Info3- Managment and Strategies

ICT management styles

• larger organisations tend to have more formal structure than small onces
• Chinese whispers= more people in the communication chain messes up the message more throughout.
• safer methods of communicating are email and written
• informal is used in all organisation

ICT strategies and policies

strategy= a long term plan for achieving a goal

policy= a statment whcih ddefines the organisations position on a particular issue and may determine decisions, action and other matters.

The contribution of ICT management to business strategy

CIO (chief information officer)- influence organizational strategies, suggesting areas where ICT can help the organisation to meet its aims or managing the unrealistic expectation of others with regard to what is possible.

Factors influencing ICT strategy

• Business goals
• finance
• legacy systems
• geography
• legislation's
• assets over time

Corporate ICT strategies

• keeping pace with development
• information management
• people
• standards