Week 10: Role of the CIO
and Globalization of Wyeth
MIS5001: Management Information Systems
David S. McGettigan
Agenda
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Prior Lecture Recap
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The Globalization of Wyeth
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Role of the CIO
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Next Week
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Prior Lecture Recap
Prior Lecture Recap
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Kodak
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Disruptive technology
Innovation and the culture of innovation
Financial concepts such as NPV
Change management
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Discuss the strategic and cultural similarities
and differences between Wyeth and Kodak.
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How influential and effective was senior
leadership in each of these?
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The Globalization of Wyeth
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Discussion Questions
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What was the role of IT in the globalization of
Wyeth?
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Two major components of Wyeth’s global IT strategy
were its ERP system and its “Global Data
Warehouse.” In what ways do you think that the
global nature of these initiatives influenced their
design, development, and implementation?
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Would you say that IT-enabled globalization is
simply another version of the centralization
/decentralization decision that any company makes
when it has multiple divisions, or is it fundamentally
different? Explain.
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Role of the CIO
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Most Time Spent
 Collaborating with CXOs
 Making Strategic Decisions
 Working on Strategic Business Planning
Obstacles to Success
 Overwhelming Project Backlog and Requests
 Ability to Execute Remains a Top Concern
 Focus on Cost Cutting
Opportunities
 Using IT to Enable / Standardize Business Processes
 Measuring Success and Proving Business Value
A Modern CIO
 Deputies Run Operations
 Focus on Strategy and Execution
Source: www.cio.com: “State of the CIO”
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Next Week
Social Commerce: Crowdsourcing