CHAPTER 5
Organizational Structures That Support Strategic Initiatives
Organizational Structure – Organizational employee must work closely together to develop strategic initiatives that create competitive advantage.
Ethics and security are two fundamental building blocks that organizational must base their businesses upon.
IT Roles and Responsibilities
1) Chief Information Officer (CIO) – oversees all uses of IT and ensures the strategic alignment of IT with business goals and objectives.
· Broad CIO function include :
ü Manager – ensuring the delivery of all IT projects on time and within budget.
ü Leader – ensuring the strategic vision of IT is in line with the strategic vision of the organization.
ü Communicator – building and maintaining strong executive relationships.
2) Chief Technology Officer (CTO) – responsible for ensuring the throughput, speed, accuracy, availability and reliability of IT.
3) Chief Security Officer (CSO) – responsible for ensuring the security of IT system
and developing strategic and IT safeguards against attacks from hackers and viruses.
4) Chief Privacy Officer (CPO) – responsible for ensuring the ethical and legal use of information.
5) Chief Knowledge Officer (CKO) – responsible for collecting, maintaining and distributing the organization’s knowledge.
The Gap between Business Personnel and IT Personnel
Organizational Fundamental - Ethics and Security
Ethics and security are two fundamental building blocks that organizations must base their businesses on to be successful. In recent years, such events as the Enron and Martha Stewart, along with 9/11 have shed new light on the meaning of ethics and security.
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