As in most major change efforts, objections and disagreement among various functional departments that arise in the process of business reengineering and CRM implementation can only be solved through personal intervention by top management, usually resulting in changes to corporate culture. The META Group Report (1998) concluded that investing in CRM technology without a customer oriented cultural mindset is like throwing money into a black hole. Dickie (1999) also warns against starting a CRM project if senior management does not fundamentally believe in re-engineering a customer-centric business model.