Welcome to the e-Business Organization category in our CIO Reference Library. This curated collection of articles, resources, and guides is designed for CIOs, IT executives, business leaders, and professionals seeking to organize and structure their organization’s e-business initiatives effectively. Establishing the proper organizational structure is crucial for fostering collaboration, enabling agility, and ensuring the successful implementation and management of e-business strategies.
In this category, you will find information and insights on various aspects of e-business organization, including:
Explore the e-Business Organization category to deepen your understanding of the various strategies and best practices for structuring and managing your organization’s e-business initiatives. By establishing the right organizational framework and fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and agility, you can enhance the effectiveness of your e-business efforts and drive growth and success in the digital landscape.
This presentation discusses the internet enabled virtual organization – internet enabled tools such as social media have enabled a new virtual organization design. What are the benefits and challenges of this it based virtual – networked – organization? what is knowledge management and what are its key concepts? what are some models to measure the ROI of social media? (29 slides)<br />
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This article explains why e-Business continues to challenge traditional organizations. It explores the historical misplacement of e-Business functions in IT and marketing, the myths that distort strategic thinking, and the urgent need for structural realignment to avoid becoming obsolete.
This article explores the structural shift e-Business requiresโfrom faster, personalized customer experiences to tightly integrated back-end systems. It highlights how customer expectations, short product life cycles, and real-time service pressure organizations to adopt entirely new models rather than repurpose old ones.
This article introduces universal organization design principles and applies them to e-Business. It explains how business modelsโnot best practicesโshould guide structure, and explores the role of segmentation, customer centricity, and cross-functional integration in building an agile digital organization.
This article breaks down the three dominant e-Business organizational modelsโcentralized, decentralized, and hybridโevaluating their pros and cons. It provides a practical framework to help businesses select the right structure based on maturity, industry pace, and business model alignment.
This paper has good information on a variety of issues related to eCommerce – especially the need for and the role of someone to lead the "function" within a business. Good start on key issues.
