CHAPTER 5 ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES THAT SUPPORT STRATEGIC INITIATIVES

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES

-Employees across the organization must work closely together to develop strategic initiatives that create competitive advantages. Understanding the basic structure of a typical IT department including titles, roles, and responsibilities will help an organization build a cohesive enterprisewide team.

FIVE DIFFERENT ITEM

CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER (CIO):
-Responsible for overseeing all uses of information technology.
-Responsible to ensuring the strategic alignment of IT with business goals and objectives.
-CIO often reports directly to the CEO.
-CIO must possess a solid and detailed understanding of every aspect of an organization.
-Broad functions of CIO include manager, leader, and communicator.

 CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER (CTO):
-Responsible for ensuring the throughoutput, speed, accuracy, availability, and reliability of an organization's information technology.
-Similar with CIO, its because CIO take on the additional responsibility for effectiveness of ensuring that aligned with the organization's strategic initiatives.
-CTO responsibility for ensuring the efficiency of IT systems throughout the organization.
-CTO possess well-rounded knowledge of all aspects of IT systems through networked computers.

 CHIEF SECURITY OFFICER (CSO):
-Responsible for ensuring the security of IT systems and developing strategies and IT safeguard against attacks from hackers and viruses.
-Role of a CSO has been elevated in recent years because of the number of attacks from hackers and viruses.
-CSO possess detailed knowledge of networks and telecommunications because hackers and viruses usually find their way into IT systems through networked computers.

 CHIEF PRIVACY OFFICER (CPO):
-Responsible for ensuring the ethical and legal use of information within an organization.
-CPO are the newest senior executive position in IT.
-Many CPO are lawyer training, enabling them to understand the often complex legal issues surrounding the use of information.

 CHIEF KNOWLEDGE OFFICER (CKO):
-Responsible for collecting, maintaining, and distributing the organization's knowledge.
-CKO design programs systems that make easy people to reuse knowledge.
-CKO system create repositories of organizational documents, methodologies, tools, and practices, and they establish methods for filtering the information.