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CIO Career Knowledge – Page 36

The Future of Corporate IT: Relentless Focus on Business

This presentation discusses the trends and drivers shaping corporate information technology capability and the strategy, tactics and semantics to deal with them – “new generation IT will be run by business professionals who[se] focus is IT”

Business Views Impact on the CIO Role

CIO role has come a long way however, getting a seat at the executive table is a hard thing for CIOs in many organizations. This article provides a framework to assess an organization’s willingness to accept the CIO as an "equal" to their business counterparts, concluding that "dominant assumptions about IT in different areas of an enterprise can explain differences in CIO status"

A Framework for Successful IT-Enabled Change

This article presents an analytical framework that explains how IT-enabled change can be driven in practice – this research addresses exactly what it is that managers must do to successfully lead IT-enabled change.

Unleasing the CIO Performance

The author presents a framework for CIO performance arguing that IT’s contribution to business results or a CIO’s performance is not just contingent upon their capability but also on other factors – some of which are directly related to others in the C-Suite.

Clarifying the Role of the CIO

The authors propose that there are five different models/types of CIOs – utility, evangalist, innovator, facilitator, and agile – and the best one for an organization is determined by the role IT plays in business strategy and leadership maturity.

The CIO as Business Technology Strategist

This article discusses the emerging Chief Information Officer (CIO) role of business technology strategist and its relationship with the three traditional IT manager roles – informational, decisional and interpersonal.

Creating People Advantage

This report presents the findings of a survey on 22 key human resource topics. It also provides case studies on specific company initiatives and a supplement on fostering diversity for business value (not just for legal or social reasons)

The New IT Organization

This survey of 641 IT Executives finds that the role of the CIO is changing – not gradually but rapidly – to that of a business leader focused more on innovation and transformation.

Guide to Organizational Models for Information Technology

Dive into the world of IT organizational structures with this in-depth guide. Understand the trade-offs between centralized and decentralized models and learn how to align your IT strategy with business goals for maximum efficiency and innovation.

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