Putt’s Law and the Successful Technocrat

“Technology is dominated by two types of people: those who understand what<br /> they do not manage, and those who manage what they do not understand.”<br /> —Putt’s Law <p>Early Praise for Putt’s Law and the Successful Technocrat:</p> <p>”This is management writing the way it ought to be. Think Dilbert, but with<br /> a very big brain. Read it and weep. Or laugh, depending on your current job<br /> situation.”<br /> —Spectral Lines, IEEE Spectrum, April 2006</p> <p>”It’s a classic. It reads at first like humor, but one eventually realizes<br /> that it’s all true. The first edition changed my life. I loaned my copy to<br /> a subordinate at IBM, and he didn’t return it to me until he was my boss.”<br /> —Dave Thompson, PhD, IBM Fellow (retired), Member National Academy of<br /> Engineering, and IEEE Fellow</p> <p>”Putt’s humor ranges from sharp to whimsical and is always on target.<br /> Readers will be reminded of many personal experiences and of lessons in<br /> life they wish they had learned earlier in their careers.”<br /> —Eric Herz, former IEEE executive director and general manager</p> <p>”Anyone who thinks ‘engineering management’ is an oxymoron needs to read<br /> this terrific book — then they will know.”<br /> —Norman R. Augustine, author of Augustine’s Laws and retired Chairman & CEO<br /> of Lockheed Martin Corporation</p> <p>Putt’s Law is as true today as it was when techno-everyman Archibald Putt<br /> first stated it. Now, in Putt’s Law and the Successful Technocrat: How to<br /> Win in the Information Age, Putt is back with the unvarnished truth about<br /> success in the modern, technology-driven organization.</p> <p>As you learn the real rules of the technology world, you’ll meet such<br /> characters as the successful technocrat, Dr. I. M. Sharp. You’ll find out<br /> how he wrangles career victories from corporate failures, nearly<br /> bankrupting the firm with his projects while somehow emerging the hero.<br /> You’ll also meet such unfortunates as Roger Proofsworthy, top-level<br /> perfectionist yet low in the hierarchy, and come to understand how he<br /> assiduously preserves his spot near the bottom of the totem pole.</p> <p>Whether you work in business, IT, or are a freelance technocrat, you’ll<br /> want to study Putt’s hard-won wisdom and laugh—all the way to the bank!</p>