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- Help out this colleague recently promoted to IT manager
- TechRepublic member terryd recently asked for advice in the forums: "I just recently got promoted to be the IT manager for 5 stores... I was wondering if any of you had any suggestions or ideas on how to do the job effectively. My biggest problem is that Im not the...
- Tags: Managers, Management, IT strategy, It Management, IT leadership
- Blog posts 2007-05-10
- My best tips for leading an IT department to success
- Ive put some of my best leadership tips into a new article called "10 tips for leading your team to peak performance." As I mention at the top of the article these tips are aimed at leaders who are managing knowledge workers and/or project managers, so keep that in mind...
- Tags: Managers, Management, IT strategy, It Management, IT leadership
- Blog posts 2007-05-02
- Looking for info on hazards of not training/preparing future leaders
- I'm doing a paper discussing the hazards of not training/empowering/mentoring/etc. current workers in order to prepare future leaders to be ready for the responsibility of a new position resulting from the massive exodus of baby boomers that is heading for all industries.anyone know of any good resources/articles/etc on that topic...
- Tags: jer2911tx@..., training, mentoring, managers, baby boomers, off-topic, leader
- Discussion threads 2006-03-06
- Do I have to return sales calls?
- Do I have to return sales calls?As an IT manager, I get lots of sales calls, especially after I've attended a conference and vendors get my name and title off the attendance list. A lot of the calls are shameless: they say I stopped by their booth (I...
- Tags: booth, e-mail, caller, cold caller, marketing, sales, calls, managers, txiso, it management, sales call, telephone
- Discussion threads 2006-02-16
- Looking for top ten list of issues facing technical managers
- Looking for top ten list of issues facing technical managersI'm looking for examples of pressing issues facing today's technical managers (doesn't have to be limited to IT, could be any manager in a technical field).anything from employee morale, employee turnover, employee training, eomployee continuing education, department budgeting, project budgeting, employee...
- Tags: Change management, technical manager
- Discussion threads 2006-01-04
Additional Resources
- Company Attitude Towards IT Managers
- Company Attitude Towards IT ManagersI would like to know if the attitude towards IT Managers by upper management and other peer managers has changed over the past five years.I have been involved in IT for over 20 years. In my experience and those
- Tags: information technology, Hockeyist, SlapShot, it management
- Discussion threads 2005-02-06
- Download Managers - A Better Downloading Experience: An In-Depth Analysis of How Download Managers Help You Download Content From the Internet
- A download manager is a utility designed to fix all the problems you may be having downloading content from the internet. They have quickly become a must-have utility for all internet users. Download managers can accelerate your downloads, allow you to resume broken downloads and contain numerous features that allow...
- Tags: Analysis, Download Manager, Internet
- White papers 2005-12-12
- Manpower Retention in IT: An Oxymoron?
- The IT Organizations earn their bread and butter through human resources. Retention of people should be considered a business goal rather than a damage control measure. In order to be effective, retention strategy not only requires a joint effort on the part of managers, senior managers, Human Resource managers, Training...
- Tags: Human Resources, Information Technology, Association For Computing Machinery, Manager, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2005-04-26
- MSProject Server-Resources by Group view
- I'm trying to determine who all the task managers are in our MSPS installation. We created a group called Project Managers and with few exceptions, people in that group are task managers (per Collaborate >> Publish >> Republish >> [checkbox] Become the manager for these assignments). I can find the...
- Tags: Group
- Q&A 2006-07-14
- Poll: IT managers and IT executives, do you play golf?
- One of the most prevalent stereotypes about executives and managers is that they spend their time playing golf while their teams toil away doing the real work. Lots of executives do play golf and many of them use it as a creative way to conduct meetings with partners and clients....
- Tags: Jason Hiner, Executive, Business Structures, IT manager, Stereotype, Information Technology, Strategy, Finance, Management
- Blog posts 2008-01-28
- Managers at Leading Spanish Newspapers Access Key Communications Data on the Move
- Managers at leading Spanish newspaper El País travel extensively and depend on access to their e-mail messages and calendar on the move. To address this requirement, the Technology and Systems Department initially deployed the BlackBerry mobile working solution from Research in Motion. This could not meet managers' needs and was...
- Tags: Microsoft Access, Microsoft Corp., Manager, E-mail, Microsoft Windows, Smart Phones, Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Online Communications, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Hardware
- Case studies
- managers
- what do managers and supervisor functions entail?
- Tags: Workforce management, staceyrusson@...
- Discussion threads 2007-06-22
- Why are managers afraid to manage?
- Yes indeedNot only is it what the manager is being paid to do but it provides the kind of feedback that will help in future hiring decisions. In my experience, its more important to get the right "fit" in a new employee rather than getting the best of the...
- Tags: Canuckster
- Discussion threads 2007-10-19
- Mazda's Dealer Analysis Dashboard Application Creates More Productivity
- North American Mazda sales and customer service field managers are responsible for visiting each dealership in their territory at least four times a year to review performance and improve sales. Field managers spent at least three days collecting performance data from several mainframe reports, spreadsheets, and third party analyses to...
- Tags: BEA Systems Inc., Performance, Mazda Motor Corp., Analysis, Manager, Performance Management, Sales Strategy, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Sales
- Case studies 2006-03-01
- IT managers share 15 complaints about CIOs
- One of the best ways to gauge your management skills as a CIO is to measure them against common concerns voiced by IT managers about their bosses. When TechRepublic asked, members unleashed a host of grievances, from poor communications to a lack of confidence in their knowledge and decision-making capabilities....
- Tags: IT manager, CIO, TechRepublic Inc., Tools & Techniques, Decision-making, Management
- Download resources 2005-05-20
- Linux 101: Simplify your next OS installation with Linux package managers
- Package managers can simplify your next Linux installation. No matter which distribution you choose for your Linux installation, you will have to make some decisions about what and where applications get stored during the process. Package managers, which are included in many Linux distributions, can simplify the...
- Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Operating System, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software
- Download resources 2006-02-22
- Competencies of IT Project Managers
- Much has been written about competencies of project managers. Some focus on the "art" vs. the "science" of project management; others differentiate between "leaders" and "managers." Both conclude that successful project managers need a mixture of the two. The leader/art side requires strong communication, visioning, and interpersonal skills, while the...
- Tags: Information Technology, Project Manager, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Management
- White papers 2003-04-22
- 10 midyear resolutions for IT managers
- Great infoThis is very true and a fue ideas I had not thought of, thanksRE: 10 midyear resolutions for IT managersOn #6 - what are the best strategies for explaining the difference between wants and needs to customers? It's especially difficult when a customer has an unlimited internal budget...
- Tags: jacton@..., midyear resolution
- Discussion threads 2007-07-27
- Required reading for help desk managers
- The books on our required reading list for help desk managers offer valuable information for new IT managers and seasoned leaders. Compiled by an IT veteran with 10 years management experience, this list provides a real-world review of 14 titles covering a range of IT management topics, including: ITIL, staffing,...
- Tags: Information Technology, Help Desk Manager, Help Desk, Call Centers, It Operations
- Download resources 2005-06-17
- Back to Basics - Practical Magic for Project Management Success
- A number of articles, books, and conferences that tout a quick fix to project management challenges are staggering. There's a reason for it, though. Many managers are looking for new and improved ways to navigate through their projects and end up with the successful end results their proposals promise. There...
- Tags: SAS Institute, Manager, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Management
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