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2012
Relationship therapy (14 May 2012)
By Stijn Viaene, professor of Management Information Systems
(Source: Data News,
07/05/2012)
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’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’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.
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2011
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- Future-proof CIO (15 Nov 2011)
- Cloud strategy (13 Oct 2011)
- Have you consumerised yet? (29 Jul 2011)
- Letting the air out of the bonus balloon? (21 Jun 2011)
- CxOs talk about IT (15 Jun 2011)
- CIO-CFO (26 May 2011)
- To really understand (12 Apr 2011)
- "Komen Eten" (15 Mar 2011)
- CIO, get out there! (08 Feb 2011)
2010
- Every beginning is difficult (23 Sep 2010)
- Think big, act small: how do you convince management? (03 Aug 2010)
- BPM – what is that? Or: How communication makes the difference (02 Jul 2010)
- Our country needs a Nelson Mandela (01 Jun 2010)
- Toyota - setting the example? (20 Apr 2010)
- The way to committed change (26 Feb 2010)
2009
- Don't bring women to the top via legislation (03 Nov 2009)
- Successful innovation without R&D. Yes, we can! (28 Sep 2009)
- A new risk management landscape (28 Sep 2009)
- Re-location of logistics to Central and Eastern Europe is not for tomorrow (21 Sep 2009)
- The challenges of Socially Responsible Investment (01 Jul 2009)
- What's in a name? (20 Apr 2009)
- Bonus debate escalates (30 Mar 2009)
- Corporate social responsibility more important than ever in the global downturn (20 Mar 2009)
- Have they gone stark raving mad?! (16 Mar 2009)
- Cost-cutting panic or investments in human capital? (09 Mar 2009)
- Governance myths exposed (28 Feb 2009)
- Party time again! (16 Feb 2009)
- Why the financial crisis was inevitable (16 Jan 2009)