In Search of Business Value

Small Press Bookwatch, June, 2005

In Search of Business Value

Robert McDowell and William L. Simon

Select Books

1 Union Sqaure West, Suite 909, New York, NY 10003

1590790626 $24.95 www.selectbooks.com

A key Microsoft vice president and a skilled author of the business world (among other venues) combine their talents to present In Search of Business Value, a management self-help book for both corporate and IT leaders that offers real-life examples showing how best to extract the maximum business value from technology. Framing the achievement of business value as a leadership issue, not a technology issue, chapters address how to make a business case for types of technology, the role governance can play in order to improve the useage of IT, how to cope with controversy and miscellaneous problems, and much more. A no-nonsense guide to steering clear of trouble and gaining optimum benefit, written especially for managers and lay people who themselves may be only minimally familiar with the latest technological innovations.