Chapter 5 : ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES THAT SUPPORT STRATEGIC INITIATIVES

Organizational Structures

Organization must work closely together to develop strategic initiatives that create competitive advantages.

It Role and Responsibilities

• Chief Information Officer (CIO) is responsible for overseeing all uses of information technology and ensuring the strategic alignment of IT with business goals and objectives.

• Chief Technology Officer (CTO) is responsible for ensuring the throughput, speed, accuracy, availability and reliability of an organization's information technology.

• Chief Security Officer (CSO) is responsible for ensuring the security of IT systems and developing strategies and IT safeguards against attack from hackers and viruses.

• Chief Privacy Officer (CPO) is responsible for ensuring the ethical and legal use of information within an organization.

• Chief Knowledge Officer (CKO) is responsible for collecting, maintaining and distributing the organization's knowledge.

The Gap between Business Personnel and It Personnel

Business Personnel : posses expertise in functional areas  such as marketing, accounting.

It Personnel : technology expertise.

Improving Communication

Business personnel must seek to increase their understanding of IT. Although they do not need to know every technical detail, it will benefit their careers to understand what they can and cannot accomplish using IT

Organization Fundamentals

Ethics and Security

      

Ethics  : the principles and standards that guide our behavior toward other people. 

            : issues affected by technology advance

• Intellectual property 
• Copyright
• Fair use doctrine
• Pirated software
• Counterfeit software

Privacy : the right to be left alone when you want to be, to have control over your own personnel  possessions, and to not be observed without your consent.

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