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Loading... Leading Geeks: How to Manage and Lead the People Who Deliver Technologyby Paul Glen
   None No current Talk conversations about this book. At first glance, this book has an appealing title and would seem to be useful for a course on IT Team Leadership. Upon closer inspection, however, the book fails to historicize technical work -- as if technical work were something that appeared with the computer. Carr's treatments of technical work, for instance, are more convincing precisely because Carr places technical work within an historical context.  mdobe | Dec 3, 2011 |  no reviews | add a review
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Winner of the 2003 Financial Times Germany/getAbstract Business& Finance Book Award Leading Geeks challenges the conventional wisdom thatleadership methods are universal and gives executives and managersthe understanding they need to manage and lead the technologists onwhom they have become so dependent. This much-needed book? writtenin nontechnical language by Paul Glen, a highly acclaimedmanagement consultant? gives clear directions on how to effectivelylead these brilliant yet notoriously resistant-to-being-managedknowledge workers. Glen not only provides proven managementstrategies but also background on why traditional approaches oftendon't work with geeks. Leading Geeks describes the beliefsand behavior of geeks, their group dynamics, and the unique natureof technical work. It also offers a unique twelve-part model thatexplains how knowledge workers deliver value to anorganization. No library descriptions found. |
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