Achieving Maximum Value From Information Systems: A Process Approach
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Achieving Maximum Value From Information Systems: A Process Approach
Dan Remeyni , and Michael Sherwood-Smith
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The effective use of information technology is seen by many as the key differentiator between the successful enterprise and the mediocre although it has always been difficult to demonstrate the actual value of IT investment. However, this situation is no longer acceptable. Today, as management faces increasing pressure to cut costs and increase margins, even the most essential IT investment comes under scrutiny. Achieving Maximum Value from Information Systems argues that to realise business benefits successfully, technology must be carefully integrated with the business strategy of the enterprise and its corporate culture. The book then proposes a unique approach to this crucial process called Active Benefit Realisation. This involves continuous participative evaluation to manage inevitable changes in the business, and a shifting of the focus of information systems to the shared responsibility of a group of the main information systems stakeholders.

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5 out of 5 stars Solid foundation for IS/IT Strategic Planning.......2001-08-16

This book is a well-written step-by-step map to gaining control over IS/IT costs and strategic planning.

The core of the approach is active benefit realization (ABR), which is a continuous assessment and management methodology that is characterized by: (1) self-calibration/continuous improvement, (2) IS/IT management by all stakeholders (technical and business), and comprehensive understanding of IS/IT and how it supports business functions and processes.

ABR is immediately introduced in the beginning of the book, as well as why the approach is critical to fully integrating IS/IT into the enterprise as a business enabler. The next part of the book discusses key factors for evaluating information systems. This part is rich with checklists, tables and other useful artifacts. Building upon this foundation is excellent material on evaluation techniques, outcomes and benefit modelling (taking an investment-oriented approach that is one of the best applications and services portfolio management approaches I have come across), and the details of micro modelling (the devil, they say, is in the details!)

Once the foundation has been built the book presents the ABR approach as a process. In simplistic terms this process entails three phases: (1) Setting the course (capturing and understanding the business, financial and project views), (2) Formative evaluation (stakeholder management of the project - this approach is nearly identical to the approach prescribed by PRINCE2, which is the U.K. project management standard), (3) Moving forward (continuous improvement and calibration. In other words, consolidating gains and improving upon them in a methodical manner.) The last part of the book is a collection of tips, tricks and traps - this is essential reading and contains the collective wisdom of the authors. Heed every word because there are some real gems here.

I learned a lot from the book, including many standalone techniques for analysis, evaluation and financial assessment that I can use on other projects. As a whole, the approach embodied in ABR is sound and one that I will use on my next engagement that requires an in-depth analysis and formulation of a strategy, assuming of course, that the next client has a strong commitment to follow the course of action set forth in the book. The benefits of ABR certainly will provide a handsome return on the investment and commitment required to make it a success. This book is invaluable and highly recommended for consultants, CIOs and upper IS/IT management. It is also highly recommended for any project team operating under PRINCE2.
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    DAN SHERWOOD-SMITH, MICHAEL REMENYI
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                                        Hitler: Diagnosis of a Destructive Prophet
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                                        Many theorists in psychology have attempted to understand Adolf Hitler, but no analyst has put the Führer on the couch with more throrough results than Fritz Redlich. In Hitler: Diagnosis of a Destructive Prophet, the Yale psychiatrist considers whether physical illness and mental disorder affected the dictator's state of mind. In this matter, Redlich allows no simplistic labels or easy explanations. Keenly aware of the limits that historical sources impose on medical and psychological approaches, he overturns many diagnostic assessments of Hitler, arguing that "precise and subtle description is superior" to often inaccurate generalizations about personality.

                                        While there have been hundreds of biographies of Hitler, Redlich's stands out for its extensive use of the Führer's medical records, and an exhaustive survey of the relationship between Hitler and his personal physician, the controversial Theodor Morrel. Redlich also approaches more enduring issues, such as the Führer's sex life, vegetarianism, rumored genital deformity, possible syphilis, Parkinson's disease, and amphetamine addiction with fresh insight. Out of Redlich's absorbing account emerges a mercurial, paranoid fanatic who went to any lengths to maintain his popularity. --James Highfill

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                                        Adolf Hitler unleashed a nightmare of terror in Europe that changed the course of history and forever altered our conception of human nature. But how is it possible to understand Hitler? Hitler: Diagnosis of Destruction begins to answer that question by providing the first analysis of Hitler's life by a trained MD and practicing psychiatrist. Fritz Redlich, MD, provides a full-length biography of Hitler, focusing especially on his medical and mental history and showing us precisely how Hitler's physical and mental health influenced his beliefs and behavior. Redlich engages a host of fascinating questions. Was there a history of mental illness in Hitler's family? Did he suffer from congenital abnormalities? Did he contract syphilis as a young man? What bizarre role did that disease play in his anti-Semitism? What is the history of Hitler's amphetamine abuse? Did he suffer from Parkinson's disease? Drawing upon medical records of Hitler's World War I injuries and subsequent illnesses, combined with a penetrating exploration of Hitler's writings, Redlich offers new insight into Hitler's vision of himself as a prophetic leader. The final chapter offers a psychiatric portrait of Hitler, and it is here that Redlich's analysis reveals the highly combustible mixture of denial, projection, sexual repression, paranoid delusion, and narcissistic rage that transformed Hitler from an aimless, friendless, and vaguely resentful youth into the most destructive force of the twentieth century. Complete with illustrations, critical medical reports by Hitler's personal physicians, and a medical glossary, this book brings to light the darkest recesses of one of the world's most impenetrable minds.

