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The Adventures of an IT Leader, Updated Edition with a New Preface by the Authors
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The Adventures of an IT Leader, Updated Edition with a New Preface by the Authors

by Robert D. Austin, Shannon O'Donnell, Richard L. Nolan
July 2016
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
320 pages
7h 51m
English
Harvard Business Review Press
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CHAPTER TEN

CRISIS

Thursday, June 28, 9:24 AM . . .

Barton was enjoying an unusually slow morning, finishing an elegant breakfast at the Hilton Midtown in Manhattan. He had come to New York for an early afternoon meeting with Wall Street analysts. That Williams had chosen him for the meeting was a sign of just how well things had been going lately for IVK—and for Jim Barton, CIO. In the past three weeks, IVK’s stock price had begun to rise, lifting spirits throughout the company. Optimism percolated through the offices and hallways. At the same time, Barton had been scoring victory after victory. A recent all-hands IT department meeting had gone extremely well; he’d fielded a few tough questions, but people seemed pleased with his answers and ...

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ISBN: 9781633691674