CIO as Digital Business Strategist

• The transformation of the CIO as a business strategist.
• The roles and responsibilities in catalyzing business strategy.
• Business models and strategies.
• The strategic role of digitization.
• Identifying opportunities for enhancing business model execution through digital resources and capabilities.
• Leveraging digital technologies for business model innovation.
• The economics of platform models of business strategy.
• The strategic decisions that underlie the development of a platform strategy.
• Why are digital technologies likely to disrupt industries?
• How should business models be redesigned to address digital disruptions?

• Develop a road map to assume the roles and responsibilities of a business strategist from the CIO perspective.
• Strategize and plan for innovations in business models.
• Deepen understanding on the execution of IT strategy for superior business performance.

This programme is ideal for those seeking ideas, perspectives and a road map for transforming the CIO function into a business strategist function. It is specifically designed for CIOs or Senior executives with responsibilities for building and deploying IT infrastructure. Those who are Chief Technology Officers, Chief Marketing Officers, Vice-President of IT will also benefit from attending the programme.

Professor Raghunath Dr. S Raghunath is Professor of Corporate Strategy and Policy at IIM Bangalore.  He specializes in digital business strategies and models. He has researched these topics, taught them to Post Graduate and Doctoral students and executives, and consulted with major Indian companies and multinational corporations. He has been invited to address several CIO forums organized by CII, IDC, Dataquest and CIO Online.

He was a Visiting Scholar at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University (1990-1991) where he engaged in research in strategy making in IT companies.  He was also a Visiting Professor at INSEAD, France; HEC, Paris, Toulouse Business School, France University of Buckingham, UK; RMIT School of Business; Melbourne, Australia.

He also teaches in the Post Graduate Programme in Enterprise Management (PGPEM) an elective course on e-Business Strategies and Models. 

He has published several papers, case studies and book chapter and has been quoted in publications such as Economic Times, Business Line and the Computer Today and he wrote a column on business strategy for Outlook Business.

He was engaged in the study of strategy making in high-tech companies in USA such as Cypress Semiconductors Inc., Harris Semiconductors, Intel, Motorola, MIPS.  He has conducted studies on Business Process Initiatives in American Express Insurance and Investment Division, San Rafael, California.

Dr. Raghunath is a member of the Governing Council of the Cloud Computing and Innovation Council of India, and he is a member of the Board of Directors of Vijaya Bank, KIOCL, K Two Technologies, Spire Technologies, and National Venture Capital Fund.  He is a Registered Consultant with the Office of Project Services, UNDP, New York.

Dr. Raghunath was the Cycle Director of the International Masters Programme for Practicing Managers (IMPM) in 2010-2011 and has coached many CXOs of Indian companies as well as MNCs.

Dr. Raghunath is the India Chapter Chair of the Academy of International Business.

Professor Vallabh Samba Murthy is the Eli Broad Professor and Chair of the Department of Accounting and Information Systems at the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University.. He is a leading global expert on how firms leverage information technologies in digital innovation and competitive strategies. He has published his research in top journals such as the Management Science, Information Systems Research, MIS Quarterly, Organization Science, and the IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management.

He has served on the editorial boards of numerous journals, including MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, and Management. He served as the Editor-in-Chief of Information Systems Research for a six year period during 2005-10. In recognition of the impacts of his scholarly work and teaching he was selected as Distinguished Fellow of the Information Systems Society at INFORMS (2011), Fellow of the Association of Information Systems (2009), and the Distinguished Alumnus of the National Institute of Technology (Tiruchirapalli, India).

Sambamurthy teaches courses related to the alignment of technology and business strategies in the Full Time MBA program. He has been actively involved in executive education on current topics such as the shaping of digital business transformations, strategic alignment of IT, and the management of IT innovation in firms. He has worked as a researcher or a consultant with several Fortune 500 firms including AstraZenneca, 3M, General Dynamics, Owens Corning, Intel, Bell Atlantic, Freddie Mac, and BellSouth. His recently co-authored book, titled, Guiding the Digital Business Transformations: An Executive Agenda, provides actionable frameworks for achieving competitive advantage from information technologies. He is actively engaged with business executives and academics in China, Taiwan, Singapore, India, and Hong Kong in research, teaching, consulting, and executive education activities.

Programme Fee and Payment

INR 1,40,500/- Residential and INR 1,30,000/- Non -Residential (+ Applicable GST) per person for participants from India and its equivalent in US Dollars for participants from other countries.

Early Bird Discount

Nominations received with payments on or before 05-Aug-19 will be entitled to an early bird Discount of 10%.

• Early Bird Fee (Residential) INR 1,26,450/-(+ Applicable GST)
• Early Bird Fee (Non-Residential) INR 1,17,000/-(+ Applicable GST)

Please Note

All enrolments are subject to review and approval by the programme director. Joining Instructions will be sent to the selected candidates 10 days prior the start of the programme. Kindly do not make your travel plans unless you receive the letter from IIMB.

A certificate of participation will be awarded to the participants by IIMB.

• The programme fee should be received by the Executive Education Office before the programme commencement date.
• In case of cancellations, the fee will be refunded only if a request is received at least 15 days prior to the start of the programme.
• If a nomination is not accepted, the fee will be refunded to the person/ organisation concerned.

I had the opportunity to attend this program last year. The program has twin rewards, one being part of a class that has  eminent participants from industry who could share their own experience of taking on digital and another being able to analyze/learn from real life case studies. The program had the right mix of concepts/models and practical case work. The Professors facilitated insightful group discussions and helped the participants to discover the answers for pertinent questions around digital business models. Would highly recommend this course for enterprise business leaders who are managing digital portfolio".

- Mr. Balasubramanian Somasundaram, Digital Advisor, Microsoft Corporation India Pvt. Ltd