IT and information systems management Books

Book SynopsisNamed one of "10 Management Classics for 2022" by Thinkers50 Why can some organizations innovate time and again, while most cannot?You might think the key to innovation is attracting exceptional creative talent. Or making the right investments. Or breaking down organizational silos. All of these things may help—but there’s only one way to ensure sustained innovation: you need to lead it—and with a special kind of leadership. Collective Genius shows you how. Preeminent leadership scholar Linda Hill, along with former Pixar tech wizard Greg Brandeau, MIT researcher Emily Truelove, and Being the Boss coauthor Kent Lineback, found among leaders a widely shared, and mistaken, assumption: that a “good” leader in all other respects would also be an effective leader of innovation. The truth is, leading innovation takes a distinctive kind of leadership, one that unleashes and harnesses theTrade ReviewWinner of the Thinkers50 Award for Innovation, 2015 Gold medal winner for Leadership in the Axiom Book Awards, 2015 Winner of the HBR Warren Bennis Prize for the Best Leadership Article, 2015 "Recommended Reading: 10 Books on Creative Leadership" -- Forbes "This immensely worthwhile read redefines leadership, encouraging would-be leaders of innovation to shuck the "Follow me! I know the way" approach and opt for an inverted organizational pyramid." -- Success magazine "Throughout this concise book, the emphasis is on practical examples and detailed studies of what is required to make each aspect of innovation work. This thoroughness extends to the authors' prescriptions for the future." -- Forbes "Collective Genius gives diverse food for thought ... overall it successfully bridges the gap between theory and business practice." -- Personalwirtschaft ADVANCE PRAISE for Collective Genius: Tim Brown, President and CEO, IDEO-- "The leadership of innovative teams and organizations is perhaps the most confounding mystery in business today ... Collective Genius reveals the principles by which we can unlock the collective potential of our colleagues and release the creative potential of our organizations." Reid Hoffman, cofounder and Chairman, LinkedIn; coauthor, The Alliance-- "An interesting and instructive look at how leaders can create flexible corporate ecosystems to unleash individual talent in ways that lead to greater organizational innovation." Kenneth I. Chenault, CEO and Chairman, American Express-- "Collective Genius offers real-world insights that will help today's business leaders challenge the status quo, drive new ideas, and create an environment where change and innovation are the norm." Tony Hsieh, CEO, Zappos; New York Times bestselling author, Delivering Happiness-- "Linda Hill and her coauthors argue that innovation requires a different kind of leader--someone who can create and sustain a culture that brings out the 'collective genius' of all their diverse and talented people. A great read for anyone leading a team, organization, or community." Terri Kelly, President and CEO, W. L. Gore & Associates-- " ... Collective Genius is one of the few books that truly captures innovation in action and the important role--and qualities--of leaders who make it happen." Mark M. Little, Senior Vice President, Director of Global Research, and Chief Technology Officer, General Electric-- "A great read, full of important insights for anyone involved in high-impact innovation ... I look forward to sharing it with my colleagues." Joi Ito, Director, MIT Media Lab-- "... A must-read for any manager or participant in an organization that requires innovation--in other words, any organization that wants to be successful in the new world of continuous massive disruptions." Clayton M. Christensen, Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; author, The Innovator's Dilemma-- "Innovation. Leadership. Motivation. Execution. What we need to do is quite obvious. And thanks to this book, we now have a guide to teach us how."

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Book Synopsis How to transfer your organization’s most important knowledge—before it walks out the doorWhen highly skilled subject matter experts, engineers, and managers leave their organizations, they take with them years of hard-earned, experience-based knowledge—much of it undocumented and irreplaceable. Organizations can thereby lose a good part of their competitive advantage. The tsunami of “boomer” retirements has created the most visible, urgent need to transfer such knowledge to the next generation. But there is also an ongoing torrent of acquisitions, layoffs, and successions—not to mention commonplace promotions and transfers—all of which involve the loss of essential expertise.Dorothy Leonard and Walter Swap first addressed this acute loss of knowledge in their groundbreaking book Deep Smarts (2005). Since then, managers have repeatedly asked them for practical, proven techniques that will help transfer those deep smTrade Review"In today's workplace, knowledge is power--but only if you can capture, preserve, share, and use it. That's where Critical Knowledge Transfer: Tools for Managing Your Company's Deep Smarts comes in. This book is highly useful for anyone concerned with the loss of organizational knowledge and the costs associated with it." -- TD magazine (Association for Talent Development) ADVANCE PRAISE for Critical Knowledge Transfer: Teresa Roche, Vice President and Chief Learning Officer, Agilent Technologies-- "An outstanding and comprehensive field guide for anyone who really cares about talent in his or her organization. Leonard, Swap, and Barton outline the foundations of knowledge transfer and provide practical applications to help you reflect thoughtfully and act effectively on critical knowledge transfer issues. A pragmatic and compelling book." T.J. Elliott, Vice President and Chief Learning Officer, ETS-- "When those in our organizations with 'deep smarts' leave, taking their knowledge with them, what do we do? The techniques in this book, with their insightful specificity and proven practicality, will benefit the leader who wishes to solve this critical dilemma." Richard Gross, Vice President, Learning and Development, Cargill, Inc.-- "Critical Knowledge Transfer provides a thought-provoking, comprehensive, and practical guide for transferring critical, experience-based knowledge. I highly recommend it for business and HR leaders alike." Steve Phillips, Chief Information Officer, Avnet, Inc.-- "With the speed of business today, companies can't afford to lose the deep, experience-based knowledge of departing employees and leaders. Critical Knowledge Transfer provides profound insight into this challenge, along with concrete tools, techniques, and examples that businesses can apply immediately to prevent this hard-won knowledge from walking out the door forever."

