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Institutionalizing Governance in Complex Global Organizations
Corporate governance is the means by which accountability to stakeholders is ensured, yet organizations often fail at creating governance plans that align with the organizational context. They also fail at institutionalizing governance that spans levels and processes in the business, particularly in global, multicultural organizations. In this Executive Update, we introduce value-based adaptive models for business governance structure design, operational planning, and implementation for complex global organizations.
About three years ago, the term "Web 2.0" entered into public consciousness, first propagating through the blogosphere, then appearing in the mainstream business and technology media, and more recently on the agenda of a global research community. When it appeared, some greeted the term as a welcome lifeline in the postdot-bomb era; others dismissed it as marketing hype.
Times of crisis provide the opportunity to ask whether any innovation and agility is still possible. The answer is not simple. One way to treat a crisis is by cutting costs. This is not a bad solution, and it is often very justified, but one must be aware that it may create extra danger for the future.
Organizational skepticism about the virtues of a new technology idea are likely to run, at least in part, in direct proportion to the economic climate in which the company finds itself. When times are tough, it is essential that managers follow the basic rules of winning buy-in from key constituencies for their IT investment ideas. Here's how.
First, remember what buy-in means. It is not acquiescence or compliance but enthusiastic, active support for an investment proposal from relevant employee populations in the organization.
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Business capabilities are fast emerging as a challenge to the traditional mindset of the business process. Both business architecture and software development methodologies are increasingly embracing business capabilities, which are heralded as an important breakthrough in business-IT alignment. How much truth is there in these claims?
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Getting outsourcing wrong can seriously disable any business. On the upside, the accumulated evidence demonstrates that outsourcing, when properly planned, resourced, and accomplished, can deliver significant strategic advantage to firms and governments in every sector. To help you understand the successful outsourcing journey, this year we present a series of four Executive Reports by Dr. Sara Cullen that detail the outsourcing lifecycle.
