Transforming It Culture Frank Wander by Frank Wander 9781118436530, 9781118583098, 1118436539, 1118583094 instant download after payment.

As more and more jobs are outsourced, and the economy continues to struggle, people are looking for an alternative to the greed-driven, selfish leadership that has resulted in corporations where the workers are treated as interchangeable parts. This book shows how the human factors can be used to unlock higher returns on human capital such that workers are no longer interchangeable parts, but assets that are cared about and grown. Refreshingly innovative, Transforming IT Culture shows how neuroscientific and psychological research can be applied in the IT workplace to unleash a vast pool of untapped potential.

• Written by an expert on IT culture transformation
• Considers the widespread "cultural blindness" in business today, and how it can be addressed
• Draws on the author's repeated success transforming IT divisions across major corporations by applying the human factors
• Explains why social intelligence, human factors, and collaboration are the source of harmony, shared learning, mutual respect, and value creation

Employees want positive change in business, something to stop the downward spiral we are on, both financially and emotionally. Transforming IT Culture shows how the essential ingredient to any high performing IT department is a culture where employees are valued and managed to their strengths. Using the Information Technology profession as a lens through which we can understand knowledge worker productivity and how to seriously improve it, this important new book reveals why Collaborative Social Systems are essential to every organization.Content:
Chapter 1 A Shining Light (pages 11–22):
Chapter 2 Corporate America's IT Organization (pages 23–36):
Chapter 3 Workers as Machines (pages 37–44):
Chapter 4 The Unseen Art and Emotion of IT (pages 45–58):
Chapter 5 Case Study: An Unproductive State of Mind (pages 59–66):
Chapter 6 What Are We Waiting For? (pages 67–88):
Chapter 7 Empathy and Compassion (pages 89–96):
Chapter 8 Designing a Collaborative Social System (pages 97–106):
Chapter 9 The Social Compact (pages 107–122):
Chapter 10 The Servant Leader (pages 123–136):
Chapter 11 Social and Emotional Intelligence (pages 137–150):
Chapter 12 Designing an Innovative Culture (pages 151–156):
Chapter 13 Workforce Planning (pages 157–172):
Chapter 14 How to Successfully Transform Your Organization (pages 173–188):