Forecast for Management: Planning and Organisation, 2008 and 2009

Content

• IDC Opinion
• In This Study
  • Methodology
    • Scope
    • Significance of Results
    • Comparison with Previous Report
      • Selectable options were added to the following sections:
      • The following selectable options were removed:
    • Structure and Content
  • Research Demographics
    • Geographical Segmentation
    • Figure: Responses by Geographical Segmentation
    • Industry Segmentation
    • Table: Industry Sector Groupings with Respondent Shares to the 2008 Survey
    • Figure: Responses by Industry Sector
    • Figure: Responses by Company Size (Number of Staff)
    • Figure: Responses by Annual Turnover
    • Australia Economic Indicators
    • Figure: Global Economic Position, 2008: Percentage Change from the Previous Year
    • Australia ICT Spending
• Situation Overview
  • Forecast for Management CIO Themes in 2008
  • Figure: Forecast for Management CIO Themes in 2008
  • IT Expenditure
    • IT Expenditure Trends
    • IT Expenditure Trends as a Percentage of Turnover
    • Figure: IT Expenditure Patterns
    • Figure: IT Expenditure as Share of Turnover
    • IT Expenditure Trends by Organisational Size
    • Figure: IT Expenditure by Organisational Size
    • IT Expenditure Trends by Country
    • Figure: IT Expenditure by Country and Company Size
    • IT Expenditure Trends by Industry Sector
    • Table: IT Spending by Industry
    • IT Budget Outlook
    • Figure: IT Budget Year-on-Year Change Outlook, 2004-2010
    • IT Budget Breakdown
    • Figure: IT Budget Allocation and Outlook
    • Financing IT Investments
    • Figure: Australia IT Investment Funding
    • Figure: New Zealand IT Investment Funding
    • Use of Leases and Rentals
    • Figure: What is Included in Leases and Rentals
    • Expenditure Control and ROI
    • Figure: ROI Timeframes for IT
    • Figure: Expenditure Authority by Company Size
    • Figure: Expenditure Authority by Country
    • IT Expenditure Influence
    • IT Purchasing Preferences
    • Figure: Where IT Purchases Are Sourced
  • IT Management Roles, Challenges and Priorities
    • Attitudes Towards IT
    • Figure: How CIOs Believe Their Executives' View IT
    • Figure: Executives' View of IT by Industry
    • Organisational Structure
    • Figure: To Whom Does the CIO Report?
    • Figure: CIO Report Lines
    • CIO Responsibilities
    • Figure: CIO Responsibilities
    • CIO Challenges
    • Table: Potential Challenges Facing CIOs over the Next 12-18 Months
    • Top CIO Challenges in Australia
    • Table: Australia Ranking of CIO Challenges, 2001-2008
    • Top CIO Challenges in New Zealand
    • Table: New Zealand Ranking of CIO Challenges, 2001-2008
    • CIO Challenges by Industry Sector
    • Figure: Chief Information Officer Top 5 Challenges by Company Size
    • Table: Top 5 CIO Challenges by Sector
    • IT Planning and Governance
      • IT Planning
      • IT Governance
      • Figure: Composition of the IT Steering Committee
    • Top CIO Priorities
    • Table: Top CIO Business Priorities
    • Table: Top CIO IT Priorities
    • Performance Measurement
      • Benchmarking
      • Figure: Use of Benchmarking Management Areas by Company Size and Sector
      • Figure: Use of Benchmarking Management Areas by Country
      • Benchmarking Operations Areas
      • Figure: Use of Benchmarking Operations Areas by Company Size and Sector
      • Figure: Use of Benchmarking Operations Areas by Country
      • Quality Certification
      • IT Infrastructure Library
      • Figure: Use of IT Infrastructure Library by Country
  • IT Human Resources
    • Staff Turnover
    • Figure: IT Staff Attrition, 2000-2008
    • Contractors
    • Recruitment
    • Figure: How Chief Information Officers Recruit Staff
    • Composition of IT Department
    • Figure: Australia Composition of the IT Department
    • The Changing IT Department
    • Figure: Changing Composition of the IT Department
    • Selective Sourcing and Outsourcing
    • Table: Reasons for Using Selective Sourcing
    • Figure: Use of Outsourcing
    • Figure: The Use of Outsourcing by Country
    • Offshore Sourcing
• Future Outlook
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  • Related Research
  • Appendix A: 2008 Forecast for Management Survey Form Summary of Results
  • Table: Principal Operating Organisation by Vertical
  • Table: Location of Organisation Headquarters by State or Country
  • Table: Approximate Annual Revenue in the Last Reported 12-Month Period
  • Table: Approximate Number of People Employed in the Last Reported 12-Month Period
  • Table: Job Title of Surveyed
  • Table: Executives' View of the Impact of IT
  • Table: Organisations Outlook in Six Months
  • Table: Frequency of PC Upgrades
  • Table: Current and Future Usage of Technologies
  • Table: Current and Future Usage of Management Disciplines and Applications
  • Table: Web 2.0 Technologies Adoption
  • Table: Inquiries from Web Sites
  • Table: Time Spent Searching for Information
  • Table: Time Spent Searching for and Unsuccessfully Locating Information
  • Table: Threats to Organisational IT Security
  • Table: Intranet Use by Business Unit
  • Table: Frequency of IT Strategic Plan Updates
  • Table: Composition of IT Steering Committee
  • Table: IT Operations and Performance Indicators
  • Table: IT Operations ROI Accountability
  • Table: IT Percentage of Revenue
  • Table: IT Percentage of OPEX
  • Table: IT Percentage Outside of Budget
  • Table: Expected Year-on-Year IT Expenditure Change for the Next 12-Month Period
  • Table: Organisation IT Expenditure Allocations by 12-Month Operating Period
  • Table: IT Project Positive ROI Timeframes
  • Table: Level of Financial Authority for Purchase of Hardware/Software or Professional Services
  • Table: Percentage of Total IT Purchases Acquired by Various Distribution Channels
  • Table: IT Investment Financing
  • Table: IT Equipment Included in Leases
  • Table: Software as a Service Purchasing Decisions
  • Table: Employee Head Count by Function, December 2007-December 2009
  • Table: Employee Headcount by Function, 2008
  • Table: IT Sourcing Strategies Changes (%)
  • Table: Sourcing Strategy Preferences
  • Table: Reasons for Selective Sourcing
  • Table: Level of Outsourcing by IT/IS Activity Type
  • Table: Business Process Outsourcing
  • Table: Offshoring Plans for Next 12 Months
  • Table: IT Staffing Turnover
  • Table: Sources of New Recruits for IS Department
  • Table: Senior IT/IS Manager Reporting Line
  • Table: Gender of IT/IS Manager
  • Table: IT/IS Manager Responsibilities and Levels (%)
  • Table: Major Challenges to the IT/IS Department in Next 12-18 Months
  • Table: Business or Organisational Issue Priority in Next 12 Months
  • Table: IT Investment Priority in Next 12 Months
  • Synopsis