In this chapter, the following content will be discussed: Chief Information officer profile: - demographics, - salary data, - employment information, - topic relevance; important for general managers to understand this pivotal senior position; communication, leadership, and people skills – essential to CIO success. | CIO Lecture 5 Today Lecture Summary Chief Information Officer profile - Demographics - Salary data - Employment information - Topic relevance Important for general managers to understand this pivotal senior position Communication, leadership, and people skills – essential to CIO success CIO The Office of the CIO? Some believe the office of the CIO is so broad it should be handled by a team Four ‘positions’: Chief Information Officer Heads IS and works with top management, customers and suppliers Chief Technology Officer Heads IT planning, which involves architecture and exploration of new technologies 2-3 The Office of the CIO? 3. Chief Operations Officer Heads day-to-day IS operations 4. Chief Project Officer Oversees all projects and project managers IT is so critical to enterprise success and the know-how needed to run it so deep and wide = management needs to become a team effort Whither CIOs? Different periods of recent history have seen executives with different backgrounds . | CIO Lecture 5 Today Lecture Summary Chief Information Officer profile - Demographics - Salary data - Employment information - Topic relevance Important for general managers to understand this pivotal senior position Communication, leadership, and people skills – essential to CIO success CIO The Office of the CIO? Some believe the office of the CIO is so broad it should be handled by a team Four ‘positions’: Chief Information Officer Heads IS and works with top management, customers and suppliers Chief Technology Officer Heads IT planning, which involves architecture and exploration of new technologies 2-3 The Office of the CIO? 3. Chief Operations Officer Heads day-to-day IS operations 4. Chief Project Officer Oversees all projects and project managers IT is so critical to enterprise success and the know-how needed to run it so deep and wide = management needs to become a team effort Whither CIOs? Different periods of recent history have seen executives with different backgrounds “running the show” Manufacturing = in the early 1900s Sales and Marketing – 30s to 50s Finance – 70s to 90s Problems and scandals Future – perhaps now CIOs have the most appropriate backgrounds to run companies 2-5 Role of the CIO Is Evolving Quotable quote: “It is no longer useful or meaningful to talk about the ‘role of the CIO.’ ” – Barb Gomolski, senior research director, Gartner, Nov. 27, 2000 1 Rationale No single “one-size-fits-all” position description CIOs wear many hats; work in various roles Different types of CIOs CIOs are driven by background and interests Industry and organizational differences affect role Chief Information Officer Job title is commonly given to the senior executive in charge of information technology and computer systems that support an organization’s business goals. As IT has become increasingly important, the CIO is typically viewed as a key strategist within the organization. In many companies, the CIO reports directly to the Chief Executive Officer .
