TY - BOOK AU - McBreen,Dennis TI - Information technology management: : a business plan enabler. Book 1, Principles SN - 9781970063028 (softcover) AV - HF5548.2 .M33 2018 PY - 2018/// CY - Springboro, Ohio, PB - Braughler Books, KW - Information technology KW - Management KW - Information Management KW - Management information systems N2 - Presents the basic principles of information technology management by demonstrating how the IT complex can be viewed and managed as any other company business unit, which contributes to the company's "bottom-line." The view is based upon an IT management model that is business plan driven; comprehensive of IT's managment and technical functions; and inclusive of both IT and business unit responsibilities. The model achieves its business and financial objectives by utilizing the management concepts of staff leveraging, plan alignment, gap analysis, and right-sizing in the management and deployment of IT resources. From the technical perspective the model is information-driven, which views information as the common denominator of traditional data, voice, text, and image processing technologies. A supporting computer platform, technology, and organization independent architecture (CPTOIA) with a systems and services organization enables the model's technical capabilities ER -