Teach your managers
Here's an interesting article from yesterday's Computerworld online about several things missing from personnel development. First, CIOs were told that CEOs often look outside the company for top IT management because they lack confidence in the business acumen of internal IT managers. Then participants in the session in Columbus, Ohio acknowledged that perhaps they should provide more business skill training for their IT management in order to groom them for top jobs. I suppose a third failure is on the part of lower and mid level IT management who fail, on their own, to improve their business knowledge and skill sets.
This is actually something we noticed in manufacturing in general when determining the original editorial stance of Automation World, especially in the engineering area--that is, the need for business knowledge. We are no longer in an age of applying technology for the sake of having the newest, fastest stuff. Engineers as well as IT professionals must always consider the business case and overall business needs of the company when designing new projects.
Technology is stil important, but it shouldn't be the master. The master is the business need of the company.
CIO hiring, recruiting evolve as job duties change. IT executives must learn business skills, and how to teach those skills to the next generation of managers. Too many look outside for help instead of training their own. [Computerworld News]
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