Facebook: Data Mining the World’s Largest Focus Group
With the amount of data at Facebook’s disposal, can it accurately predict outcomes within the volatile financial markets? If so, can aalso manipulate or influence such predicted events?
Information Management/Technology (IT)
Beyond the Numbers
An implicit challenge is to coordinate the efforts of groups with different interests to realize expected gains. This means that acquisitions quickly go from numbers to considering the impacts on people, as achieving synergy requires clear communication of the implications of an acquisition to those impacted.
Transorganizations: Managing in a Complex and Uncertain World
Management in a connected, interdependent, and information intensive world requires new thinking and innovative approaches. The increasing interdependence and complexity of organizations and institutions call for transorganizational thinking.
Editorial: The World of Graduate Management Education Turned Up Side Down
Globalization is bringing about a radical rethink regarding the content and delivery of graduate management education.
VIDEO: Transforming the Relationship between Business and IT Executives
Dr. George Westerman studies the impact of digital technology on the management of large firms. In this video interview, he discusses the changing role of CIO.
Self-Organizing Conversation as an Invitation to Serendipity
In a relentlessly changing world, self-organizing conversation can enable learning, adaptation, influence, and co-evolution for the firm.
“The Role of the CIO” with Harvey Koeppel
In this video interview, Center for CIO Leadership Executive Director Harvey Koeppel discusses the changing role of the CIO based on his experience in the financial services industry.
The Power of Sharing in an Uncertain World
A case study of a corporate business unit at Nestlé in the United States demonstrates the potential of virtual insourcing.
IT Solutions for SMBs in an Economic Downturn
In an economic downturn, innovation is particularly essential to business success.
IT-Enabled Information Transparency: A Strategic Approach
This article offers foundations and guidelines for sound transparency strategies that are the result of over six years of field observations and empirical research.
Servicing the Software Industry (SaaS)
There is something abuzz in the software industry from customers and developers alike and it is called Software as a Service, or SaaS for short.
Creating a Community in Southern California that Values Sharing Knowledge
The threat of knowledge loss affects the aerospace industry, as well as entertainment, high technology, education, and government.
Managing Organizational Knowledge
Through knowledge management, organizations identify and leverage their collective knowledge to compete, including the creation, storage/retrieval, transfer, and application of knowledge.
IT in Healthcare
Over the next few years, the healthcare industry is expected to be one of the top two industries to leverage information technology (IT) and to recognize significant growth.
Mapping IT Resources for Successful Implementations
An IT Resource Gap Framework is a simple tool for identifying project risk, systemic weaknesses, and strategic concerns for implementation projects.