Story: It doesn't matter whether IT matters
Posted by: Bill Reed (Saturday 7 May 2005, 10:02 PM)
It is high time that IT practitioners became better informed with regard to the goals and attitudes of business management, (and of course vise-versa).
For too long the two sides have travelled divergent paths each convinced that their sphere of influence is of greater importance than the other.
We should not be forcing businesses to fit around our networks, nor should we reinforce dated and inefficient business practice by making technology fit aound it.
The way forward is to form a partnership between the administrators and managers to take advantage of technology to improve practices and efficiency at the same time keeping an eye formly on the business objectives and not implementing something new for the wrong reasons.
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