Today, IT complements global businesses to so that it redefines business approaches, economic models and functional frameworks. Consequently, businesses are embracing IT as a strategic tool for competitive advantage. This requires building IT infrastructure by carefully addressing a company’s business goal and complementing its entire organizational strategy. This book outlines the strategic importance of IT, highlights the changing role of CIOs and IT managers and discusses IT strategies that organizations must adopt to optimize their IT investments.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR B.Ravi Kumar Jain
Ravi Kumar Jain B holds an MBA degree (Finance) from Osmania University, Hyderabad and PGD ITM (E-commerce & EDI) from AIMA, New Delhi. He has worked as Assistant Professor in a B-school affiliated to Osmania University for four years in Hyderabad. Presently, he is working as a senior faculty member at Icfai Research Centre, Head quarters, heads Special projects team and also teaches at Icfai Business School, Hyderabad. He has presented several research papers in national and international conferences in India and abroad. He has got many of his articles published in several refereed journals. He has received an award, 'Researcher of the Year', from the Vice President of India, for the best contribution in an international conference on Enhancing Global Business Competitiveness in November 2004, at New Delhi. He has authored a book titled "Open Source Software: A Revolution in the Making" and has edited several books on the themes related to Internet and business management, the latest being "Internet Governance: An Introduction" and "IT Governance: An Introduction". His areas of interest include outsourcing, e-commerce, strategic management, technology in business and financial management.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Rajesh Prabhakar
K Rajesh Prabhakar holds a PGDBA from the ICFAI Business School, Hyderabad. He is associated with the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India for about three years. He is presently working as an Associate Consultant with the ICFAI University Press. He is the Editorial Team Member for various magazines published by the ICFAI University Press. His articles have been published in various publications viz., academic magazines, journals and executive reference books. He has also edited executive reference books on Internet Collaboration, Blogs, Wikis, Phishing, and IT Strategy. His areas of interest include technology management, knowledge management, finance and economics. Prior to joining the ICFAI, he worked with Indian Railways for five years.
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