Strategic Information Technology: Best Practices to Drive Digital Transformation (Wiley CIO) - Hardcover

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ARTHUR M. LANGER, EdD, is the Professor of Professional Practice, Director for the Center for Technology Management, and the Academic Director of the Master of Science Programs in Technology Management at Columbia University. He is also an affiliated faculty member in the Department of Organization and Leadership at the Graduate School of Education (Teachers College).

LYLE YORKS, EdD, is Professor in the Department of Organization and Leadership, Teachers College, Columbia University, where he teaches courses in strategy development as learning process, strategic human resource development, strategic information technology and research.

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Praise for STRATEGIC INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

"Digital disruption is happening at an incredible rate and affecting every industry. Langer and Yorks lay out the key strategic leadership approaches for CIOs to lead their enterprises. Must read for current and future CIOs and Digital Leaders."
—Steve Bandrowczak, President and COO, Xerox

"Langer and Yorks have provided a Second Edition that addresses the key strategic challenges of digital disruption, cybersecurity, and business integration facing all technology executives today."
—Warren Kudman, CIO, Turner Construction

BECOME A CIO THAT IS A STRATEGIC ADVOCATE FOR INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY INTO BUSINESS MODELS

"Langer and Yorks definition of the successful technology leader in Strategic IT is 'spot on' and a must read for CIOs that are planning how they will emerge as leaders in a digital-based society."
—From the Foreword by Nicholas Donofrio, IBM Fellow Emeritus & EVP Innovation and Technology (Ret.), NMD Consulting, LLC, Executive in Residence, Columbia University Center for Technology Management

Thoroughly revised and updated, the Second Edition of Strategic Information Technology contains the case studies, valuable lessons, and best practices from technology and digital leaders at high-profile organizations. Written by Arthur M. Langer and Lyle Yorks (two acclaimed experts in the field) this important volume clearly shows what it takes to become a transformative technology leader and develop the skills and practices needed in order to gain technology's rightful position as a strategic driver within an organization.

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Now in its second, revised edition, Strategic Information Technology offers a guide to the strategy advocacy practices that technology leaders can adopt in order to raise their profile within organizations. The authors—noted experts on the topic—explore the process through which IT leaders can build on their functional expertise and draw on tactical insight and key practices to cultivate strategic relationships with other senior executives.

The authors put the focus on the shift in mindset that is needed in order for technology executives to take their rightful place in the C-Suite as a respected strategic colleague. The book is filled with real-world stories from world-class organizations of successful CIOs. Their stories clearly show how these IT leaders learned the winning approaches for getting technology positioned as a strategic driver across business platforms.

Strategic Information Technology explores the challenges that can occur when positioning technology as a strategic business leader and reveals how these challenges can be resolved. The authors also explain the steps to take to develop the capacity and integrate the necessary practices to strategically position technology within an organization.

The second edition contains information on the effects of the digital global economy on the ways in which organizations need to respond to consumer products and services. It also offers insight and suggestions for integrating Generation Y employees into an organization in order to accelerate competitive advantage. In addition, the second edition explores the vital topic of creating a cyber security culture to protect companies from ever- escalating outside attacks. Strategic Information Technology is filled with the best practices and proven approaches that can redefine your role as CIO from a technology-focused expert to a strategic business partner.