Wednesday, 18 May 2011

What Makes A Successful IT Manager?

Successful IT Managers should have the ability to know what their company requires and the timing for implementation of that requirement. Having an upper hand in technological expertise a successful IT Manager can determine when their company is going through a transition and ensure a successful execution of that transition. Troubleshooting the technological problems faced in your department and observing and preparing for any kinds of technological alteration or update can give you an expertise and train you to handle more responsibility. Quickly assessing technologies and adapting to the constantly updating technological world is very vital for a future in this profession. Numerous IT Managers, who lack this ability to observe, detect, update, improvise or change technology end up with a tainted career and cost their companies million of dollars.

Every efficient IT Manager needs to set a goal for himself. Setting a target, and planning a safe path to achieve it is the first step for an IT Manager and his team to move forward. An adequate manager will know how to drive their teams to achieving the appointed goal through coercion, motivational techniques, effective planning and the right balance of authority without reckless rigidity. Managers who can aptly communicate their ideas and plans to their teams can utilize the ability of their team to the maximum; which earns them their team’s confidence and trust. Communicating their theories to their teams and personnel on various different levels shows strong leadership attributes, promise and commitment to their cause. Getting things done through others with the help of good communication methods is a key skill required for management success. Successful IT managers are those who can successfully communicate with their employees, peers, clients, sales agents, and seniors; and accomplish in translating their needs and situational statistics and data to their senior managers, technical staff, and non technical clients.

To effectively create a mission statement and objective an IT Manager has to have savvy planning tricks. A mix of aggression and ambition helps them realize what their priorities are and their modus operandi for development of their plans. Planning is a sign of an active instead of a reactive manager. Reactions cause mediocre work results, while active causes monumental feats at work. 


Bibliography

Lee, S. M. and Lee, C. K. (April 2006), "IT managers' requisite skills,"
Communications of the ACM, volume 49, issue 4
 Sisco, M. (2003) "What makes a successful IT manager"? TechRepublic 

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