How to develop strategic partnerships with IT

Having trouble viewing this email? Click here to see it in a web browser. FEELING A LITTLE TENSION WITH YOUR FRIENDS IN IT? WE CAN HELP. Developing Strategic Partnerships with IT Collection Discover the secret to powerful IT partnerships. Don't wait. Order your collection today. And take your relationship with IT to a whole new level. Now at more than 20% off. ORDER NOW AND SAVE 20%* Get this insightful, actionable 3 volume collection for just $47**—a savings of more than 20%* off the individual component prices.   Only $47** For months, you've been developing a strategy for taking a big chunk out of your competitors' market share. But if your IT team isn't pulling for you, your brilliant market coup may never get off the ground. That's why it's so important to forge a robust partnership with key players in your company's IT department. That's where Harvard Business Review's Developing Strategic Partnerships With IT Collection will help. With this comprehensive 3-volume collection, you'll learn how to get the IT support your most important projects need by: Creating more productive partnerships with your IT director Effectively clarifying strategy and priorities Reducing the tension between you and your tech team Spurring your tech folks to action SAVE 20%* You'll receive the entire collection for $47**—a savings of over 20%*. All with a 30-day money-back guarantee. ORDER NOW The Developing Strategic Partnerships with IT Collection includes: Paperback 8 Things We Hate About IT: How to Move Beyond the Frustrations to Form a New Partnership with IT by Susan Cramm In this provocative, brutally honest book, Susan Cramm reveals how differences in pressures, incentives, backgrounds and personality prevent business unit managers and IT from working together effectively. Citing company examples, the author then presents tactics for overcoming the difficulties standing between you and the business results you need. Paperback Harvard Business Review on Aligning Technology with Strategy Once you've finished Cramm's book, you'll be eager to put your newfound insight about what makes IT tick to use. This collection of eight inspiring, useful Harvard Business Review articles will help you do just that: keep your IT partners focused on corporate strategy; fund IT projects that will fuel your company's success; and take ownership of the tech-related management decisions that shouldn't belong to IT. This article collection includes: Six IT Decisions Your IT People Shouldn't Make Getting IT Right IT Doesn't Matter Bold Retreat: A New Strategy for Old Technologies Information Technology and the Board of Directors Competing on Analytics Investing in the IT That Makes a Competitive Difference Empowered Hardcover A Sense of Urgency by John P. Kotter In A Sense of Urgency, international bestselling author John Kotter shines a spotlight on a crucial step toward successful transformations: getting people to actually see and feel the need for change. Without that, any change effort is doomed. Written in Kotter's signature no-nonsense style, this concise book gives you insights and tactics to fan the flames of urgency in your team and get others in your organization moving decisively toward a common goal. User's Guide: How to Make the Most of These Books This succinct, straightforward guide explains how each book will help you reach your goals and provides a recommended plan for getting the most out of your reading. To order by phone, call us toll-free at 800-668-6780 and mention referral code 01600. Outside the U.S. and Canada, +1-617-783-7450. * You will save more than 20% off the price of the individual components when you buy this collection. ** Purchasers are responsible for all shipping charges, duties, taxes, brokerage fees, and/or import fees imposed by the country of import. Please check with your customs office for details. If you do not wish to receive special offer email messages from Harvard Business Review, click here. If you do not wish to receive any email messages from Harvard Business Review, click here. ORDER NOW AND SAVE 20%* The Developing Strategic Partnerships With IT Collection comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee. It's yours for only $47**. Product #8771BN Copyright © 2013 Harvard Business School Publishing, an affiliate of Harvard Business School. All rights reserved. Harvard Business Publishing | 60 Harvard Way | Boston, MA 02163 Customer Service: 800-545-7685 (+1-617-783-7600 outside the U.S. and Canada)