In the message dated: Tue, 07 Jan 2014 10:15:38 -0500,
The pithy ruminations from Peter Grace on
<[lopsa-discuss] Graduating to management and the pains thereof> were:
=> Hello list,
=>
=> Well, I've been an IT Director for about half a year now. In this time I
Me too. We don't share an office by chance?
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=> department, and by gosh I want to fix that. I am asking for your opinions
=> on all manners of self-help: certification ideas, books that have helped
Your timing is terrific, as I was asking myself the same questions
recently, and was planning to purchase this today:
IT Manager's Handbook, 3rd Edition
Getting your new job done
By Bill Holtsnider, Brian D. Jaffe
http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780124159495.do
I've read the 1st chapter on-line, and it looks a little 'lite', but
it avoids some of the business-speak & management-speak that I find
most irritating in general-purpose business books. I'll post more of a
review later.
=> mentality but they're getting to the size where we need to start making it
=> "enterprisey" to keep things moving smoothly. A lot of the people in the
Similar experience here with growth motivating the push for more 'structure'.
Mark
=>
=> Thanks in advance,
=>
=> Pete
=>
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