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The new face of IT service management
White Paper This white paper from Macehiter Ward-Dutton — an IT advisory firm that specializes in issues of IT-business alignment — shows how IT can contribute to the strategic advantage of the enterprise. In today's business... [20 Oct 2009]
Retail Bank Drives Business and IT Alignment Through Leading Expertise
White Paper To streamline business banking and redirect the time that CSAs spent with internal staff back to customers, the bank ran two projects simultaneously. First, the bank provided CSAs with the ability to schedule meetings directly with... [02 Oct 2009]
A Vision for the Modern Grid
White Paper Given the vision, one can create the alignment necessary to inspire passion, investment, and progress toward an advanced US grid for the 21st century. A modernized grid is a necessary enabler for a successful society in... [02 Oct 2009]
Succession Planning: Five Costly Errors to Avoid
White Paper How a lack of alignment between the succession plan and company goals can derail the initiative This white paper shows you how to avoid five of the most common --- and costly -- errors when embarking on a succession... [02 Oct 2009]
Mobile Line of Business Applications for the Midsize Business: An ROI Analysis
White Paper The White Paper examines key market requirements for mobility solutions, alignment with business goals for mobile workforces, key challenges and the impact of mobility solutions on costs and business value. [02 Oct 2009]
Organizational Goal Alignment in Ten Easy Steps
White Paper Companies that manage goal alignment well boast significant productivity and profitability improvements. This white paper takes you through ten steps that can save time and help drive better organizational... [01 Oct 2009]
Aligned Resource Optimization: How to Optimally Allocate Resources in Alignment With Enterprise-Level Objectives
White Paper The manufacturing line has been underperforming on one shift due to periodic shortages of staff and materials, and bottlenecks in product inspection. Should the company invest in a just-in-time inventory system, add third-shift staff,... [16 Sep 2009]
The Aligned Organization: How Performance Management Can Align Activities and Resources With Enterprise-Level Strategy and Market Conditions
White Paper Success requires alignment - collaborative progress toward a shared vision. The technology is currently available to support the alignment of strategy and execution across the organization and, in the... [16 Sep 2009]
Managing 21st Century Business and Technology Innovation: Reduce Operational Risk, Enable Compliance, Protect Privacy With IBM System z
White Paper This paper explores these challenges and highlights how IBM and, more specifically, System z, improves the alignment of IT and the business, increases business resilience, and enhances security and privacy capabilities... [16 Sep 2009]
Lean IT: The Time for Transformation Is Now
White Paper With Lean IT, technology can lead the way in providing value across the enterprise, but it is the alignment with business strategy and the proper governance model that will ensure success and achieve measurable results. [16 Sep 2009]
Journal of Management Excellence - Building Trust
White Paper Internal alignment ensures that expectations are met and that changing expectations and beliefs are immediately identified. Financial statements and sustainability reporting are about more than just publishing numbers. [15 Sep 2009]
The Need for Profitability & Cost Management
White Paper Read this white paper to find out more about how PCM drives business performance by finding drivers of cost and profitability, empowering users with visibility and flexibility, and improving resource alignment. [15 Sep 2009]
Improving the Links Between IT and Consumer Service
White Paper Alignment with the business is the foundation of service: not only should IT understand business goals, but it should engage with business leaders to set concrete metrics for service and jointly measure effectiveness. [09 Sep 2009]
Business Interfaces, Performance Networks - And a New View of Alignment
White Paper Buytendijk, author of Performance Leadership (McGraw-Hill, 2008), argues that the term "Alignment" needs an expanded definition - and new measurement approaches. Performance management has traditionally been a... [02 Sep 2009]
"The Challenge of Strategic Alignment": The Role of Scorecards & Dashboards in Strategy Execution
White Paper One of the greatest management challenges of the 21st Century is guiding large and complex organizations towards their goals. Value creation, whether expressed in shareholder value terms or delivery of services in the public sector can... [02 Sep 2009]
