Internetworking

in Global
Management
Kudang B. Seminar

10/28/08 Kudang B. Seminar 1

 Global IT Management
Global IT Management

Cultural, Political, Geo-economic challenges

Business/IT Application Technology Data Systems

Strategies Portfolios Platforms Management Development
 Global Company

A global company is a business that is driven by

a global strategy which enables to plan and treat
all its activities in the context of a whole-world
system, and therefore serve its local and global
customers with excellence.
 Towards a Global Company
Today Global
Geographic Concept Business Concept
Centralization/Decentralization Any Place
Mechanistic Holistic
Isolationism Low Boundaries
Not Invented Here Network of Trust
Geographic Presence Cultural Fit
Central Controllers Core Connectors
Replication of Resources Economic of Scales
Stove Pipe Connection Great Network
Communications
Short Term View Long Term View
 Business Drivers for
Global IT
 Global customer
 Global products
 Global operations
 Global resources
 Global collaboration
 Global IT Platforms

 Internet or Internet-Like
 High computing systems
 Cyber & International Laws
 Information/Data Encryption &
Decryption
 Open Systems
 GDSS