Managing for Tomorrow
Summary
The issues for managers today are ethics policy's, marketing on the web and IT manager role
To what extent should the organization monitor the employees
How should your organization market on the web
Managers need to budget, plan and accept changes
The best advice for an information technology manager is recognize change. Change is inevitable and as manager you must be ready to lead your organization through changes. Some of the issues that a manager will have deal is ethics and policy's, how to market on the web and taking the leadership role.
The issues of ethics and policy's is a major concern that each manager will face. With the emergence of technology the manager will have to organize a way to monitor what your employees are doing with the technology. Management will face the issues of how much should you monitor your employees. For example will email being sent and received go through a main computer that will censor it. The IT manager has to manage the capabilities of the systems that are used in the organization. Management has to figure out who is going to control and monitor this information. The largest issue is should management implement policies that will monitor the information being used by workers?
As e commerce is increasing rapidly businesses have to effectively manage their business on the web. Management will be faced with how to use the internet to benefit the company. Using the web to market your organization is a big development. Your organization will be connected to users worldwide. The development on the web is incredible. It enables organizations to put banners on web sites that will advertise the organization. By doing this the organization eliminates the high costs of advertising. Sales on the internet are increasing and having an effective marketing strategy is an integral part of any organization.
Managers for tomorrow have to have great organizational knowledge. They must be able to plan and budget effectively. Managers must have knowledge of the firm and industry. As a manager you must be able to take leadership role. The IT manager must have all these qualities to effectively manage the organization. IT managers have to make the best decision for company and be ready for change.
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