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IS Management and Business Change Guides
Released on 09/10/2002
The latest guides in the IS Management and Business Change series are now available.
How to manage Business and IT Strategies (ISBN 1903091020) covers the reasons why strategic management is important, the process of creating a business strategy, and how to respond to change. There is a particular emphasis on the IT aspects of strategic management, together with discussion of key public sector issues such as joined-up working and electronic service delivery (e-business). As a result of reading this guide, you will be able to follow the process of creating a strategy: looking at the business, deciding on new directions, and making high level plans for the future. The book will help you to develop a governance framework to make strategic plans happen and respond to key modern challenges such as e-business and joined-up working.
How to manage Performance (ISBN 1903091136) explains the principles of managing performance by determining critical business processes and creating a performance framework to gauge their success. It also covers setting targets, choosing good performance measures and analysing performance information, and includes useful techniques that will help you to achieve improvements in performance. As a result of reading this guide, you will be able to choose performance measures that work, set realistic, achievable but challenging targets and use performance information as a tool for improvement.
The book price is £25 and these publications are also available on CD-ROM.
For more information, or to order online, visit http://www.formatpublishing.co.uk/
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OGC Service Desk
Tel: 0845 000 4999
E-mail: ServiceDesk@ogc.gsi.gov.uk
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