Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Getting managers to understand IT

Where in the organization do we bridge the gap? Managers do not understand the basic concepts of IT and IT professionals do not understand, certain protocols when it comes down to running the business . Is it that we are all in this comfort zone and we do not want to cross the line...I believe so.From an IT standpoint, it is very necessary for managers to understand, security, database management,networking, etc.A business can not survive without the use of IT. IT is used for every aspect of the business, collecting and maintaining data, communicating etc; therefore if a manager does not understand how IT can improve production in the future, then how can he/she strategize.I am not implying that IT professionals should not understand the organizations operation, however the development of systems starts with planning and usually consist of managements input.

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