developing and delivering on the IT value proposion

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Getting to know
 how IT is changing and will continue to change

organizations.
 how to make business decisions about a key organizational resource—Information Technology.
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By taking a critical issues perspective，IT
Strategy treats IT as a tool to be leveraged to save and/or make money or transform an organization--not as a study by itself.

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IT Strategy issues and practice second edition
 By James D. Mckeen and

Heather A. Smith

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A focus on IT management issues as opposed to technology issues 

Critical IT issues explored within their organizational contexts

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Readily applicable models and frameworks for implementing
IT strategies

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Proven strategies and best practices from leading-edge organizations 

Useful and practical advice and guidelines for delivering value with IT

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There will be more ten mini cases-each based on a real company presented anonymously.
 Mini cases are not simply abbreviated versions of standard,

full-length business cases. They differ in two significant ways: ▪ 1. A horizontal perspective. Unlike standard cases that develop a single issue within an organizational selling (i.e., a vertical slice of organizational life), mini cases take a horizontal slice through a number of coexistent issues.
▪ 2. Highly relevant information. Mini cases are densely written.
Unlike standard cases, which intermix irrelevant information, in our mini cases each sentence exists for a reason and reflects relevant information. 

Section I: Delivering Value with IT
 is designed to examine the complex ways that IT

and business value are related.
▪ Chapter 1 (Developing and Delivering on the IT Value
Proposition)
▪ Chapter 2 (Developing IT Strategy for Business Value)
▪ Chapter 3 (Communicating with Business Managers)
▪ Chapter 4 (Building a Strong Relationship with the Business)
▪ Chapter 5 (Developing IT Professionalism)

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Section II: IT Governance
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