Week 45 (24.2.08)

Learn

Does IT Matter? - Nicholas Carr, Harvard Business Review

Logic Flow:

• IT is common pervasive
• IT system in place in your company is NOT different from another
• IT is no longer giving business a competitive edge
• Conclusion: IT does not matter
• However, IT is a necessity

Unlearn

I have all the while in the opinion that IT alone will not make any business more competitive because IT can be outsource (via consultants or buy). So, IT never mattered. What matters are the people who invent technologies and who deploy and use them.

Relearn

As a result from my learning, i am more conscious now on my role to work closely with IT department in Pfizer, for a greater adoption of information technologies , to increase the opportunities for competitive advantage for financial performance in sales division.