Realizing IT Value: A Shared Responsibility
between Senior Managers and the CIO

CIOs are not in a position to deliver business results without the involvement of senior managers to decide how information, knowledge and IT resources can and will be used to impact business performance.

Many senior managers today would probably agree with the statement that “leading and managing people are too important to be left to the Head of HR!” However, would most managers agree with this question: “Is effective knowledge, information and IT use in the business too important to be left to the CIO and IT function?” The answer is a definite yes. The responsibilities to manage knowledge, information and IT in a business must be shared between senior managers and the CIO. Both sides bear responsibility for the management and use of these resources. Through their mindsets and actions, both sides get the knowledge, information and IT management they deserve!

To obtain a copy of this newly released IMD publication, please contact enterpriseIQ®

Authored by Professor Donald A. Marchand of IMD and Chairman of enterpriseIQ®, the publication presents four views of the senior manager/CIO roles and offers a leadership evaluation matrix.  Exercising a manager/CIO team approach to determining strategic choices, mindsets and actions about information, IT and knowledge can result in high Information Orientation maturity leading to better business performance.

Information Orientation (IO) related measurement products and services are available from enterpriseIQ®.

Click here to see the previous IOpeners including:
The Making of an Insurance Giant - A Mature Western Industry “New” in China
Designed to Fail: Why IT-Enabled Business Projects Underachieve
Customer Relationship Management - Challenging the Myth
Special Report for Business Managers and CIO's - Achieving Information Maturity
Teaching General Managers About the Business Value of IT
Importance of Information Capabilities in Managing Complex Mergers
The CEMEX Way: The right balance between local flexibility and global standardization
Information Orientation: Optimizing the effectiveness of information use in financial services
The Smart Manager Magazine: Competing through Information Management and Technology
Reaping the business value of IT: Focus on usage, not just deployment, to optimize payback
Dell's Direct Model: Everything to Do with Information
Extracting the Business Value of IT
New Gartner EXP CIO Signature Report 
New IO Book Available in Arabic - (Selected subscribers)
IMD CEMEX Case Now Available in Spanish - (Selected subscribers)
Best Seller Information Management Book and IMD CEMEX Case Now Available in Portuguese - (Selected subscribers)
New IMD Case: Using IO at Citigroup
 

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