Organizational Structure that Support Strategic Initiatives

CHAPTER 5 : ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES THAT SUPPORT STRATEGIC INITIATIVES.

Organizational Structures

 

- Organizational employees must work closely together to develop strategic initiatives that create

  competitive advantages.

- Ethnics and security are two fundamental building blocks that organizations must base their

  business upon.

 

IT Roles and Responsibilities

 



- Information technology is a relatively new functional area,having only been around formally for

  around 40 years.

- Recent IT-related strategic positions is Chief Information Officer(CIO),Chief Technology Officer

  (CTO),Chief Security Officer(CSO),Chief Privacy Officer(CPO) and Chief Knowledge Office

  (CKO).

 

       1) Chief Information Officer(CIO) is oversees all uses of IT and ensures the startegic

           aligenment of  IT with business goals and objectives.Broad CIO functions include :

 

          a) Manager - Ensuring the delivery of all IT project,on time and within budget.

          b) Leader - Ensuring the strategic vision of IT is in line with the strategic vision of the

                             organization.

          c) Communicator - Building and maintaining strong executive relationships. 

      

       2) Chief Technology Officer(CTO) is responsible for ensuring the throughput,speed,accuracy,

           availability,and reliability of IT.

       3) Chief Security Officer(CSO) is responsible for ensuring the security of IT systems.

       4) Chief Privacy Officer(CPO) is responsile for ensuring the ethical and legal use of

           information.

        5) Chief Knowledge Office(CKO) is responsible for collecting,maintaining,and distributing the

            organization's knowledge.

 

The Gap Between Business Personnel and IT Personnel

- Business personnel possess expertise in functional areas such as marketing,accounting,and sales.

- IT personnel have the technological expertise.

- This typically causes a communications gap between the business personnel and IT personnel.

 



 

Improving Communications

- Business personnel must seek to increase their understanding of IT.

- IT personnel must seek to increase their understanding of the business.

- It is the responsibility of the CIO to ensure effective communication between business personnel

  and IT personnel. 

 

Organizational Fundamentals-Ethnics and Security

- Ethnics and security are two fundamental building blocks that organizations must base their

  bussiness on to be successful.

- In recent years,such events as the Enron and Martha Steward,along with 9/11 have shed new light

  on the meaning of ethics and security.

- Ethics- the principle and standards that guide our behavior toward other people.

- Issues affected by technology advance :

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

- Security is organization information is intellectual capital-it must be protected.

- Information security is the protection of information from accidental or intentional misuse by

  persons inside or outside an organization.

- E-business automatically creates tremendous information security risks for organizations.