The Squandered Computer: Evaluating the Business Alignment of Information Technologies

by Paul A. Strassmann

The Squandered Evaluating the Business Alignment of Information Technologies.

Genres: Management, Nonfiction, Business

Hardcover

First published April 1, 1997

About the author

Paul A. Strassmann was a Slovak-born American information technology executive, author and academic. He served as the first Director of Defense Information at the U.S. Department of Defense and as Chief Information Officer (CIO) at NASA. Strassmann was a pioneer in the field of information management, advocating for the measurement of information as a corporate asset and developing concepts such as "Return on Management" and "Information Productivity."

Reviews

[Alan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting discussion of the failure of simple metrics and how the expected advantage of computers doesn't make it to the bottom line.