CONTENTS

PREFACE

Important Message to the Individual Reader

A Note on Vocabulary and Cultural Differences

A Note on Our Perspectives and Prior Work

Notes and Acknowledgements

Notes

PART ONE—The Challenges

CHAPTER 1 Business and IT in Turbulent Times

Turbulence and Uncertainty Challenge Enterprises

This Is Not About Alignment (Entirely)

The Problem of Business and IT Relationships

Strategic IT Management Changes the Mental Models about IT in the Enterprise

To Whom Are We Writing? Who Is Our Audience? Whose Mental Models Are We Changing?

Notes

CHAPTER 2 The Barrier

Trust and Performance Are Highly Correlated

Trust and Partnership Are Highly Correlated

Context and Performance Affect Trust and Ability to Partner

Trust and the Total Value Performance Model

Trust and Governance

A Case of Broken Trust

The Role of Executive Leadership

Notes

CHAPTER 3 A Staircase to Trust

What Is Trust?

Dimensions of Trust

Trust Improves Business Performance

Can Trust between Business and IT Be Built?

Personal Trust versus Organizational Trust

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and IT

Business Requirements for Total Value Performance

How Does Trust Affect IT Strategy in Turbulent Times?

Producing Business Outcomes—An Assessment

References

Notes

CHAPTER 4 IT Strategy in Turbulent Environments

Change and Turbulence Defined

How Do Organizations Cope with Change and Turbulence?

Assessing Turbulence in the Enterprise

Organizational Capabilities and Environmental Turbulence

How Do IT and IT Management Cope with Turbulence ...

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