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- Managerialism, MBO and Performance Appraisal in Regional Local Government - Victoria
- The Kennett government in Victoria during the late 1980s and early 1990s undertook a significant managerialist reform agenda. As part of the reform process the Victorian Local Government Act, 1989 was introduced and major changes were made in the strategic direction, organisation and control of Victorian local government. One of...
- Tags: Monash University, Performance, Senior Management, Government, Performance Management, Vertical Industries, Performance Appraisal, Team Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Management
- Case studies
- Managing Up. Not the same as Sucking Up.
- I disagreeThe advice about not bringing a dead cat without a shovel is good. But I suggest a couple of things to clarify.If you can't find the shovel, don't hide the cat till it gets really stinky. At least tell the boss about the cat, suggest you are looking for...
- Tags: angry_white_male, dead cat, shovel, senior management
- Discussion threads 2007-03-12
- Policy, Personnel, and Equipment as Security Enablers
- Corporations are beginning to place greater emphasis on network security, recognizing that security policies are the backbone in substantiating a well-formed business case. The widest possible array of security equipment might still struggle to protect your system if its employees are not versed in preventive safety techniques. Your policy should...
- Tags: benchmark, essence, posture, Cisco Systems Inc., backbone, security, security policy, senior management, network security, business case, ROI, governance, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, technique, enabler
- Download resources 2005-02-03
- Apply this framework to establish a solid acquisition process
- Every acquisition of technology brings some degree of business risk; being organized and prepared is the best way to control it. Learn the key elements to adequately assessing the risks involved, and why building a framework is the first step to take.The key to ensuring that your IT organization...
- Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate law, Purchasing & Procurement, Peter Hennigan, acquisition, senior management, procurement
- Technical articles 2002-09-26
- How to influence senior management
- Sometimes the project manager knows best—despite what senior management may think. Whatever the issue—the go/no-go decision on a project, a budget issue, a personnel assignment, a conversion—project managers are typically well versed on the details of a project and are in the best position to make the right decision. But...
- Tags: Scott Robinson, senior management
- Technical articles 2003-02-26
- Get IT Done: Consolidating servers can be stymied by several roadblocks
- By John R. Phelps and Carl ClaunchThe major cause of unsuccessful server consolidation is poor planning that does not take account of the possible roadblocks that must be overcome. Although many of the items to consider are small and may not apply in every environment, they can mount up quickly...
- Tags: consolidation, Gartner , Get IT Done, senior management, server
- Technical articles 2003-09-25
- What's senior management's view of your project?
- When you and your team are in the trenches of software development, do you ever wonder how senior management views your efforts? And while you might even hope that your projects don’t attract much attention from senior managers, knowing how these managers view your project can be a key to...
- Tags: Corporate governance, Patrick Andrews, senior management
- Technical articles 2003-01-17
- Simple stats and graphs can help sell senior management on more servers
- Convincing senior management to buy more application and Web servers in tight economic times can be a challenge. Instead of bombarding them with complex statistical analyses, some simple graphs may help you make the point more effectively.If load-testing results and capacity planning suggest that you need to increase the number...
- Tags: Web services, server, Matthew Osborn, senior management
- Technical articles 2002-03-11
- There are few options for dealing with a CIO with a bad attitude
- QuestionI have read TechRepublic articles about how to handle staff with poor attitudes, but what if your CIO has the bad attitude? What can IT managers do to change that scenario? It seems to me that more CIOs are "motivating" employees with negative comments, such as ”I can get twice...
- Tags: Human Resources, Peter Woolford, senior management
- Technical articles 2003-07-21
- New managers must find balance between tech and management duties
- We recently received an e-mail from TechRepublic member Julius Roberts, who touched on an important issue many LAN administrators face. Julius leads a LAN/WAN team for a private multinational IT firm in Australia and has been working in IT for four and a half years. He had a stellar career...
