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Luftman - Chapter 4
Luftman - Chapter 4
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Chapter Outline
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Synott’s Definition of CIO
• Manage information resources as vital
corporate asset
• Bring systems into competitive marketplace
• Manage and coordinate increasingly
decentralized information resources
• Manage end-user computing so that it
serves corporation's needs
• Be a catalyst for corporate change
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Evolution of CIO
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Distributed Era of CIO Roles
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Web-Based Era
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CIO’s Resume Today
• Knowledge of applying IT to business
• Visionary leader
• Relationship manager
• Marketer
• Open systems-oriented
• 20 years in LOB management jobs
• French, German, Japanese
• Masters, Harvard Business
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Current View of the CIO
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Concerns of CIOs
• 94% Enhancing customer satisfaction
• 92% Security
• 89% Technology evaluation
• 87% Budgeting
• 83% Staffing
• 66% ROI analysis
• 64% Building new equipment
• 45% Outsourcing hosting
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How CIO Affects Value of IT
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Global CIO
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CIO Attributes
–Analyst background and orientation
–Promote IT as agent of business
transformation
–Contributes beyond IT function
–Accurate perception of CEO views on
business and IT
–Integrates IT with business planning
–Profile stresses consultative leadership
and creativity
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CEO Attributes
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Organizational Attributes
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CEO Fit for Information Age
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CEO Must Believe in IT Importance
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Top 10 CIO Requirements
7. Leadership 7. Ability to create and
8. Expertise in aligning manage change
and leveraging 8. Knowledge and
9. Business savvy experience in specific
industry
10.Relationship skills
9. International experience
11.Management skills
10.Ability to hire, develop,
12.Communication
and retain quality IT
skills professionals
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The Effective CIO
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Feeny’s Characteristics of “Ideal” CIO
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IT Managerial Skill Mix
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What Makes a Manager?
• Information Processing Roles
– Disseminator
• Interpret and edit before passing along
– Monitor
• Analyze information available to ascertain
problems
• Stay informed of activities outside subunit
– Spokesperson
• Source of information about subunit
• Sell capabilities and value of organization
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What Makes a Manager?
• Decision-Making Roles
– Entrepreneur
• Ability to change design of unit structure
– Disturbance Handler
• Deal with conflict and crises
– Resource Allocator
• Control resources with organization
– Negotiator
• Negotiate commitments
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What Makes a Manager?
• Interpersonal Roles
– Liaison
• Maintain relationships with other units
– Figurehead
–Formal obligations that come with
managerial title
– Leader
• Includes human resources activities
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What Makes a Leader?
• Broad business and organizational
knowledge
• Broad set of relationships in firm and
industry
• Excellent reputation and strong track record
• Keen mind and strong interpersonal skills
• High integrity and personal values
• High level of motivation
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Characteristics of Effective Leadership
• Has willing followers
• Relationship between leaders and followers
• Leadership occurs as an event
• Use influence beyond formal authority
• Operate outside boundaries of defined procedures
• Involves risks and uncertainty
• Not everyone will follow leader’s initiative
• Consciousness creates leadership
• Is a self-referral process
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Leaders vs. Managers
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Organizational Role Changes of CIO
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Critical IT Management Processes
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Functional Changes in Role of CIO
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Tips for New CIO
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Tips for New CIO
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