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OVERVIEW
IT Directors, Chief Information Officers (CIOs) and IT Executives have a vital
leadership role as organisations become more dependent on technology, both
operationally and strategically. This innovative programme will provide you with
the skills and confidence to be effective in a senior IT position. With its practical
focus, it will give you the tools and techniques to improve the effectiveness of
your organisation in the use of IT, while also emphasising your own personal
development.
Delivered over a four-month period in three modules, you will work on
contemporary case studies and exercises that have practical relevance for your
organisation.
Please see website for dates and fees.
DURATION
TO BOOK CONTACT:
3.5 days + 3 days + 2 days
residential
T: +44 (0) 1234 754570
E: som.action@cranfield.ac.uk
Book online at www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/itlp
KEY BENEFITS
DELEGATES GAIN:
• Broadened knowledge base
and successful impact on your
performance
• Leadership skills and
competencies to advance your
career
• New skills and competencies
that are essential for shaping the
strategic direction and driving
business value through IT
• Enhanced personal credibility.
ORGANISATIONS GAIN:
• Immediate effectiveness
through assignments, giving
you the opportunity to use
theories and frameworks in a
practical setting
• Exposure to new tools
and techniques as well as
innovative practices and ideas
to implement immediately
• Visible sign of career
development for employees
• Improved organisational
effectiveness, specifically
focusing on how IT can add
value to your organisation.
DELEGATE PROFILE
• IT Executives and their key
reports
• IT Executives with ambition to
lead in the future
• CIOs/IT Directors who feel that
they need the extra edge
• Other Senior Managers with
responsibility for IT.
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TIMETABLE
MODULE 1: BUILDING
CAPABILITY AND VALUE
MODULE 2: CULTIVATING
RELATIONSHIPS
For the IT executive, a key thrust
of this programme is to build the
capability to be successful. The
organisation itself must similarly have
a capability to continuously deliver
business value through IT.
For both the organisation and IT
leader, positive relationships are a key
element of success. IT executives must
be able to forge relationships right
across the organisation as well as with
external service providers and vendors.
Themes covered during this module
include:
Themes covered during this module
include:
• Exploring the evolving role of the
CIO/IT Director
• Reframing the CEO/CIO dialogue
• Growing great performers
• Generating business value
through IT investments
• Synchronising business and IT
strategies
• Designing an effective IS
organisation (new blueprints)
• Developing appropriate sourcing
strategies
• The leadership challenges of the
CIO
• Exploring how organisations
create competitive advantage
through IT.
• Diagnosing the gap between IT
and the business
• Engaging the business
• Leadership, influence and change
• Working with organisation and
political dynamics
• Examining value from enterprise
architecture
• Understanding yourself and others
• People types and projects
• Analysing customers, their
expectations and how to truly
delight them
• Building your network and social
capital
• Perfecting the art of influencing
and communications
• Creating an effective IT
governance structure.
Book online at www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/itlp
MODULE 3: DRIVING CHANGE
For the IT executive, increasing their
effectiveness is only likely if they
undergo personal change. At an
organisational level, value from IT
investments only emerges through
creating change in the organisation
and/or its business model. Themes
covered during this module include:
• Leading and implementing
change (tools and techniques)
• Navigating the cultural landscape
• Dealing effectively with
organisational politics
• Driving business innovation
through technology opportunities
• Understanding people’s motives
and drivers
• Overcoming the IT stereotype
• Maximising personal effectiveness
• Becoming part of the inner
sanctum.
I FOUND THE COURSE
PRETTY MUCH LIFECHANGING IN TERMS
OF THE CHANGES THAT I
WILL NOW BE PUTTING INTO
PLACE TO MOVE TOWARDS
MY EVENTUAL ROLE OF CIO/
CTO. REALLY USEFUL SKILLS,
TECHNIQUES AND EXAMPLES
THAT I WILL BE ABLE TO USE
BACK IN THE BUSINESS.
Aaron Bazler
HEAD OF INFRASTRUCTURE,
MANCHESTER AIRPORT GROUP PLC
General Enquiries:
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PROGRAMME DIRECTOR
ROB LAMBERT
MSc DMS
Rob is particularly interested in the
role of information systems and
business processes in achieving
corporate objectives and acts as
a consultant to a number of multinational organisations in the financial,
pharmaceuticals and oil industries.
Rob’s research focuses on the
information competencies required to
deliver effective information systems.
More recently he has researched and
published on the changing role of the
CIO.
Prior to joining Cranfield, Rob worked
in industry for many years with
organisations such as Rank Xerox,
Plessey and W H Smith. Whilst in
industry Rob was responsible for the
management and development of
IT functions, particularly focussing
upon improving the effectiveness of
those functions in terms of creating
organisational value.
Rob is joined by Professor Kim James,
Dr Robina Chatham, Dr Martin Clarke
and Professor Cliff Bowman for this
programme.
Book online at www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/itlp
CRANFIELD MANAGEMENT
DEVELOPMENT CENTRE
Our Open Executive Programmes are
held at the Cranfield Management
Development Centre (CMDC). Full
board accommodation (where
applicable) and all sessions are
usually held at this specifically
designed conference centre which
has an established reputation for
being one of the best centres in the
country.
Located in a rural, tranquil setting on
the Bedfordshire/Buckinghamshire
border, CMDC is conveniently
situated by the M1 motorway, railway
stations and major airports. We even
have an airport on site!
TAKING CARE OF YOUR
EVERY NEED
We understand that development
doesn’t only happen in the lecture
room. That is why the CMDC
provides inviting lounge areas
where you can network with your
colleagues, restaurants that allow
conversation to flow easily as you
enjoy the excellent cuisine, and
fitness facilities, including a swimming
pool, sauna and exercise room, to
relax and invigorate you at the end of
the day.
A HOME FROM HOME
After a hard day’s learning, lie back
and relax in one of the 186 modern
en-suite bedrooms, all of which are
designed to make you feel at home.
The amenities include free Wi-Fi,
freeview television, a great working
area with appropriate light and desk
space and a music centre to help you
unwind.
General Enquiries:
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Peterborough
A1(M)
Cambridge
Bedford
Milton
Keynes
Cranfield
Stansted
Luton
M1
M11
M25
London
M4
Heathrow
M20
Gatwick
M23
PLEASE BE AWARE:
The information in this brochure was correct at the time of going to press. However, as part of the on-going
development of our programmes, delegates, leading academics and practitioners continually review the
programmes and their content.
We have made every effort to use accurate descriptions, images, quotations and references but errors and
omissions may occur and are expected. Please check the programme page on the website for the latest
information, fees and offers.
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