Can the IT group, as the authors assume, move from one model to another at will? What model might be appropriate at the different stages of growth (see Table 2.6). Discuss the advantages of ‘movement toward the facilitator role’. Should IT departments try to move to the facilitator or agent model? Why or why not?

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Element 1 Ad hocracy 2 Foundations 3 Centralized Staff IS planners IS Manager Data Base Programmers/ contractors Systems analysts DP Manager Don't bother me Style Unaware (I'm too busy) Skills Technical (very low level), individual expertise Superordinate Obfuscation goals Systems Administrator Data Administrator Data analysts Abrogation/ delegation IS believes it knows what the business development methodology needs Stage 4 Cooperation Business analysts Information Resources Manager (Chief Information Officer) 5 Entrepreneurial 6 Harmonious Corporate/business/IS planners (one role) IS Director/member of board of directors Democratic dialectic Individualistic (product Business team Organizational integration IS knows how the Project management business works Confusion Senior management concemed DP defensive Users know how IS works (for their area) Business management (for IS staff) Cooperation champion) IS Manager-member of senior executive team Knowledgeable users in some IS areas Entrepreneurial marketing skills All senior management understand IS and its potentialities Opportunistic Entrepreneurial Intrapreneurial Interactive planning