Becoming an effective IT manager presents a host of challenges–from anticipating growing technology to handling relationships with vendors, employees, and other managers. An excellent IT manager must also be a strong business innovator. This book invites you to accompany new CIO Jim Barton to raised understand the function of IT in your company. You will see Jim struggle through a complicated first year, managing (and fumbling) circumstances that, although imaginary, derive from true occasions. You can read this book from starting to end, or treat is as a series of cases. You can even skip around to handle your most pressing needs. For example, should try to learn about turmoil management and security? Browse chapters 10-12. You can formulate your very own reactions to a CIO’s hurdles by reading the authors’ regular ‘Reflection’ questions. You’ll turn to this book many times as you face IT-related issues in your own career.