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Visioning Information Technology at Cirque du Soleil
Case 9 65 2011 002
Case published in the International Journal of Case Studies in Management, Vol. 9, No. 3
Languages : 
  • English
Keywords: 
  • IT governance,
  • CIO role,
  • IT alignment,
  • IT strategic planning
Year of production : 
2011
Registration date : 
2011-09-15
Teaching notes included : 
Yes
Abstract

The case describes Information Technology at Cirque du Soleil in 2000, when a new Chief Information Officer was hired. The main challenge of the CIO was to find out how IT could best serve the Cirque. She was convinced that to meet this challenge, she had to develop an IT strategic vision that would be accepted by the top management of Cirque du Soleil, to deploy a highly professional IT group and increase the credibility of IT among the firm's leaders.

Primary domain : 
Information technology
Secondary domain : 
Not available
Sectors : 
  • Arts, entertainment and recreation
Source : 
HEC Montréal
Type : 
Traditional case 
Type of data used in the production of the case : 
Undefined
Event location : 
Montreal and world
Year of start of the event : 
2000
Year the event ended : 
2000
Business size : 
Medium