IT Management Slideshow:
What Business Managers Really Think of IT

• 1. Nearly 75% of business leaders believe IT investments create value.
• 2. 54% say there are barriers to the business seeing a full return on IT investments.
• 3. Top barriers preventing full return on IT investments:
  - Difficulties implementing applications (37%)
  - Culture of the organization (20%)
  - Lack of skill base (16%)
  - Fear of change (7%)
  - Lack of training (5%)
  - Do not know (18%)
  
• 4. 32% of executives say IT informs the business about new technology to a significant or great extent.
• 5. 73% say the IT department performs in line with or out-performs expectations, with the bulk reporting baseline performance.
• 6. About 58% of respondents said the CIO is a member of the executive team, and of those 87% said the CIO’s views were equal with others on the team.
• 7. 12% of respondents said CIOs report to the CEO and 23% report to the board.
• 8. The largest percentage of organizations interviewed—42%—said CIOs report to the CFO.
• 9. 37% of those surveyed said that IT is routinely on the board agenda.
• 10. When boards do talk technology, they are most likely to discuss day-to-day operational performance.
  Just under 60% of respondents put the topic at the top of their list.
• 11. 36% of those surveyed said the board’s top concern is the role of IT in future business success and even fewer—just 30%—listed the contribution of IT to innovation as a hot board topic.
• 12. The marginalization of IT innovation may have to do with executive attitudes toward IT’s role, ITGI and PriceWaterhouseCoopers reports.
  22% of executives said they believe IT’s contribution to business innovation is very important, while 50% rated IT’s contribution to business efficiency very important.