Effective Management and Evaluation of Information Technology

Today's MIS manager must understand and apply the latest thinking on the crucial management functions: planning, organizing, directing, and controlling. Moreover, not only must managers understand the research-based foundations underlying this thinking, they must also know how to leverage the new MIS technologies and incorporate them into it. Thierauf's new book guides managers through the technology/managerial function interface, explains latest research and its applications, and then provides MIS managers, their external auditors and consultants, with a unique questionnaire to help them assess the performance of their MIS groups and their own managerial effectiveness. With illustrations, checklists, guidelines, and unusual clarity of presentation, not only will Thierauf's book help MIS managers and those they report to understand better their day-to-day tasks, but it will also shed new light on the technologies themselves and their inevitable work impacts.

ROBERT J. THIERAUF is Professor of Information and Decision Sciences at Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio. Formerly a staff accountant (CPA) and consultant at Coopers & Lybrand, Thierauf has written extensively on management information systems, management science, and computers. He is the author of 28 books, nine under the Quorum Books imprint.