Strategic IT: Best Practices for Managers and Executives

Discover the secrets to CIO strategic advocacy and success

Written by Art Langer and Lyle Yorks, recognized authorities in the areas of technology management and leadership, Strategic IT: Best Practices for Managers and Executives includes cases, lessons learned, and best practices from CIOs at high-performing companies including BP, Prudential, Covance, Guardian, Merck, and others.

In Strategic IT, Langer and Yorks explore the current transformation in the CIO role and equip IT professionals to think strategically, answering questions including:

• What is strategic advocacy?
• Why should CIOs make technology an important part of business strategy?
• How is technology organizationally positioned as an effective strategic driver?
• What challenges are posed by various ways of positioning technology and what are the implications of how these challenges are resolved?
• What strategies are used by high-performing CIOs in addressing challenges and in strategically positioning technology?
• How will the new wave of disruptive technologies affect organizations?

Defining best practices to implement and sustain strategic advocacy and success at the CIO level, Strategic IT helps you grow successfully in your CIO position—from integration of technology as a business driver to developing a strategic mindset within the technology function.

Dr. ARTHUR M. LANGER is the Academic Director of the Executive Master of Science in Technology Management, Columbia University Program in Technology, School of Continuing Education. He also serves on the faculties of the Graduate School of Business and the Teachers College, Columbia University Graduate School of Education. He has authored seven books and writes for various technology journals and magazines.

Dr. LYLE YORKS is Associate Professor in the Department of Organization and Leadership, Teachers College, Columbia University, where he teaches graduate courses in strategy development. He serves on the Executive Education faculties at various universities, where he teaches classes in leading strategic change, negotiation, and organizational influence. He has presented on strategic influencing for the Chief Information Officer Institute workshops held at Columbia University.