Tecom role of the cio
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The document discusses the evolving role of the Chief Information Officer (CIO). It notes that while business school teaches the language of business, information technology teaches the language of how technology supports business. However, IT is not actually a profession itself, but rather a tool that should align with and help drive the overall business strategy. Looking ahead, the role of IT and CIOs will continue to shift more towards a focus on people and blending IT with the business, rather than seeing IT as a separate function.
Tecom role of the cio
- 1. The Role of the CIO Imad Choucair Chief Information Officer TECOM Investments – Dubai Holding
- 2. AS MBA is the language of business, IT is the language of “Technology in Business.” Language of MBA: Marketing, Finance, HR, Investments, corporate strategy, Budgeting, Corporate Performance, Cash flow… Language of IT: Programming, system administration, IT strategy, IT budget, Business efficiency, IT cost, … Since MBA is not a professions, then IT is not a profession neither. IT - Business alignment is an issue when IT is assumed to be a profession, or the organization’s culture is not ready for such technology. Or Simply, IT has been a disturbing element
- 4. Broadbent, M., & Skitzis, E. S. (2005). The New CIO Leader . Gartner Inc..
- 5. 1.This currant decade is concluding with tremendous progress in how Information Technology evolved, selected, implemented, and managed. 2.Organizations today face complex issues trying to accommodate and benefit from the massive amount of human activities happening outside their organizations. 3.The role of IT in the next decade must have a shift in its paradigm from focusing on IT to focusing on people, “IT everywhere.”
- 6. 1. IT is not a profession; IT is everywhere and for everyone 2. IT will always be associated with technologies and innovations which are assumed to help drive and grow the business. 3. The maximum value of IT will be achieved when is merged with the corporate business strategy. 4. CIOs are required to master IT and business, for now. 5. The future of “IT” is that there will be no “IT”. The question is when?
Editor's Notes
- #5: CIO is a transformational leader and not a manager