When leaders think about reorganizing IT, they usually start with the assumption that they have two options: To centralize or to decentralize. Of course, in the real world, marketplaces are too complicated and nuanced to be served by one or the other of these two extremes. Organizations architected to run like either a central Soviet […]
July 22, 2008When leaders think about reorganizing IT, they usually start with the assumption that they have two options: To centralize or to decentralize. Of course, in the real world, marketplaces are too complicated and nuanced to be served by one or the other of these two extremes. Organizations architected to run like either a central Soviet economy or a volunteer cooperative are destined to fail.
Read more on IT management or related topics Leadership and Organizational cultureSusan Cramm is the founder and president of Valuedance. A former CFO and CIO, she is an expert on IT leadership. She is the author of 8 Things We Hate About IT.