Management books

lz1

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Any good management books that you can recommend, I am taking up a management position in IT soon.I am a first timer so I reckon the ABC... of management is what I am looking for.
Thankx
 
lz1 said:
Any good management books that you can recommend, I am taking up a management position in IT soon.I am a first timer so I reckon the ABC... of management is what I am looking for.
Thankx
First time in IT, or first timer in managment?
 
first ime to management, been around IT long enough.............maybe too long !!
 
I dunno if you're going to get too much from books, to be honest - I've found that theory is all so nice & clean when reading the books, but real life is quite different & so much more complicated. Will your employer offer any management training? Can you identify an experienced people-manager who can act as a mentor/advisor for you?
 
There's so much waffle and sh*te written about management that you could easily get swamped. Before moving onto IT management specific books, I'd highly recommend "What Management Is" by Joan Magretta. First of all it gives a historical perspective of the evolution of managment over the last hundred years which is invaluable to give you the background to be able to put any "new" management theory into context. Next, it is the only material I've ever read about management (not much to be honest, it usually tries my patience no end) that avoids stating the obvious and concentrates on some of the surprising results in the field.

For IT management, "Rapid Development" by McConnell is the best book in my opinion but should be backed up by studying the classic works on software economics - like Boehm - etc.
 
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