»You can tell the book about the author's many years of professional experience. He expertly identifies the necessary fields of action, as well as the soft skills needed for success. He also succeeds in promoting a differentiated approach to the crisis and at the same time giving clear advice. It gathers together the causes and possible solutions so thoroughly and systematically that one has the sure feeling that one immediately entrusts one's own crisis-ridden IT to him. getAbstract recommends the book to all IT managers who are worried about their IT or are simply looking for optimization potential."
getAbstract AG – Compressed Knowledge
»With the update of IT turnaround, Arnd Baur is contributing to the changing use of
IT in company bill. Cloud offerings, higher IT understanding in business
and the need for innovation, governance for IT needs to be reorganised.
This book provides the reader with practical suggestions and assistance to help his IT
prepare for present and future tasks."
Dr. Georg Petritsch, Office Lead Consulting Germany, Gartner Deutschland GmbH
»Many companies question their business model and follow major trends such as
robotization and digitization. Often, the existing system landscape proves to be
and the organizational setup in IT as a bottleneck. The Book
IT turnaround shows tried-and-tested ways to successfully implement digitalization projects
and what conditions can be met by adapting it, but also by
structures, processes and culture."
Andreas Rüter, Managing Director – Local Market Leader, AlixPartners GmbH
»Author and interim manager Baur shows the three-way battle between operational guarantee, business support and crisis management and how they can cope with this exhausting phase.»
CIO MAGAZIN, May 2015
»This book describes succinctly and very easily the essential
Lever in an IT restructuring. It turns out that best practices of turnaround
management also in coping with a crisis in corporate IT
can be applied."
Dr. Jens Köppen, CFO Macro Netherlands (Metro Group)
»The book IT-Turnaround contains numerous implementation-oriented approaches, methods
and practical examples that are useful in restructuring the IT sector."
Markus Fichtinger, CIO, Klöckner Pentaplast GmbH
»This book highlights the pitfalls and shows practical solutions for a
IT restructuring. In doing so, the most important areas of action are addressed in a targeted manner,
with which challenging situations in corporate IT are mastered
can be used."
Lothar Herbst, Board Member Human Resources and IT, Mainova AG
»A major issue in the restructuring is the reliability and flexibility of the processes and their mapping as a basis for figures (turnover, costs, results, cash flow). IT, its organisation and its performance are an important issue that is often underestimated. This book shows in concrete examples the challenges and options for action
in the redesign of a crisis-ridden IT in companies."
Karl-J. Kraus, Karl-J. Kraus & Partner Berlin