Managing an IT Carve-Out at a Multi-National Enterprise Teaching Case Description

Journal of Information Technology Teaching Cases (2013)

6 Pages Posted: 1 Aug 2014

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Jens Fähling

Technische Universität München (TUM) - Information Systems

J. M. Leimeister

University of St. Gallen; University of Kassel - Information Systems

Philip Yetton

UNSW Business School

Helmut Krcmar

Technische Universität München (TUM)

Date Written: 2013

Abstract

Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, including the carve-outs of business units or parts of them, are standard strategies used by multi-divisional organizations to adjust their business portfolios. Carve-out projects are critically dependent on their management of IT. Systems, which have been integrated in order to deliver seamless and efficient IT operations, must now be pulled apart under demanding time and compliance constraints. In 2007, Delta IT Consulting (DIC), one of France’s biggest IT-service provider, sold one of its three service provider divisions, IT Product Services. This division employed about 3500 employees in 20 countries and previously generated 0.7 billion of DIC’s €3.8 billion revenues. DIC itself is a division of Delta Corporation – a French high-tech company and leading player in a wide array of businesses, industries and countries around the world. This teaching case challenges the reader to analyze and manage the IT carve-out as a critical component within the divestment project. The case includes insights into strategic and organizational challenges of planning and managing an IT carve-out project.

Keywords: teaching case; IT carve-out; IT project management; IT management

Suggested Citation

Fähling, Jens and Leimeister, Jan Marco and Yetton, Philip and Krcmar, Helmut, Managing an IT Carve-Out at a Multi-National Enterprise Teaching Case Description (2013). Journal of Information Technology Teaching Cases (2013), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2474101

Jens Fähling

Technische Universität München (TUM) - Information Systems ( email )

Boltzmannstr. 3
Garching b. Munich, 85748
Germany

Jan Marco Leimeister (Contact Author)

University of St. Gallen ( email )

Varnbuelstr. 14
Saint Gallen, St. Gallen CH-9000
Switzerland

University of Kassel - Information Systems ( email )

Pfannkuchstraße 1
Kassel, 34121
Germany

Philip Yetton

UNSW Business School ( email )

UNSW Business School
High St
Sydney, NSW 2052
Australia

Helmut Krcmar

Technische Universität München (TUM) ( email )

Arcisstrasse 21
Munich, DE 80333
Germany

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