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Team Decisionmaking Can Destroy IT Value Potential

Posted June 7, 2006 | Leadership |

The great rush to decentralize heirarchical decisionmaking in American corporations has been accompanied by a well-intentioned but hopelessly misguided faith in the power of teams to reach optimal decisions. In the realm of IT decisionmaking and governance, teamthink is as often a value killer as creator. Consider the ways this is so, first.

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John Berry
John Berry Senior Consultant John Berry is a management consultant with extensive experience in helping organizations execute strategies designed to deliver breakthrough value from IT and other investments. He is the inventor of a portfolio of strategic planning and value analysis methodologies that guide managers in their IT investment and sourcing decisions. He is also the author of Tangible Strategies for Intangible Assets (McGraw-Hill, 2004… Read More
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