Blog Entries tagged 'operations'

Why IT is Often Overlooked in M&A Planning

tom.hoffman24@gmail.com — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 22:00:00 +0100

There's a terrific article in McKinsey Quarterly about how so many acquisitions often fail to deliver on anticipated synergies because the integration of technology and operations wasn't given adequate consideration during the due diligence stage.

One of the main reasons for the disregard for technology and operations integration is that executives from the two functions (sometimes operated as one) often aren't included in the due diligence process, as noted in the Mc [...]

Good Lieutenant

lisayoon@ymail.com — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 23:00:00 +0100

Among C-level executives, the CIO role arguably has the most delicate balance to master between the strategic and the operational. According to professor Hayagreeva Rao of Stanford University's Graduate School of Business, lumping strategy and operations in one job in the first place may be a fundamental flaw in the design of a job itself.

In his column in October's Harvard Business Review, he notes that people "who can do both [strategy and operations] [...]

Where IT Budget Money Is Not Going

epearlma@yahoo.com — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 23:00:00 +0100

Last week I posted a question in the "CIO Conversations" forum on this site. The question was:

It's often said that the biggest IT challenges are not technical but are related to people issues (communication, leadership, management, collaboration, etc.). Do you agree? What was your biggest IT challenge and how did you deal with it?

A response from CXO Art Sedighi said:

"In the current time and environme [...]