for the novice IT purchaser. Easy to grasp analogies utilizing everyday language."

Bill Bauerle

"The ideas are timely and in tune with the challenges most business professional face when trying to understand the IT complexities affecting today's bottom line decisions. My sense is that the scope is about right to effectively address how to better deal with the thesis, i.e. that business owners and Entrepreneurs are often at a disadvantage when making technology decisions because the playing field is bent toward the IT vendors and consultant. This book can help business and IT professionals better navigate through the hype and confusion that is too often intermingled with IT communications, and as a result make better tactical and strategic IT decisions."

Skip Torresson

"The Marriage Of The Hedgehog And Panther Will Produce Powerful And Significant Offspring."

Conrad Karlson

"Just reading Chapter One, CJ Rhoads has helped me to make my plan for the future a more calculated and informed one."

Laura Donovan

"The combination of thorough research and personal experience make this a very credible read. The casual writing style makes the statistics and references quite easy to digest."

Laura Donovan, Director of Publications, Klee Associates, Inc.

Conrad Karlson

"Just reading Chapter One, CJ Rhoads has helped me to make my plan for the future a more calculated and informed one."

Conrad Karlson, Karlson Photography

John McNamara

"Very informative and entertaining. It kept my interest and I am not a technology person. I liked the way the information was presented, and the examples that were used kept me reading. This book is right on. The author offers practical advice and information that can be very valuable to Entrepreneurs!"

John McNamara, CEO, McNamara & Associates, Inc.

Fred Beste

"This book is the IT Bible for non-technology managers or corporate America. CJ Rhoads has distilled her decades of experience as a manager and consultant into an eminently practical IT management guide."

Fred Beste, CEO, MidAtlantic Venture Fund.

Molly Tremblay

"Inviting and nonthreatening for the novice IT purchaser. Easy to grasp analogies utilizing everyday language."

Molly Tremblay, Behavioral Medicine Center, Reading Hospital

John McNamara

"Very informative and entertaining. It kept my interest and I am not a technology person. I liked the way the information was presented, and the examples that were used kept me reading. This book is right on. The author offers practical advice and information that can be very valuable to Entrepreneurs!"

Fred Beste

"This book is the IT Bible for non-technology managers or corporate America. CJ Rhoads has distilled her decades of experience as a manager and consultant into an eminently practical IT management guide."

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