Question

According to McKinsey & Co, the root cause of companies’ inability to align their IT and their business goals is the lack of knowledge and communication. True or false?

Answer 1

Answer:

True

Explanation:

Many times management does not know a lot about information technology (IT) and that is not something necessarily bad because none can know all about everything. The problem is when someone doesn't know about something else but he/she is not willing to learn about that issue or is not willing to ask other people who know to teach them.

Many CEOs and board members are very successful and powerful people, and they do not like to admit the fact that they might need help to deal with some issues. IT is constantly changing and even if they knew about it 10 or 20 years ago, that knowledge is no good anymore.

The largest advances in IT have occurred in communications, our world is smaller every day. But communication by itself is only a tool, and a tool is only as good as the person that handles it. In order for a company to work properly, good communication must exist between all their units.