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IT Governance

How Top Performers Manage IT Decision Rights for Superior Results

by Peter Weill and Jeanne W. Ross

IT Governance
Publisher: Copyright © 2004 Harvard Business School Publishing Corporation
Summarized by permission of Harvard Business School Press
Pub. Date: 2004
ISBN: 9781591392538
No. pages: 288

Category: IT, Production & Logistics
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  • Why IT governance is important and is rapidly becoming more so
  • How to know if your IT governance systems work
  • How to ensure that your IT governance system fully supports your organizational strategy

Why you should read IT Governance

Authors Peter Weill and Jeanne W. Ross provide a thoughtful overview of an important topic - how companies govern information technology and how they can maximize their IT investments. Although computer professionals don’t walk around in white lab coats the way they did in the early 1970s, many corporate cultures tend to isolate IT professionals. Although studies show that companies which govern their IT processes effectively earn higher profits, IT professionals often seem cloistered in their own high-tech priesthood. This book provides a blueprint for harnessing IT and making it the efficient value-generating machine it was always intended to be. You don’t have to wear a pocket-liner, carry a PDA or even know what "http" stands for to benefit from reading this book, which makes a strong case for the importance of solid, goal-aligned IT management. If you sense that your company suffers from a disconnect between its strategy and its IT capabilities, getAbstract.com believes this book could become your firm’s most important piece of low-tech information technology.

About the Authors

Peter Weill directs the Center for Information Systems Research (CISR) at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, where he is a Senior Research Scientist. Jeanne W. Ross is a principal research scientist at CISR.

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