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The strategy‐focused IT organization: A ten‐year track record of success
Author(s) -
Gold Robert S.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
global business and organizational excellence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.227
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 1932-2062
pISSN - 1932-2054
DOI - 10.1002/joe.21423
Subject(s) - variety (cybernetics) , set (abstract data type) , quality (philosophy) , business , track (disk drive) , vocabulary , knowledge management , table (database) , process management , computer science , philosophy , linguistics , epistemology , artificial intelligence , data mining , programming language , operating system
Abstract During the past 40 years, complex organizations have evolved within enterprises to manage information technology. Yet the relationship between the IT organization and its stakeholders is often strained. IT leaders seeking a seat at the table of business strategy often struggle to establish their competency in managing costs and delivering quality services in line with overall performance. The concepts of the strategy‐focused IT organization (SFITO) address this tension. A practical set of ideas and vocabulary for driving change, both in the IT organization and how it is viewed by its parent enterprise, SFITO concepts have been employed by dozens of organizations in a wide variety of industries during the last ten years and have proven to offer a robust discipline for IT organization improvement. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.