Purchasing and Financial Management of Information Technology

A Practical Guide
1. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-0-7506-5854-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 384 Seiten, Format (B × H): 186 mm x 264 mm, Gewicht: 900 g

Reihe: Computer Weekly Professional

Purchasing and Financial Management of Information Technology aims to significantly reduce the amount of money wasted on IT by providing readers with a comprehensive guide to all aspects of planning, managing and controlling IT purchasing and finance. Starting from a recognition that IT purchasing and the financial management often needs to be treated differently from other types of expenditure, the author draws on over 25 years of experience in the field to provide readers with useful mixture of good procedures and common sense rules that have been tried, tested and found to work. Many of these are illustrated by case histories, each with a moral or a lesson.Purchasing and Financial Management of Information Technology provides useful guidelines and advice on whole range of topics including:* IT acquisitions policy* Dealing with suppliers* Budgeting and cost control* IT cost and risk management* Specification, selection and evaluation of systems* IT value for money

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bannister, Frank

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Einkauf, Logistik, Supply-Chain-Management
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Kostenmanagement, Budgetierung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

IT Acquisition Policy; Dealing with Suppliers; IT Costs and Cost Management; Evaluating and Reviewing IT Investments; IT Budgeting, Accounting and Cost Control; Specifying Hardware and Systems Software; Specification of Application Software; Purchasing Other IT Products and Services; Evaluation and Selection of IT; Risk and Risk Management; Legal Aspects of Purchasing.

Über Autor(innen)

Frank Bannister