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                                        3 out of 5 stars Not significant but has moments of interest.......2004-11-08

                                        In Hitler: Diagnosis of a Destructive Prophet, psychiatrist Fritz Redlich, a Jewish contemporary, attempts to determine how physical ailments and mental disorders may have affected and influenced the Nazi leader.

                                        This type of work, known as a "pathography," has no set or determined structure. In the first part, Dr. Redlich describes "Hitler's Life from Birth to Death," including such topics as "Entry into Politics," "Ascent to Power," and "Warlord." The second part, "Review, Comments, and Interpretations," delves into more detail about the medical and psychological issues brought up in the first section.

                                        This first part is the more problematic one. Dr. Redlich is not a historian and is not equipped to present or interpret history, especially history as fraught with the unknowns, distortions, and lies that surround Hitler. For example, he refers to the "billy goat story" several times. He notes that Hitler was not known to be cruel to animals as a child, except for the "dubious" billy goat story-a highly unlikely story of questionable origin that no historian would cite as an exception, even with the "dubious" qualifier.

                                        He also discusses Geri Raubal's death but provides no insight into what actually happened or how Hitler reacted to it. He briefly discusses a few innuendoes that Raubal was murdered, but there is nothing here-about a critical moment in Hitler's psychological life-that is not covered more thoroughly and carefully in other books (Ron Rosenbaum's Explaining Hitler: The Search for the Origins of His Evil, for example). On the other hand, there is sometimes too much detail about Himmler, Goebbels, et. al, which does not particularly relate to Hitler, his health, his psychology, or his actions. Indeed, much of the first section could have been eliminated as it often provides irrelevant information or biographical detail that is explored better in Hitler biographies and Nazi and WWII histories.

                                        In the second part, Dr. Redlich attempts to diagnose Hitler, based on the scant and unreliable information available. He dismisses diagnoses when there is too little evidence or the known symptoms are inconclusive, although given that there is so little information and that neither Hitler nor anyone surrounding him is a reliable source, it is still primarily speculation. Dr. Redlich does conclude that Hitler had Parkinson's syndrome, of unknown etiology, although at one point he mistakenly refers to it as Parkinson's disease. He also provides a plausible explanation for Hitler's headaches.

                                        In his discussion of Hitler's psychology, Dr. Redlich covers anxiety, depression, sexuality, and other obvious topics (often inconclusively) as well as such things as his lies and ambivalence. Again, there is nothing conclusive to say; many of these questions are still hotly debated by Hitler scholars (for example, whether he believed or came to believe his own fabrications).

                                        The question of cruelty is an interesting one. It's easy to say that Hitler was cruel, given the death, destruction, persecution, and torture he wrought against dissenting Nazi Party members, Gypsies, Jews, and others. This gets short shrift in Dr. Redlich's analysis, because it's not clear that Hitler was cruel in the conventional way many of us might think. Someone who gains pleasure from kicking a dog or witnessing the kicking of a dog is clearly cruel-but generally Hitler did not directly participate in or even witness what was happening in the concentration camps. He kept his distance from it. More discussion of such detached cruelty and distancing, with real-life examples, might be useful.

                                        The reader does learn a great deal about the mundane details of Hitler's health (including his ongoing problems with flatulence, which Dr. Redlich does not quite connect to his vegetarian diet), about the doctors who treated him, and about some of the medical practices still used in the 1940s (including leeches).

                                        Dr. Redlich's ultimate diagnosis of Hitler is one that few lay persons would recognize; it is part of the title. Hitler saw morality simplistically in black-and-white terms, he believed he'd been chosen by a higher power to do what he did (and was afraid he would not live long enough to accomplish it), and found a convenient scapegoat (the Jews) around whom to rally his followers. This is a cautionary tale that is especially relevant in today's international political arena.

                                        It's important to note that Dr. Redlich's effort could have been more condensed and focused. In addition, he is not a writer and fails to make what are necessary paragraph breaks to large chunks of text with multiple subjects (as does his editor).

                                        Given how little is known of Hitler and how much of his own history he falsified, it would have been difficult to have produced a definitive work. Dr. Redlich honestly describes his personal reasons for writing Hitler: Diagnosis of a Destructive Prophet, which ultimately is not a particularly significant contribution to the Hitler literature. Those who wish to try to understand every aspect of Hitler's life (including his flatulence and bad teeth) or who wish to recognize political paranoia wherever it rages may find this a must-read.

                                        Diane L. Schirf, 7 November 2004.

