{"product_id":"fa_05-27-25_art_200009fr","title":"Putt's Law and the Successful Technocrat: How to Win in the Information Age","description":"\"Technology is dominated by two types of people: those who understand what\nthey do not manage, and those who manage what they do not understand.\"\n―Putt's Law\nEarly Praise for Putt's Law and the Successful Technocrat:\n\"This is management writing the way it ought to be. Think Dilbert, but with\na very big brain. Read it and weep. Or laugh, depending on your current job\nsituation.\"\n―Spectral Lines, IEEE Spectrum, April 2006\n\"It's a classic. It reads at first like humor, but one eventually realizes\nthat it's all true. The first edition changed my life. I loaned my copy to\na subordinate at IBM, and he didn't return it to me until he was my boss.\"\n―Dave Thompson, PhD, IBM Fellow (retired), Member National Academy of\nEngineering, and IEEE Fellow\n\"Putt's humor ranges from sharp to whimsical and is always on target.\nReaders will be reminded of many personal experiences and of lessons in\nlife they wish they had learned earlier in their careers.\"\n―Eric Herz, former IEEE executive director and general manager\n\"Anyone who thinks 'engineering management' is an oxymoron needs to read\nthis terrific book ― then they will know.\"\n―Norman R. Augustine, author of Augustine's Laws and retired Chairman \u0026amp; CEO\nof Lockheed Martin Corporation\nPutt's Law is as true today as it was when techno-everyman Archibald Putt\nfirst stated it. Now, in Putt's Law and the Successful Technocrat: How to\nWin in the Information Age, Putt is back with the unvarnished truth about\nsuccess in the modern, technology-driven organization.\nAs you learn the real rules of the technology world, you'll meet such\ncharacters as the successful technocrat, Dr. I. M. Sharp. You'll find out\nhow he wrangles career victories from corporate failures, nearly\nbankrupting the firm with his projects while somehow emerging the hero.\nYou'll also meet such unfortunates as Roger Proofsworthy, top-level\nperfectionist yet low in the hierarchy, and come to understand how he\nassiduously preserves his spot near the bottom of the totem pole.\nWhether you work in business, IT, or are a freelance technocrat, you'll\nwant to study Putt's hard-won wisdom and laugh―all the way to the bank!, ISBN13: 9780471714224 ISBN10: 0471714224 Material Type: hardcover","brand":"CheapBookDepot","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46124877021347,"sku":"FA_05-27-25_ART_200009FR","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0607\/9227\/5107\/files\/61sBMA2kdhL.jpg?v=1754829517","url":"https:\/\/usedbookdepot.com\/products\/fa_05-27-25_art_200009fr","provider":"Used Book Depot","version":"1.0","type":"link"}