All global IT activities must be adjusted to take into account the culture, political, and geo-economics challenges that

exist in the international business community.

STEPS IN GLOBAL IT MANAGEMENT

Developing appropriate business and IT strategies for the global marketplace should be the first step in global information technology management. once that is done, end users and IS manager can move on to developing the portfolio of business applications needed to support business strategies; the hardware, software, and internet-based technology platforms to support those applications; the data resource management methods to provide necessary database; and finally the systems development projects that will produce the global information systems required.