Information technology management is now considered a critical success factor among managers. Rapid advancements in technology, dynamic markets, and the changing business environment have created increased demand for professionals who can manage and deliver information systems. Information systems professionals - Chief Information Officers, Chief Technology Officers, as well as CFOs and CEOs are required to led and evolve information resources while partnering with corporate management. Competing in the Information Age : Align in the sand, second edition shows IT and business professionals how their organizations can achieve success through alignment and deployment of business and IT strategies.

Essential reading for managers and executives alike, this book synthesizes the compelling recent work in information technology, with themes that focus on the continuous transformation in business, the adoption of information intensive management practices, the improvement of information processing, and the maturity of the alignment of business strategy and information technology strategy.



Table of Contents:

Part I. Align in the sand

1. Assessing strategic alignment maturity by Jerry Luftman

Part II. Communications

2. Integrating business and IT strategy : reframing the applications development portfolio by Michael J. earl

3. Recognizing the functionality of the future by James C. Wetherbe and Glenn J. Browne

Part III. Competency/Value Measurement

4. Assessing the value of IT by Jerry Luftman and C. Timothy Koeller

5. Creating and sustaining IT-enabled competitive advantage by David Feeny, Blake Ives, and Gabriele Picolli

6. Competing in mobile business by Sirkka Jarvenpaa and Kerem Tomak

Part IV. IT Governance

7. IT governance by Jerry Luftman

8. The IT organization of the future by Carol V. Brown

Part V. Partnership

9. Chief Information Officers : strategic roles and peer influence by Sid L. Huff, Harvey G. Enns, and Scott L. Schneberger

Part VI. Scope and architecture

10. Intra enterprise integration : methods and direction by edward A. Stohr and Jeffrey V. Nickerson

11. Toward the future of enterprise integration : interenterprise systems integration by M. Lynne Markus, Sheryl Axline, Dana Edberg, and David Petrie

12. Learning and earning from e-commerce by Michael J. Earl

13. Information, strategy, and attention by Thomas H. Davenport

14. Information technology investments : dealing effectively with strategic uncertainty through scenario analysis by Eric K. Clemons

15. The influence of wireless networks on information technology strategy by James A. senn

16. Competing through information privacy by Yolande Chan

Part VII. Skills

17. Information technology human resource strategies by Ephraim R. McLean and Scott L. Schneberger

Part VIII. Aligning this book

18. Strategic alignment as a process by Jerry F. Luftman

Index





About the author

Jerry N. Luftman is Professor of Infomation Management at the Stevens Institute of Technology.