“While corporate management structures are being impacted by the digital revolution, one thing has remained the same: having key people in key positions. Technology can only take you so far, according to Dr. Art Langer, director of the Center for Technology Management at Columbia University.
“I think if you were to ask many people, particularly in the project management area, ‘What is the single most important thing that they would want to ensure success of their projects?’, they wouldn’t tell you structure,” said Langer. “They would probably tell you, ‘Give me the best people. Give me the best people, and I can get anything done.’”
However, even though organizations may have the right talent in the right position, getting them to embrace new technology in terms of management may be another matter all together. Old habits die hard, and such is the case when managing new technology, Langer explained.”
“We have to drive down a culture and get people to do things more automatically, empower them to do it, allow them to take some risks, or else we can’t scale and we can’t respond fast enough to the changes.” added Langer. – Tim Hawkins, excerpted from his article, “Why technology management is as important as the technology itself“, @ SiliconAngle, click here to read the article in its entirety.
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