Download This PaperIT Management As A Discipline With Associated Challenges: Case Of Tanzania Public Sector
Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 14, No. 12, 2019
IO: Productivity, Innovation & Technology eJournal, Vol. 11, No. 69, 2019
Information Systems & Economics, Vol. 11, No. 49, 2019
16 Pages Posted: 4 Apr 2019 Last revised: 31 Mar 2020
Date Written: March 11, 2019
Abstract
In nowadays, Information Technology (IT) is defined as the combination of the interrelated parts which interact together in providing a certain service faster, effective and in efficient manner, IT components comprises of human, procedures, hardware, software and finance. Management is the managerial process that involves managerial functions which are planning, organizing, directing and controlling, and if we combine, IT Management is the entire process of overseeing all issues, matters as well as operations including all resources related to information technology within as organization. IT Management it is a discipline because it is a branch of knowledge which is connected to management principles and practices of basic administration, where by a certain codes of conducts specified to be followed by everyone from IT professionals up to End-User. As for IT manage, are mainly responsible for all management functions of an organization which are planning, organizing, controlling, and directing as well as IT coordination. In this paper, you will learn why I call IT Management as discipline, due to the fact that a lot of challenges and obstacles which IT faces in functioning as part and parcel of Management Principles as well as Critical Success Factor for any organization to achieve its intended goals and objectives. Hence, it is very crucial for any organization to take IT Management seriously with conscious to make sure that all the organization goals are aligned with IT objectives properly for the IT to be reliable and dependable for organizational success.
Keywords: IT Management, Information Technology Management, Information Technology
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