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8 Management of IT function Articles
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Coping with Project Backlog
cio.com.au— — “Demand for new applications is pushing IT departments to their limits. Here’s why the workload has exploded and – more important – how to handle it.”
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Tuning TECH to Business
baselinemag.com— — Research finds that alignment is the top priority for IT management in the coming year and the most challenging task well into the next decade.
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IT Project Management: Infamous Failures, Classic Mistakes, and Best Practices
misqe.org— — “In recent years, IT project failures have received a great deal of attention in the press as well as the boardroom.”
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Avoiding the Alignment Trap in IT
search.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.library.uvic.ca— — companies seeking to deliver higher business performance by harnessing IT have focused on alignment — the degree to which the IT group understands the priorities of the business and expends its resources, pursues projects and provides information consistent with them.
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Future of IT: Management
cioinsight.com— — No Downturn for CIO Role, Central IT. The strategic CIO/central IT organization model for IT management will continue to dominate.
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Mastering the Three Worlds of Information Technology
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“There are three categories of IT, each of which provides different organizational capabilities–and demands very different kinds of management interventions.”
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Principles and Models for Organizing the IT Function
misqe.org— — “Results from a 2-year study of how leading-edge firms have designed their IT function to nurture innovation and sustain superior business performance.”
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The right mind-set for managing information technology
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“The article compares Japanese and Western IT management practices. The authors found principles-strategic instinct, performance improvement, appropriate technology, organizational bonding, and human design-that they believe are hidden strengths in many Japanese corporations.”