Assignment task:
DBS Bank:
1. Identify the senior executives and their reporting relationship to the CEO at that time (including the CIO). Does the CIO have a "seat at the table"? What challenges/advantages will the CIO face because of their relationship to the CEO?
2. List the early business strategies proposed by the new CEO shortly after they started in the role. Place the strategies in the appropriate quadrant of the SEAR imperative.
3. Consider the business strategy from the point of view of the CIO. Remember, this is just after the CEO proposed the new business strategy. The CIO needs to develop an IT strategy that will enable the business strategy. How do you believe the CIO answered the following questions?
What actions will influence the desired outcomes?
How do we measure performance of the actions?
What behaviors favorably influence the measures?
(Note: it may help to consider the technological solutions that were ultimately implemented and work backwards to the questions)
4. What forms of resistance do you think the CIO faced when implementing the IT strategy?
Bossard case study:
1. Identify the senior executives and their reporting relationship to the CEO at that time (including the CIO). Does the CIO have a "seat at the table"? What challenges/advantages will the CIO face because of their relationship to the CEO?
2. List the early business strategies proposed by the new CEO shortly after they started in the role. Place the strategies in the appropriate quadrant of the SEAR imperative.
3. Consider the business strategy from the point of view of the CIO. Remember, this is just after the CEO proposed the new business strategy. The CIO needs to develop an IT strategy that will enable the business strategy. How do you believe the CIO answered the following questions?
- What actions will influence the desired outcomes?
- How do we measure performance of the actions?
- What behaviors favorably influence the measures?
(Note: it may help to consider the technological solutions that were ultimately implemented and work backwards to the questions)
4. What forms of resistance do you think the CIO faced when implementing the IT strategy?