RSS Vlerick Opinionshttp://www.vlerick.com/enOpinions take it one step further, we give you our view on current affairs!Relationship therapyhttp://www.vlerick.com/en/18132-VLK<html> <head> <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <base href="http://www.vlerick.com"> <link href="/resources/skins/default/css/daisy.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet"> </head> <body> <div xmlns:d="http://outerx.org/daisy/1.0" xmlns:p="http://outerx.org/daisy/1.0" xmlns:i18n="http://apache.org/cocoon/i18n/2.1" style="float:left"> <h1>Relationship therapy</h1> </div> <div style="float:right"> <span>14 May 2012</span> </div> <br style="clear:both"> <p xmlns:jx="http://apache.org/cocoon/templates/jx/1.0" xmlns:ns="http://outerx.org/daisy/1.0"> <strong>By Stijn Viaene, professor of Management Information Systems <br> </strong>(Source: <a xmlns:urlencoder="xalan://java.net.URLEncoder" href="http://datanews.knack.be/ict/">Data News</a>, 07/05/2012)</p> <p>The worst thing that can happen to you as a CIO is having to report to the CFO. You hear this now and then. But is that really true? You&rsquo;ll only know, of course, by looking into how that reporting decision was made. You start from the assumption that drawing a line of reporting is a deliberate choice. Unfortunately, this isn&rsquo;t always the case. All too often, you see this decision dictated by a total lack of interest in, and insight into, IT management. Add to this a CFO who calculates his power simply by the number of direct reports he has under him, and the case is settled in no time.</p> </body> </html>