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Management article
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Reference no. 90412
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: "Harvard Business Review", 1990

Abstract

After a period in which many companies experimented with decentralizing their information systems (IS) organization, companies are now consolidating data centers, giving central IS staffs more authority, and establishing companywide standards and procedures. The result is a hybrid organizational model that allows companies to benefit from the cost savings and control that centralization provided but with the user- responsiveness and flexibility that decentralizing permits.

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Abstract

After a period in which many companies experimented with decentralizing their information systems (IS) organization, companies are now consolidating data centers, giving central IS staffs more authority, and establishing companywide standards and procedures. The result is a hybrid organizational model that allows companies to benefit from the cost savings and control that centralization provided but with the user- responsiveness and flexibility that decentralizing permits.

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