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An IT manager should be able to determine and define the priorities of his organization. This is important because it is from his understanding and view of the organization's needs where the strategies of his IT department/division will be based. In organizational meetings concerning management processes, the presence of an IT manager is most of the time necessary due to the widespread transformation of the many tasks into computerization. Hence, during such instances, an IT manager should take the lead of identifying the best e-solutions to the needs, particularly on information needs, of his organization. He must have the ability to create approaches that can best meet the needs of the organization. Mark Gordon (2002) suggests the following.
The trick is gauging how soon new technologies will be assimilated by society at large, he says. This is where the CIO's role as technology scout is most valuable to his partners in the executive suite."
Moreover, Gordon (2002) indicated the following idea of Miyamoto Musashi.
In strategy it is important to see distant things as if they were close and to take a distanced view of close things." This is the role of a scout, to go beyond the immediate problem, seeing its...
Particularly in the area of an organization's operation, as are now mostly run by automations, an IT manager can create different strategies that can align to the current trends in technology as well as to the goals and objectives of his organization. In general, therefore, the role of an IT manager should be driven by his skills and will to develop strategic IT solutions that will benefit the organization, both in terms of providing e-support to the goal of achieving successful business operations as well as in terms of maximizing the finances of his organization.
Bibliography
Gordon, M. (2002). How to Succeed in Strategic Planning.
Retrieved on November 15, 2006, from CIO Online.
Web site: http://www.cio.com/archive/031502/hs_succeed.html
Morton, D. (2004). Case Study: Role of the Manager @ IBM.
Retrieved on November 15, 2006, from Learning Circuits Online.
Web site: http://www.learningcircuits.org/2004/nov2004/morton.htm
Bibliography
Gordon, M. (2002). How to Succeed in Strategic Planning.
Retrieved on November 15, 2006, from CIO Online.
Web site: http://www.cio.com/archive/031502/hs_succeed.html
Morton, D. (2004). Case Study: Role of the Manager @ IBM.
Web site: http://www.learningcircuits.org/2004/nov2004/morton.htm
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