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The Role of the IT Business Partner in Organisational Change
Change: Are we ready?
In business, organisational change is inevitable. An organisation has to adapt to changing demands – of the customer and the market, of technology, and of the wider environment. With changing demands, it’s the organisations that can keep up with that change that survive, whilst the others fall behind and eventually by the wayside An effective IT Business Partner can identify the organisational change that is needed to keep the company one step ahead. What an IT Business Partner is good…
What is Shadow IT?
How does Shadow IT impact on Organisational Efficiency?
The rise of SaaS (Software as a service) applications over the last few years has opened up opportunities, and created challenges for anyone in the business of managing organisations of all sizes. While SaaS has enabled smaller businesses to scale up quickly and cheaply, widespread use of SaaS within larger organisations can create headaches for IT departments, and senior managers trying to get their individual teams as effective as possible on their allocated budgets. Where IT management has not been…
The UK IT Business Partner Survey 2016
Results and findings from our 2016 IT Business Partner Survey
In 2016, we decided to assess the role of IT Business Partners in UK companies in the hope of finding out how effective they rate themselves. Organisational effectiveness is achieved when departments work together towards the same aim, sharing knowledge and resources to reach business goals. The role of the IT Business Partner is to maximise the value that these departments can deliver through the use of technology. Our survey set out to find out whether IT Business Partners consider…