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Book SynopsisIf you're an information security professional today, you are being forced to address growing cyber security threats and ever-evolving compliance requirements, while dealing with stagnant and decreasing budgets. The Frugal CISO: Using Innovation and Smart Approaches to Maximize Your Security Posture describes techniques you can immediately put to use to run an effective and efficient information-security management program in today's cost-cutting environment.The book outlines a strategy for managing the information security function in a manner that optimizes cost efficiency and results. This strategy is designed to work across a wide variety of business sectors and economic conditions and focuses on producing long-term results through investment in people and technology.The text illustrates real-world perspectives that reflect the day-to-day issues that you face in running an enterprise's security operations. Focused on managing information sTable of ContentsNew Normal. Information Security Maturity Life Cycle. Reducing Complexity. Frugal Hiring. Frugal Team Management. Managing External Parties Effectively. Security Awareness: Fluff or Strategic Investment? Information Security Policies and Procedures. Is This Necessary? Understand the Budgeting Cycle. Using the Goldilocks Principle. The Hybrid (Frugal) CISO. Frugality as a Continuing Strategy for Information Security Management.

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Book Synopsis Understand common security pitfalls and discover weak points in your organization''s data security, and what you can do to combat them. This book includes the best approaches to managing mobile devices both on your local network and outside the office. Data breaches, compliance fines,  and distribution  of personally identifiable information (PII) without encryption or safeguards place businesses of all types at risk. In today''s electronic world, you must have a secure digital footprint that is based on business processes that are designed to protect information. This book is written for business owners, chief information security officers (CISO), and IT managers who want to securely configure Office 365.  You will follow the Microsoft cybersecurity road map through a progressive tutorial on how to configure the security  services in Office 365 to protect and manage your business. Table of Contents1. Why Security and Compliance 2. Azure and Office 365 Security 3. Office 365- Security Score 4. Office 365- Deploying Identity Management with EMS 5. Office 365- Mobile Device Management with EMS 6. Using Office 365 Compliance Center 7. Migration Step by Step 8. Managing Your Office 365

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Book SynopsisSAP's integration technologies are now combinedbut what is SAP Integration Suite, and how do you use it to manage an integrated enterprise landscape? In this book, get the answers to these questions and more as you take a tour of the new suite. Then get step-by-step instructions for using key capabilities such as prepackaged integrations, open APIs, integration scenarios, the Integration Advisor, and more. Master the complete integration suite!In this book, you'll learn about:a. The Integration LandscapeDiscover SAP's new approach to integration. See how the SAP Integration Suite encompasses a series of integration technologies, including the architecture and complimentary intelligent technologies. b. Key Capabilities Learn about services like SAP API Business Hub for pre-packaged accelerators, the cloud integration service for application integration, the integration advisor for automated integration, and SAP Event Mesh for event-driven integration. c. Integration Scenarios Use inte

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Book SynopsisThe Digital Transformation Playbook: What You Need to Know and Do is an indispensable resource for you and your organization as you embark on the exciting and challenging journey of digital transformation. It features insightful ideas and best practices that drive digital transformation. Contributors include leading thinkers and practitioners drawn from around the world.

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Book SynopsisThe Digital Transformation Playbook: What You Need to Know and Do is an indispensable resource for you and your organization as you embark on the exciting and challenging journey of digital transformation. It features insightful ideas and best practices that drive digital transformation. Contributors include leading thinkers and practitioners drawn from around the world.

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Book SynopsisKnowledge translation is a relatively new research topic originating in fields of health sciences and economic development. It is of great interest to knowledge management researchers and practitioners.

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Book SynopsisThe Fourth Industrial Revolution while creating many new opportunities, is inevitably going to lead to uncertainty around specific jobs. To understand which jobs will be uncertain as society moves towards the Fourth Industrial Revolution, Johannessen adopts three time-perspectives.

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