CIO Challenges and Opportunities (2)
This presentation provides a succinct snapshot of the challenges facing a modern CIO and pithy advice, from a CIO, on meeting them head on. Good read.
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Is This A Time of Opportunity for the CIO?
This CIO survey polled over a hundred and fifty CIOs from every business sector to shed light on the trends and outlook for the IT function. The conclusion? "faced with increasing competitive pressures, accelerating decision cycles and a new generation of tech savvy users, companies are looking to their CIOs as advisors and agents for business responsiveness, agility and collaboration."
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"
How do Corporate Culture and Alignment Drive the Role of the CIO?
This paper discusses the role of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) – the issues it faced in its infancy, current faces and is expected to face in the future – in the context of culture and alignment. 
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.
The Essential CIO
How are technology leaders helping their organizations adapt to the accelerating change and complexity that mark today’s competitive and economic landscape? For CIOs, what are
The Role of the CIO
This academic paper discusses the skills and responsibilities of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) role.
The Evolving Role of the Chief Information Officer in Business Leadership
This article highlights the developing role of the chief information officer (CIO) – an increasingly significant business role that has developed in recent years from being a technically-oriented support function to a commercially-focused part of the business.