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Change management
The effective management of organisational change is a measure of CIO success. CIOs are increasingly in the driving seat of changes in process and culture at organisations and management boards, CEOs and chairman now look towards the CIO to be an agent of change within the organisation. Change management requires not only a vision for improving process or culture within an organisation, but also key skills in communications, negotiations and even marketing.
Latest Change management news
HMRC forced to manually process 35 million tax cases due to IT delays
HM Revenue & Customs has queued 35 million tax cases for manual processing, directly as a result of severe delays to a new IT system rollout.
Doctors demand halt to NHS electronic records
The British Medical Association has called for an immediate halt to the multibillion pound rollout of electronic records for NHS patients.
T-Mobile and Orange gets the all clear
The European Commission has given a conditional go-ahead for the merger of Orange UK and T-Mobile UK, owned by France Telecom and Deutsche Telekom respectively.
Anglo American supply chain and shared services cut £1.5bn from costs
Anglo American has removed $2.3 billion (£1.5 billion) worth of costs, aided substantially by an overhaul of its supply chain, asset management and knowledge management, and the introduction of shared services.
Kraft will cut £430m from costs with Cadbury integration
Kraft is targeting the removal of $675 million (£430 million) worth of costs annually, as it faces a mammoth SAP integration task following its £11.5 billion acquisition of Cadbury.
Fujitsu staff cancel 24 hour strike, but talks continue
Unite union members at Fujitsu have called off a strike due on Friday as talks take place to solve the UK’s first ever national IT workers’ strike.
Microsoft beats its June redundancy target
Microsoft has beaten its target of cutting 5,000 jobs by the middle of June 2010, the company reported as part of its quarterly 10Q filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Germany drops patient record scheme as UK marches forward
A multibillion pound German scheme to create smartcards of digital patient records, has been abandoned in the face of concerns over delays, rising costs and data security.
Severn Trent turns on phase 1 of SAP implementation
Severn Trent has completed the first phase of a major technology efficiency overhaul, switching on a central module of its new SAP enterprise resource planning system.
HP staff to strike tomorrow
More than 1,000 HP staff in the Public and Commercial Services Union are set to strike tomorrow after talks to resolve a dispute over pay and job cuts broke down.
Change management in depth
Warburtons mixed ERP improvements into its expansion plans
Grist to the mill
Warburtons mixed ERP improvements into its expansion plans under the careful eye of IT director Damien Ghee more...
Back to basics: Enterprise Resource Planning
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) - Past, Present, Future and successful implementation
ERP in simple language, a cut out and keep guide to get your CEO and CFO up to speed on what these technologies do for your organisation more...
Book review: The Change Equation
Making sense of the global economy
Books that aim to crack the codes of finance and shatter the glass ceiling. more...
The CIO Questionnaire: Al-Noor Ramji, BT Group CIO
BT Group CIO Al-Noor Ramji is helping the telco bounce back
Going back to the source, BT Group CIO calls in his motivations more...
BT Group CIO Al-Noor Ramji is helping the telco bounce back
Going back to the source
Al-Noor Ramji is helping the telco bounce back with a re-evaluation of outsourcing part of the agenda more...
Government IT: why getting it right matters
Policy could kill IT innovation
The government must stop making excuses and get to grips with the way it runs IT before innovation dries up in Britain, argues the CEO of software company Erudine more...
What next for best practice?
From next to now practice
Consulting models must meet the spirit of participation in society and technology, say Atos Consulting experts Carl Bate and Rob Price more...
Arts Council CIO Owen Powell manages a change in scene and service
A change of art
Arts Council IT director Owen Powell paints a picture of occupational psychology and IT as the canvas for transformation more...
Why the UK’s Victorian canals rely on IT
Liquid assets
British Waterways has helped change the face of the nation’s canal network. Head of ICT Richard Walsh explains the role of technology in the operation of today’s waterways more...
Government cloud computing must have a proper business case
Helping G-Cloud hit the spot
Cloud computing could enable an improved approach to public-sector IT, as long as the business case for its adoption is properly established more...
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Analysis
Dedication to regulation
Regulation is a fact of life and business. The signs are that its impact will be felt more strongly and constantly than ever as time wears on. more...
Opinion
Ensure a smooth transition to centralised IT delivery
It may be counter-intuitive, but done right, IT centralisation can save money and increase agility. more...






