The Invisible Bottleneck: How IT Hierarchies Impact Growth
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Summary
The article analyzes the IT (information technology) organizational structure’s weaknesses that may affect performance and proposes solutions to overcome these problems.
It uses a case study of an organization with approximately 500 employees involved in manufacturing and sales as an example to analyze the effectiveness of its IT functions.
The proposed organizational structure includes Senior Management, Mid Senior Management and Operational levels spanned across multiple layers.
The study highlights several weaknesses in the existing hierarchical structure, such as overlapping roles and responsibilities.
It also emphasizes the importance of clear role definition, cross-functional collaboration, and streamlined governance to optimize the IT hierarchy.
Furthermore, the article provides recommendations for better structural organization, such as defining boundaries clearly between overlapping roles and introducing cross-functional task forces.
It also suggests establishing a dedicated Cloud Operations team and flattening the hierarchy to speed up decision-making.
The study concludes that improving the IT organizational structure can help align IT initiatives with business goals, promote innovation, and ensure that the IT function is scalable to meet future needs.