Managing the IT Management Crisis

Posted by AmericanSentinel under Technology
From http://www.americansentinel.edu 4828 days ago

Some people are happy working in a purely technical IT position. They like to roll their sleeves up and focus on skills they earned in their information technology degrees and building practical experience.

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Written by businessavante
4828 days ago

A lot of places put the CFO in charge of IT, like a hospital where I worked. I don't see the connection in terms of expertise*, but it exists.

Duncan

*In my case, the hospital CFO knew nothing about IT, but he was over it. I know he didn't, because he was also over my department, and claimed no knowledge there, either, at meetings he attended. He oversaw the budgets, and OK'd projects presented to him. (I never thought this situation was ideal, or even peripherally advisable, for that matter.)

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Written by businessavante
4828 days ago

Further, having the CFO over IT was a "streamlining" effort in the early/mid-2000's. Prior to being gobbled-up by the big local hospital, we had our own VP over IT (who oversaw my department then, too). He had a "tech guy" who knew the nuts & bolts of IT (then called IS - information systems), while he managed it with much less specialized technical knowledge.

After removing the VP over IT, they installed a "gigaman" that literally hard-wired all the small local hospitals (underground) to the giant, and let go of all in-house IT personnel. All IT personnel were at the hub only, and each hospital had to print their own 'labs' every shift to keep up with changing patient needs. I saw the gigaman wiring at its terminus in our hospital - it was as big around as a man's arm.

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