IT Manager's Handbook, 2nd Edition

CHAPTER FIVE Changing Companies

Just because everything is different doesn’t mean anything has changed.

—IRENE PETER

CHAPTER TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. The First Day 140

2. The First Month 148

3. Two IT Departments — What Happens If Your Company Merges with Another? 157

4. Additional Resources 158

Taking on new responsibility is always a little scary. But if your company promotes you to a manager’s role, you can take comfort in the familiar surroundings. You know the staff, you know the organization, you know the technical environment, and you know how things operate.

However, changing jobs is a whole different animal. It immerses you in unfamiliar surroundings. Aside from the people that interviewed you, the only familiar things may be the technology ...