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Identifying and benchmarking information technolgy cost within a multinational
Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2010.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/23407 Identifying and benchmarking information technolgy cost within a multinational Tobin, Peter upetd@up.ac.za Hamm, Philip Arnold UCTD Technological innovation Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2010. Faced by ever increasing expenditure on Information Technology (IT), organisations are turning to what can be perceived as measures of world-class performance such as benchmarking to identify weaknesses in their practices. The objectives of this research were two-fold: Firstly, to explore in what way an organisation identifies its Information Technology costs, and secondly, to determine what IT cost benchmarking takes place within an organisation and to determine its value and relevance to the organisation. The research was conducted as a qualitative two phase snapshot case study across five regions within GoodsCo. Data collection comprised of unstructured face-to-face interviews and five semi-structured telephonic interviews. Content analysis was then used to identify the key patterns or themes which emerged. The research established that Information Technology costs within GoodsCo consists of primarily direct costs components, and that most indirect cost components and contextual elements are not accounted for. Finally it was established that limited and infrequent benchmarking occurs within these regions, and that GoodsCo derives limited value and relevance from their current benchmarking practices. Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) unrestricted 2013-09-06T15:17:16Z 2010-06-16 2013-09-06T15:17:16Z 2008-04-01 2010-06-16 2010-03-23 Dissertation Hamm, PA 2007, Identifying and benchmarking information technology cost within a multinational, MBA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23407 > G10/139/ag http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23407 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03232010-130541/ © 2007 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Technological innovation Identifying and benchmarking information technolgy cost within a multinational |
| title | Identifying and benchmarking information technolgy cost within a multinational |
| title_full | Identifying and benchmarking information technolgy cost within a multinational |
| title_fullStr | Identifying and benchmarking information technolgy cost within a multinational |
| title_full_unstemmed | Identifying and benchmarking information technolgy cost within a multinational |
| title_short | Identifying and benchmarking information technolgy cost within a multinational |
| title_sort | identifying and benchmarking information technolgy cost within a multinational |
| topic | UCTD Technological innovation |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23407 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03232010-130541/ |