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Computing Business - Issue 16

This month's Computing Business looks at the challenges of change management and bringing through a successful transformation project. How do you manage the people - and how do you manage the technology?

Written by Mark Samuels

Computing Business, 21 Jun 2007

Welcome to the sixteenth issue of Computing Business, the monthly magazine for IT leaders.

Computing Business is designed for senior executives at the forefront of technology-enabled change in UK companies and the public sector.

Chief information officers are increasingly expected to develop the business, technology, leadership and personal skills needed to make an effective contribution to decision-making in the boardroom. Computing Business aims to help its readers take that step.

The magazine brings together an exclusive community of the UK’s 35,000 most senior IT executives to examine the personal, organisational and management issues that affect their ability to inspire IT-enabled change.

You can access the articles from issue 16 below. We welcome your feedback on the new publication, this web site or any of the features from the magazine - email us at feedback@computingbusiness.co.uk or post your thoughts using the reader comment box at the end of this page.

This month's articles include:

When no news is bad news

Richard Webb of Smiths News tells Charlotte Moore how IT helps maintain the reliable nature of newspaper delivery

Spread your wings

Mark Samuels says that successful change will come down to a case of transformation in the business and the individual

More than just a price tag

IT departments are starting to recognise the value of charging back costs to users, writes David Roberts

Change is in the air

A sensitive approach to managing business change will encourage a positive staff response and a successful project

Some great reward

Executive benefits promise much, but firms must have the right structure in place

Case study: Bruce Forbes Head of IT at Resolution

Rewards change for IT leaders when they step up into senior executive roles. No longer are they on bonuses for targets on specific projects, but on packages linked to overall corporate performance

Getting back to happiness

A happy team is a productive team. Gary Flood looks at giving your workers that much-needed boost

How I did it: fixing a broken team – a CIO's tale

Positive feedback can go a long way to helping rasie morale

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