Flapping to Flying:
Transforming "IT" into Information Leadership
Information technology (IT) has the potential
to transform a business or to bring it to its knees.
Is it an asset or a curse?
When it comes to implementing IT initiatives,
many organisations simply flap.
This book will enable your organisation to fly.
With information leadership: knowledge management, information systems management, and information management become aligned by the way the professionals of each discipline work together and measure success. It’s a new way of thinking, coupled with models you can use to shape IT implementations more successfully; in terms of behaviour, systems and processes.
Flapping to Flying describes twelve
mind-tools that will give you new ways of scoping, implementing and reviewing
projects. If you are a senior leader, these mind-tools will help shape
your strategy for how information can further organisational goals. Because
of their power and flexibility, these mind-tools will also prove invaluable
to mid-range managers, IT professionals and IT solution vendors.
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Part 1 Getting Started |
We introduce the metaphor 'Flapping to Flying' and provide examples to start you thinking about the flapping behaviour that is holding back your organisation. |
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Part 2 Information Leadership Thinking |
We introduce and explain the central concepts on which the book is built. These are core concepts around the role of IT, and how it can be an excellent enabler when it is aligned to providing people with the information they need to do a great job. |
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Part 3 Flying Tools |
The thinking from Part 2 is extended and applied in a number of common business scenarios. This part supplies the pragmatic thinking and some of our mindtools that you can apply to your organisation to help diagnose and manage common problems. |
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Part 4 Flying in Formation |
Part 4 brings the thinking and mindtools together to show how they can help you develop Information Leadership practices organisation-wide. |
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Part 5 Your turn to fly |
One of the strengths of this book is that it provides a context for people with very different roles and experiences who play their part in IT implementation and day to day use. This part summarises for each role, the key insights about how to apply and promote Information Leadership practices. In addition, we provide a summary of the twelve 'for your convenience'. |
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