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When outsourcing is the subject of discussion, the issues that typically surface include concerns about employment for US engineers [4], lower salaries in developing countries, the adequacy of management, and communications problems.
September 1, 2005 | Authored By: Nancy Mead
Ever since the notion of a serious game was spawned by the use of video games like America's Army for serious purposes, there has been a growing acceptance of the importance and relevance of video games and "immersive technologies" as a dr
May 30, 2014 | Authored By: David Wortley
In this issue of CBR, we set out to examine the ways in which strategic IT planning influences the value that IT delivers to the organization, as well as the degree to which the planning process is perceived to affect organizational outcomes and results. With this focus, we can both benchmark the planning process itself and, at the same time, tackle the question of its relationship to IT value. Given the current and ongoing economic struggles facing businesses both large and small around the world, this seemed like an excellent time to discuss the value of strategic IT planning.
February 11, 2011 | Authored By: Gabriele Piccoli
Increasingly, governance risk is becoming the "fifth risk" that corporations must include in their enterprise risk management (ERM) portfolio that already includes strategic, operational, financial, and insurable risks.
March 30, 2006 | Authored By: Robert Charette
This month's Cutter Benchmark Review, taking its inspiration from the current economic situation, termed by many the "great recession," tackles management in a crisis. Amidst all the turmoil, IT shops within firms and governmental institutions have to keep the operations humming while contributing to the survival of the organization. Setting the course for the IT function in a financial and economic storm is a subject that requires insight from some special contributors. We have assembled one of the best duos of CBR contributors since I took over editing of the publication in 2006. On the academic side we have Dorothy Leidner, the Randall W. and Sandra Ferguson Professor of Information Systems and Director of the Center for Knowledge Management at Baylor University (USA). On the practitioner side, we have one of my favorite IT leaders: Tom Murphy, Senior VP and CIO of AmerisourceBergen, a US $54 billion wholesale distributor of pharmaceuticals and related healthcare products.
January 31, 2010 | Authored By: Gabriele Piccoli