Allen Lazzara

Allen Lazzara, META Group consulting vice president of enterprise strategies, sets the stage for understanding demands on today's organization by detailing changes in society and the workplace.He discusses strategies for integrating IT and business, then looks at six organizational imperatives: defining agility and targets, understanding change, making change work: assessing and improving performance, removing barriers to transitioning knowledge into action, "rightsourcing" IT staffing, and managing incentives.Topics explored in examining these "Big 6" imperatives include organizational agility, 21st century IT skills, bridging the gap between knowing and doing, and coping with the scarcity of IT talent.After viewing this program, IT executives will be able to think and coordinate differently, change the work infrastructure to induce behaviors associated with agility, align roles and responsibilities with business needs, and place greater emphasis on developing skills and rewarding with appropriate incentives.

For those with access to the CD, Internet and intranet versions, this program provides a selection of Web links, including "A Capital Idea," which explains the benefits of tracking the value of human capital, and "Hot Skills and Cold Cash," which describes the best employee retention techniques.The selection of valuable white papers includes: "Addressing the IT Workforce Shortage" and "The Convergence of CRM and E-Business," which illustrate important issues to consider when developing your world-class e-business.

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Allen Lazzara, META Group consulting vice president of enterprise strategies, sets the stage for understanding demands on today's organization by detailing changes in society and the workplace.He discusses strategies for integrating IT and business, then looks at six organizational imperatives: defining agility and targets, understanding change, making change work: assessing and improving performance, removing barriers to transitioning knowledge into action, "rightsourcing" IT staffing, and managing incentives.Topics explored in examining these "Big 6" imperatives include organizational agility, 21st century IT skills, bridging the gap between knowing and doing, and coping with the scarcity of IT talent.After viewing this program, IT executives will be able to think and coordinate differently, change the work infrastructure to induce behaviors associated with agility, align roles and responsibilities with business needs, and place greater emphasis on developing skills and rewarding with appropriate incentives.

For those with access to the CD, Internet and intranet versions, this program provides a selection of Web links, including "A Capital Idea," which explains the benefits of tracking the value of human capital, and "Hot Skills and Cold Cash," which describes the best employee retention techniques.The selection of valuable white papers includes: "Addressing the IT Workforce Shortage" and "The Convergence of CRM and E-Business," which illustrate important issues to consider when developing your world-class e-business.

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