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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - Managing Information Technology Internationally
What can the manager do to solve the problems raised above?
Some of these impediments to IT require political action or deregulation, for
example, the policies of foreign PTT utilities. In other instances, management
has to take action to solve problems and managers have to be involved in efforts
to develop systems that will be used in multiple countries. It is management
that has to sell its vision for the firm's global technological infrastructure
and resolve conflicts over IT requirements.
Roche (1992) presents a number of strategies for managing information technology
in a global environment. See Table Below.
Strategies for Managing Global IT
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Concentrate on interorganizational linkages.
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Establish global systems development skills
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Build an infrastructure
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Take advantage of liberalized telecommunications
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Strive for uniform data
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Develop guidelines for shared versus local
systems.
