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Why Can't a CIO Be More Like a CFO?

Harvard Business Review

They fulfill this role by delegating responsibility and establishing control systems such as budgets, directives, audits, and oversight to drive fiscal compliance. I believe the driving factor for these failures is that many projects are conceived and scoped only to address a symptom, rather than the disease of too much information.

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Putting a Price on People Problems at Work

Harvard Business Review

In our work as business school professors and consultants, we’ve met countless managers who fail to achieve their goals. Further, 25 percent of employees said that avoiding conflict led to sickness or absence from work, and nearly 10 percent reported that workplace conflict led to project failure.

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