Chapter 1. Introduction to Information Technology Payoff

 

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IT Payoff: A Dialog

Bob Graham has been the chief information officer (CIO) of a $2 billion manufacturing conglomerate corporation for 5 years. He is getting ready for a meeting with the CEO, Patricia Donahue, to request approval for a $14 million project leading the corporation’s seven strategic business units (SBUs) and the corporate office into the next generation of telecommunications and computer networking. With the profit margins decreasing, Bob proposes to cut computing costs by centralizing financial and planning operations, along with information services, to the corporate office. However, Patricia is concerned ...

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