Back office versus mid or front office. Former is stable (if consolidating). Latter is moving fast.
Differential in rate of change between front and back office is creating problems.
The mindset is that it's all IT, but the differences in front and back office are substantial.
Do mini-CIOs just recreate the fundamental problem that center CIOs face? Just at a business unit level?
IT pushes operational responsibility for ALL processes to the CIO. Business unit leaders opt out of OPERATIONAL responsibility because IT controls their operation.
Differential in rate of change between front and back office is creating problems.
The mindset is that it's all IT, but the differences in front and back office are substantial.
Do mini-CIOs just recreate the fundamental problem that center CIOs face? Just at a business unit level?
IT pushes operational responsibility for ALL processes to the CIO. Business unit leaders opt out of OPERATIONAL responsibility because IT controls their operation.
There are arguments for keeping fast moving front office and slow moving back office under single leadership if there needs to be good integration and coordination among them. At the same time, it does create the tension for the executive. It requires the executives to have a strategy and knowledge of how to keep these together under one roof. Do some CIOs have this knowledge?
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