- Tags: team, senior management, Julius Roberts, Steven A. Watson
- Technical articles 2003-07-15
- Develop a plan for keeping management informed
- To keep your management team well informed about the ups and downs of your systems and support issues, you need a simple and effective plan for communicating. You’ll want to keep managers fully informed, but you don’t want to drown them in detail. We spoke with experts and IT pros...
- Tags: cumulative report, Josh Davis, Molly Joss, senior management
- Technical articles 2003-04-02
Additional Resources
- Value of Project Management in IT Organizations
- Implementing project management adds significant value to IT organizations. This conclusion is the result of a survey of senior-level project management practitioners by the Center for Business Practices, the research arm of the consulting and training organization, Project Management Solutions, Inc. Over 97% of senior-level project management professionals stated that...
- Tags: Information Technology, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Management
- White papers 2001-10-15
- IT Costs, Value and Role of ITIL
- One of the challenges with business executives, and senior IT management for that matter, is a constant fixation on the costs of the IT function. In senior management circles "IT sure is expensive" is a constant refrain followed all to quickly with attempts to downsize, outsource, cut budgets and so...
- Tags: Information Technology, Problem, ITIL, Strategy, It Services, Management
- White papers 2006-11-21
- Web Application Develoopment and Management Jobs in Londo UK
- I have a whole load of well paid Web Applications development jobs in Hammersmith, London UK but in spite of advertising them at the top end of the salary curve can't find anyone. We are talking Senior and Middle Project Management with Java/C++ and other web development experience but management...
- Tags: .NET, Middleware, brian.catt@..., job, Web application, Web
- Discussion threads 2007-07-12
- Report: Great Expectations—The Changing Role of IT in the Business
- This report from the Economist Intelligence Unit, sponsored by Capgemini, Cisco Systems, and SAP, presents findings from a global survey of senior business and IT executives. The research points to a yawning gap between IT capabilities and the demands of senior management.
- Tags: Information Technology, Cisco Systems Inc., Strategy, Management
- White papers 2006-09-01
- Learning Project Management Skills in Senior Design Courses
- US university engineering programs include a "senior design" course in their curricula. These courses are a student's last opportunity to use design skills learned in school. Student teams work to solve a problem while demonstrating their design and technical skills. A survey of one university department's program showed that few...
- Tags: Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Management
- White papers 2005-10-19
- Best Practices for Implementing Performance Management Software
- This CFO Research Services report is a follow-up to the firm's previous paper, "Best Practices in Selecting Performance Management Software," which offers tips and recommendations from senior finance executives who have successfully implemented performance management systems in their companies. Sponsored by Clarity Systems, this paper builds on that earlier report...
- Tags: Performance, Clarity Systems, Finance, Best Practice, Performance Management System, Performance Management, Business Intelligence, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2006-01-01
- Better Management of IT Resources
- The HP OpenView DecisionCenter suite is the result of a project initiated in November 2004. At the time, it had become clear that demonstrating IT's contribution to the business is an organizational mandate. The project started by conducting customer research into the decision-making needs of senior IT managers. More than...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, HP OpenView DecisionCenter Suite, Tools & Techniques, Utility Computing, It Management, Strategy, Management, It service Management
- White papers 2006-06-01
- Analyst Webcast: Building the Business Case for Federated Identity
- This important analyst webcast outlines the business benefits of federated identity management. Join Dan Blum, Senior Vice President and Research Director for the Burton Group, and Howard Ting, RSA Security's Federated Identity Senior Product Manager, for an information-packed presentation on this important and emerging technology. From mitigating regulatory or...
- Tags: Business Case, RSA Security Inc., Webcast, Identity Federation
- Webcasts 2004-07-28
- Driving Business Value With Insight From the Tivoli Technical Community
- IT service management professionals have a significant challenge to face. They are required by Senior Management to align IT goals with the business; however, they are often missing the necessary tools to carry out this important request. An enterprise may have embraced the philosophy of ITIL and have groups handling...
- Tags: Decision Support, IBM Corp., Data Mining, Tools & Techniques, Change Management, ITIL, It Services, Service Level Management, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Management, It Operations, It service Management
- White papers 2007-10-01
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