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Instead, business-unit leaders need to start assuming more control over the IT assets that fuel their individual businesses.

Put IT Where It Belongs Susan Cramm 2011

That's the percentage of surveyed business-unit executives who say they are "smart" about information technology.

Editor's Note 2011

Such chaos ushered in the enterprise era, where decision-making authority was wrestled away from business-unit leaders and placed in the hands of high-level IT committees working in coordination with centralized IT departments.

Put IT Where It Belongs Susan Cramm 2011

Similar to finance and human resources, IT is considered a fundamental part of the required responsibilities and competencies for business-unit leaders.

Put IT Where It Belongs Susan Cramm 2011

In enterprise IT, business-unit leaders are not expected to bring IT skills to the table.

Put IT Where It Belongs Susan Cramm 2011

WHO'S ACCOUNTABLE Instead of assuming that business-unit leaders need the IT department looking over their shoulders before they take any action, business-unit leaders should be accountable for managing the IT assets that support their business.

Put IT Where It Belongs Susan Cramm 2011

Research indicates that only one-quarter of business-unit leaders believe they are "smart" about IT.

Put IT Where It Belongs Susan Cramm 2011

We used business-unit specific competitive benchmarking in our financial and strategic planning for the first time this year.

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Increasing innovation requires that business-unit leaders and their teams assume more control for the IT assets that fuel their business, and that IT provides the leadership and support to effect the transition.

Put IT Where It Belongs Susan Cramm 2011

HOW THEY OPERATE In the innovative-IT era, business-unit leaders don't simply count on the IT department to tell them what to use and how to use it.

Put IT Where It Belongs Susan Cramm 2011