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From the Foreword by Jeff Raikes
In Search of Business Value offers a practical, close-up examination of how a manager or executive can best determine whether a new technology expenditure is justified by a business need.
Once again, McDowell and Simon have written a pragmatic management guideline on how to make decisions about technology and profit — a guide to decsions on what’s needed, what’s a waste, and what justifies a decision to buy.
Although this book will be important to corporate Information Technology managers and Chief Technology Officers, it speaks as well to CEOs and CFOs of major companies, entrepreneurs and executives of small- and mid-sized companies, and the heads of departments, divisions, and workgroups. If you advise or make important spending decisions about technology, you won’t want to miss this fast-paced book.
In Search of Business Value is filled with input from companies that have been successful in realizing returns on investment in technology, incorporating the wisdom of executives from major companies in the U.S., Europe, and Latin America that are on the leading edge of this vital subject. Their stories make fascinating reading; their advice is beyond valuable.
The conversations, histories, and anecdotes recounted in these pages cut through the fog of competing concepts on technology decision-making, and shed light on such issues as:
· The role of IT in achieving business value
· Justifying IT expenditures beforehand vs. demonstrating value afterwards
· The role of workplace culture in both integrating and furthering the use of technology
Commenting on the authors’ previous book by the same writing team, Assistant Secretary of the Army Rich Whiston wrote to say, "I am going to suggest that your book be issued as required reading at both the Command and General Staff College and also the War College. We of the National Defense arena are most grateful to you for sharing your wisdom."
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