CHAPTER 5 : ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES THAT SUPPORT STRATEGIC INITIATIVES.
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
An organizational structure defines how activities such as task allocation, coordination and supervision are directed toward the achievement of organizational aims. It can also be considered as the viewing glass or perspective through which individuals see their organization and its environment.
An organizational structure defines how activities such as task allocation, coordination and supervision are directed toward the achievement of organizational aims. It can also be considered as the viewing glass or perspective through which individuals see their organization and its environment.
IT ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Chief Information Officer (CIO)
- Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
- Chief Security Officer (CSO)
- Chief Privacy Officer (CPO)
- Chief Knowledge Office (CKO)
CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER (CIO)
- Oversees all uses of IT and ensure the strategic alignment of IT with business goals and objectives.
CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER (CTO)
- Ensuring the throughput, speed, accuracy, availability and reliabiality of IT.
CHIEF SECURITY OFFICER (CSO)
- Ensuring the security of IT systems.
CHIEF PRIVACY OFFICER (CPO)
- Ensuring the ethical and legal use of information.
CHIEF KNOWLEDGE OFFICE (CKO)
- Collecting, maintaining and distributing the organization's knowledge.
THE GAP BETWEEN BUSINESS PERSONNEL & IT PERSONNEL
Business personnel - Possesses expertise in functional areas.
IT personnel - Technological expertise.
ORGANIZATIONAL FUNDAMENTALS - ETHICS & SECURITY
- Ethics and security are two fundamental building blocks that organizations must base their business.
- Enron & Martha Stewart along with 9/11 have shed new light on the meaning of ethics and security.
ETHICS
- The principles and standards that guide behaviour toward other people.
SECURITY
- Organizational information is intellectual capital and it must be protected
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