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Passport to a re-freshed management structure

Passport to a re-freshed management structure

Team building at the
UK's Foreign & Commonwealth Office

2 Jul 2009

Faced with a raft of new programmes, the UK’s Foreign & Commonwealth Office re-shaped its IT management team. Tony Mather, its CIO, saw this as a chance to extend colleagues’ career opportunities


THE CHALLENGE

The UK's Foreign & Commonwealth Office set out to create a new management team where an optimal mix of business and IT skills would enable it to tackled several large-scale IT-related programmes

THE SOLUTION

The re-organisation of IT was carefully managed to ensure that it presented an opportunity for the whole team to progress their careers.  That involved creating a senior leadership team that was a rich mix of career diplomats and technology professionals. Download the full case study to find out how that combination of experience has created a rounded understanding of the organisation's processes.


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