Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 26, 2013

IT is already being asked both to industrialize traditional infrastructures and systems fast to save costs, and to innovate customer experiences and operations with new digital technologies. They have changed their IT functions utilizing three related management interventions which, taken together, represent a fundamental re-invention of IT.

CIO 8

CIO CTO Operations Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2015

And as an HBS white paper points out, even some of today’s most mainstream executives — from the CTO to even the CFO — were once just new positions created to deal with “significant opportunities and risks emerging from technological or social disruptions.” The Future of Operations. Insight Center.

Constraint 8

Constraint Supply Chain Resources Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2015

Starting a global engineering operation “essentially doubles the expense for 6-12 months,” says former Informatica CTO, James Markarian. says that making short term cost-reduction the sole focus can’t be a long term strategy: “One must find the right balance between talent and skill versus cost.”

Offshoring 8

Offshoring CTO Company Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2017

” Often, says Modruson, that sophisticated expertise comes down to one fundamental skill, which is to ask the right questions of the internal CIO: Are we spending enough? ” This engagement between directors and management starts with the permission and knowledge of the CEO. Did we get the desired results?

CIO 9

CIO Committee Technology P&L 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2013

Improving Operational Efficiency. EIG is responsible for enterprise architecture, the center of expertise for simplification and integration methods, process and program management. The geographic dispersion that accompanies these opportunities frequently challenges traditional management-control systems and controllership.

Enterprise Architecture 8

Enterprise Architecture CIO Horizontal Integration Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2013

Three Approaches to Managing Total Digitization. How are enterprises managing the spread and scope of total digitization? We at MIT CISR have found that enterprises are using one or more of three approaches to managing total digitization: convergence, coordination, or a separate digital innovation stacks approach. Coordination.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 14, 2012

political system, the business world has no rules requiring that every leader have a backup, or that every corporate chief executive has a chief operating officer. This amplified the company's message about the importance of wireless technologies, even though McAdam (who later became CEO) would also preside over landline operations.

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