Riding the Tiger: How to Outsmart the Computer That Is After Your Job. How Not to Bankrupt Your Organization With Information Management. How Good Clients Get exception [Hardcover]

Alistair Davidson (Author), Harvey Gellman (Author), Mary Chung (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1996

Most books about information technology are very technical and their message dates quickly. Riding the Tiger is the one book that a business manager ought to read to keep up with computers - it presents timeless advice on technology usage.

Riding the Tiger will show you how to make information management more effective in your organization and how to prevent your organization from spending too much money on information technology. It provides a framework for planning your use of information technology that is appropriate for any manager in any organization.

Riding the Tiger is every business manager's manual for understanding how to harness the power of the tiger. From what you do as a manager, to how to make your business objectives drive your information management strategy, to managing or becoming involved in a project, this book will help business managers make a difference when information technology projects are proposed to them or when they are initiating projects with suppliers.

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About the Author

Harvey Gellman was the first Canadian to receive a Ph.D. in computer science, graduating in 1951. He was involved in the purchase of the first computer and ran the first computer program in Canada. Over the past 42 years, he has become known as the dean of computer consulting, co-founding a major Canadian computer consulting firm, Gellman, Hayward & Partners, now part of the CGI Group. He currently works primarily in the area of information strategy and information warehousing.

Alistair Davidson and Mary Chung are the founders of Alacrity Inc., a strategic consulting firm that also develops management-oriented decision support software and simulation-based training programs. From their initial product in 1985, the first application of artificial intelligence to strategic planning, to their latest product, Alacrity Results Management(, they have specialized in helping organizations improve their performance.

Authors' URL: http://www.tigerpearls.com

Product Details

• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: Harpercollins Canada; 1st edition (December 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0002557630
• ISBN-13: 978-0002557634
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,356,397 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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