Managing IT Personnel : In Corporate Environment

Contents: Preface. 1. It environment and impact in organisations. 2. Studies on it professionals. 3. Managerial issues and methodology for research. 4. It professionals and responses: an analysis. 5. Managing it personnel : recommendations. Bibliography. Index.

"The growth of IT companies worldwide depends on its people and the intellectual capital it possesses. 'IT Personnel' has become a buzzword in today's IT scenario. Companies continuously aim to analyze what attracts IT personnel, what turns them off and what can be done to prevent the negative, strainful effects of Information Technology. An attempt has been made through this book to seek experiences of IT Personnel to pinpoint the shortfalls in the arena and with the intent of improving the sanctity of IT profession.

This book aims at providing a logic-based text on social, economic, cultural effects and health hazards with the introduction of Information Technology. At the same time exploring managerial and employment-related issues of IT people and their general image in corporate sector.

This book has been designed with the help of primary data collected from a large number of organizations and that data has been analyzed by applying modern statistical techniques viz. Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, Student's 't' test, Pearson correlation coefficient test and Kruskal's stress formula." (jacket)