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The Best IT-Business Books of 2009

By Brian P. Watson on 2009-12-10


2009 produced headaches for many CIOs, but it also produced some of the best IT-business books we've seen in years. CIO Insight looks back at the year's output in information technology, leadership, strategy and management to give you our Top 20. If you haven't read them yet, add them to your holiday wish-list.

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The Real Business of IT: How CIOs Create and Communicate Value By Richard Hunter and George Westerman Harvard Business Press A Gartner VP teams with an MIT researcher to offer a roadmap for converting the perception of IT from cost center to value generator.

The Adventures of An IT Leader By Robert D. Austin, Richard L. Nolan and Shannon O'Donnell Harvard Business Press Harvard Business School gurus team with a Cutter consultant to describe a fictional CIO's first year on the job.

World-Class IT: Why Businesses Succeed When Technology Triumphs By Peter A. High Jossey-Bass The consultant uses examples from CIOs and executives to show effective alignment of business and IT strategies.

Enterprise 2.0: New Collaborative Tools for Your Organization's Toughest Challenges By Andrew McAfee Harvard Business Press The Harvard professor continues his groundbreaking work with this C-level study of collaborative technologies.

IT Savvy: What Top Executives Must Know to Go from Pain to Gain By Peter Weill and Jeanne Ross Harvard Business Press MIT experts explain how non-IT executives can harness the power of IT to drive their businesses forward.

The IT Value Network: From IT Investment to Stakeholder Value By Tony Read Wiley The consultant and former CIO urges closer alignment of IT spending with overall business strategy.

7 Lessons for Leading in Crisis By Bill George Jossey-Bass The former Medtronic CEO on managing through an economic downturn.

High Commitment, High Performance: How to Build a Resilient Organization for Sustained Advantage By Michael Beer Wiley The Harvard professor and TruePoint chairman on the elements of organizational success.

Derailed: Five Lessons Learned From Catastrophic Failures in Leadership By Tim Irwin Thomas Nelson A look at the former CEOs of Home Depot, Lehman Brothers and others, with lessons on how not to follow their examples.

The Invisible Edge: Taking Your Strategy to the Next Level Using Intellectual Property By Mark Blaxill and Ralph Eckardt Portfolio Hardcover Intellectual property experts tell how to understand your assets and build competitive businesses around them.

The Laws of Disruption: Harnessing the New Forces That Govern Life and Business in the Digital Age By Larry Downes Basic BooksThe Stanford Internet law expert explores nine areas where technology is reshaping the way we do business and live our lives.

Wired for Thought: How the Brain is Shaping the Future of the Internet By Jeffrey M. Stribel Harvard Business Press A brain scientist and entrepreneur examines how the Internet replicated the human brain, and what that means for business in the future.

The Silver Lining: An Innovation Playbook for Uncertain Times By Scott Anthony Harvard Business Press The consultant and author on innovation during tough times and building a successful creative strategy.

Your Next Move: The Leader's Guide to Successfully Navigated Career Transitions By Michael Watkins Harvard Business Press Guidelines for making various job transitions after promotions, career changes or international moves.

Built to Win: Creating a World-Class Negotiating Organization By Lawrence Susskind and Hallam Movius Harvard Business Press Two Harvard Law School experts argue that negotiating agreements can be a competitive advantage.

Inspire: Why Customers Come Back By James Champy FT Press The Perot Systems exec offers a new manifesto on how business can build and strengthen customer loyalty.

Collaboration: How Leaders Avoid the Traps, Build Common Ground, and Reap Big Results By Morten T. Hansen Harvard Business Press The Berkeley and INSEAD professor explores the barriers to instilling a collaborative culture, and includes tips for breaking through them.

Discovery-Driven Growth: A Breakthrough Process to Reduce Risk and Seize Opportunity By Rita Gunther McGrath and Ian C. MacMillan Harvard Business Press Two management professors offer a treatise on delivering business growth while mitigating risks.

Keeping the Millennials: Why Companies Are Losing Billions in Turnover to This Generation-And What to Do About It By Joanne Sujansky and Jan Ferri-Reed Wiley Two executive coaches investigate high turnover among Generation Y workers, and look at ways to prevent it.

Management Rewired: Why Feedback Doesn't Work and Other Surprising Lessons from the Latest Brain Science By Charles S. Jacobs Portfolio A consultant explains how making decisions emotionally rather than rationally hinders workforce management.

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