                                        5 out of 5 stars Gripping account of the world's most notorious patient!.......2002-10-19

                                        Intense, highly engrossing psychological study of Adoplh Hitler. Incredibly detailed and thorough, yet always immensely readable. The author has written with such objectivity so as not to leave any doubt of the twisted reasoning that drove the "destructive prophet." A must-read for 20th Century studies. A real eye opener.

                                        4 out of 5 stars Fritz Redlich: Diagnostician of Tyranny.......2001-03-05

                                        The first study of Hitler to be undertaken by a trained psychiatrist and medical expert, Redlich's book amasses a huge fund of data in an attempt to see how far Hitler's medical history, his illnesses, influenced his behaviour and personality. The first part is a thorough account of the events, personal and political, that shaped Hitler's life, from his childhood, his poverty in Vienna, his miltary service, his political activity up to the seizure of power, up to and including the Second World War. The second part attempts to apply psychiatric and psychoanalytic methods to the same events, by examining them in the light of Hitler's various illnesses and traumas. Redlich discusses Hitler's vegetarianism, his rage attacks, his abstinence from alcohol and nicotine, his alleged genital abnormality, his sex life, Parkinson's disease, psychotic and retarded members of his family tree and -- most controversially -- his supposed addiction to amphetamines and how this affected s!ome of his tactical and strategic mistakes towards the end of the war, e.g. the invasion of Russia and the declaration of war against the United States. Aware of the difficulties that confront anyone who undertakes such an ambitious project as a "pathography" of someone who has been dead for over half a century, Redlich avoids easy conclusions. He admits the limitations of the psychoanalytic method (i.e. evaluation, with the object of unlocking the analysand's personality, of parapraxias, [slips of the tongue], impulsive actions, the imagery in his speeches, etc.) His also stresses the limitations imposed on the research by the psychiatric method and empasises, above all, that no such analysis can be impartial, as the data presented by the researcher would inevitably be selective. Redlich nevertheless succeeds in shattering some myths that have surrounded the personality of Hitler. He does not shrink from passing judgement on his subject, describing him as a paranoid, dangerou!s, insecure and ambivalent prophet, the most destructive individual in the history of mankind.

                                        2 out of 5 stars Hitler on the couch, yet again.......2000-12-31

                                        There is nothing revelatory in this book and the errors are predictable and redundant. Putting Hitler on the couch is nothing new, Walter Langer and the OSS produced the first psychological profile of Hitler in 1943. It is still in print and available on Amazon and is much superior to this effort.

                                        The main problem is that Hitler is dead and putting him through psychoanalysis is problematic, to say the least. I have an innate distrust of non-Germans (or non-German speakers) writing biographies of Hitler, so Redlich has a leg up in this department. The vast majority of Hitlerian documents have never been translated and a non-German speaker tackles the project with a severe disadvantage. But does Redlich use his innate advantage? No, he relies on discredited information, outdated sources and throws in some psychological treatises of his own, which lack credibility.

                                        Hitler was an extraordinarily complex, complicated personality and the vast majority of historians have missed the mark in interpreting him or understanding him. Redlich utterly misses the mark in explaining Hitler's relationships with women. He was hardly a sexual pervert and maintained a monogamous, though neurotic, relationship with Eva Braun for the last thirteen years of his life.

                                        If you want a steady, readable and reliable biography of Hitler, I urge you to consult John Toland's masterful 1976 book. Nothing has surpassed it in the 25 years since its publication.

                                        4 out of 5 stars more than you wanted to know.......2000-08-23

                                        An excellent analysis of what can be known about Hitler's mental and physical health. Along with books by Rosenbaum and Kershaw it provides probably all that we will ever know. The really difficult question is not why Hitler had such peculiar views and the will to put them into effect, the real question is why the most developed country in Europe, perhaps in the world, allowed this pathetic excuse for a human being to gain total control by more or less democratic means. Ian Kershaw so far provides the best insight into what was wrong with the Germans and what in Hitler appealed to them. It turns out that the Germans were to be sure odd -- they were "German" -- but not much odder than other peoples. One can say one doesn't think one's own people could support a Hitler but one cannot be sure. The attraction of evil remains the supreme puzzle.
                                        HITLER: DIAGNOSIS OF A DESTRUCTIVE PROPHET
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                                          HITLER: DIAGNOSIS OF A DESTRUCTIVE PROPHET
                                          Fritz Redlich
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                                          Hitler: Diagnosis of a Destructive Prophet
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                                            Hitler: Diagnosis of a Destructive Prophet
                                            Fritz Redlich
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                                              Hitler: Diagnosis of a Destructive Prophet
                                              Fritz Redlich
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                                              And the Sun Still Rises: A Mother's Inspiring Story of Living with ADD in the Family
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                                                And the Sun Still Rises: A Mother's Inspiring Story of Living with ADD in the Family
                                                Deborah Renzi
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                                                Anyone who is familiar with Attention Deficit Disorder knows the problems it can cause. In And the Sun Still Rises you will learn how one family took the seemingly negative characteristics of the disorder and, by turning them inside out, made them work toward a positive end by finding the positive attributes deep within.

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