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Field trip to Vestas's IT organization in Manila.

We are four students: Jesper Larsen and Tue Lassen (Bachelors in political science) & Claus Laustsen and Rasmus Knap (Bachelors in IT) from Aalborg university, who are currently studying IT management as our Master.

As a part of our 9th semester we are writing two scientific papers in collaboration with Vestas. Furthermore an aspect of our 9th semester has been concerning sourcing strategies and project management. Therefore it is relevant for us to visit Vestas's IT organization in Manila. Besides Vestas we are going to visit two other offshored IT-organizations, NNIT and Excitor.

The papers are as mentioned being composed in cooperation with Vestas which offshored a part of their IT organization to Manila back in 2008. The papers concern the following:

1. How has Vestas IT-organization developed their IT-capabilities and structure over time in the efforts to become a strategic (trusted) partner to the business.

2. To describe and define the IT middle managers role in the IT organization.

The purpose of our trip is to collect data for the two papers and in general learn about and experience the practical aspects of offshoring. We are thereby gaining practical knowledge regarding the challenges IT organizations face when they offshore parts of the IT function, that we can compare to the theoretical literature we have been presented to in class.

We consider this a unique chance to explore the different processes in an offshore organization and learn how leadership and management can be performed.

The purpose of this blog is to summarize and reflect upon the experiences gained from visiting three offshored IT organizations.

Ready to go to Manila? Not quite - the economical aspect

As a student everybody knows that one is on a tight budget and consequently we needed resources to cover parts of our expenses. We therefore have petitioned different funds which have responded positively. The realization of the trip became imminent once the petitions were accept, which was a great relief for all of us.

The blog will be updated regularly and pictures will be shared as well.

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Knuck, knuck, knuckles on heaven's door

From Greenhills we grabbed a taxi to get the last measurements done by the tailor. After saying no thanks to beautiful girls, beautiful boys and drugs the taxi driver drove us to a place called “Market! Market!” which is the district in which the tailor has his shop. After the tailor visit we went to get some late dining in a restaurant with a traditional Philippine cuisine. The main dish was knock out knockles, which is one of the few traditional Philippine dishes we have tried. It is pork in some way roasted and made crispy but still juicy. It is quite tasty.
We have not seen many traditional Philippine restaurants. We have been explained that since both the Spanish and the Americans have colonized the Philippines, their culture and cooking has been integrated. 
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1 comment:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 25, 2013 at 9:52 AM

    IT management is different from management information systems (MIS). Whereas MIS is related to automation of methods involved in human decision making process, IT management deals with activities associated with management of the draadloos en wifi which encompasses the information systems and personnel involved, through basic management functions such as budgeting, change management, network planning, etc.

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