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An 8 page research paper that offers detailed chapter summations for Jerry N. Luftman's text Managing the Information Resource (2004). Chapters 1 and 2 are summarized. No additional sources cited.
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two primary message: first of all, that information technology (IT) is a significant and necessary factor for any successful organization; and secondly, that the "successful management of the IT resource"
is a definitive prerequisite for the obtainment of "competitive advantage" for any organization (Luftman 2). The management of IT focuses on three categories, which are "strategic, tactical and operational"
(Luftman 3). The author goes on to describe how these topics will be addressed and also to discuss how IT affects required skills in every virtually every aspect of business,
which includes financial, human resource, relationship management, governance, marketing, negotiating, and leadership (Luftman 3). The goal of the text is to relate these areas to the management of IT. Having
laid the parameters of his book, the author backtracks and briefly discusses the history of IT and its expanding role in the contemporary business environment. The author describes how
computing history began in 1943 and how even the head of IBM could not foresee the impact that IT would have on the business world. The history of IT can
be broken down into three eras. The first as the era of the mainframe computer and the second era was the era of the PC, in which "computing power was
distributed and applications were developed to support individual needs" (Luftman 4). The contemporary era has been described as one of "pervasive computing," which is a term that encompasses "microprocessors, telecommunications,
application development and human adaptation" (Luftman 4). This historical perspective places the topic of IT in relation to the expanding role of computers and shows how the one
has influenced the expansion of the other. This shows how the impact of IT has gone from being the "automated bookkeeper" to driving "every facet of some organizations" (Luftman 7).
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