{"product_id":"9781422181010","title":"IT Savvy: What Top Executives Must Know to Go from Pain to Gain","description":"\u003cp\u003eDigitization of business interactions and processes is advancing full bore. But in many organizations, returns from IT investments are flatlining, even as technology spending has skyrocketed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese challenges call for new levels of IT savvy: the ability of all managers-IT or non-IT-to transform their company's technology assets into operational efficiencies that boost margins. Companies with IT-savvy managers are 20 percent more profitable than their competitors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eIT Savvy\u003c\/i\u003e , Peter Weill and Jeanne Ross-two of the world's foremost authorities on using IT in business-explain how non-IT executives can acquire this savvy. Concise and practical, the book describes the practices, competencies, and leadership skills non-IT managers need to succeed in the digital economy. You'll discover how to:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Define your firm's operating model-how IT can help you do business\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Revamp your IT funding model to support your operating model\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Build a digitized platform of business processes, IT systems, and data to execute on the model\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Determine IT decision rights\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Extract more business value from your IT assets\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePacked with examples and based on research into eighteen hundred organizations in more than sixty countries, \u003ci\u003eIT Savvy\u003c\/i\u003e is required reading for non-IT managers seeking to push their company's performance to new heights.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harvard Business Review Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47028747960560,"sku":"9781422181010","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781422181010_p0.jpg?v=1763741008","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781422181010","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}