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ISBN:9781337681919

Author:BIDGOLI

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Chapter1: Information Systems: An Overview

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What are the roles of a CIO and what should a CIO do to establish a set of policies and guidelines on the use of I.T resources for a small manufacturing company? Consider the professional relationships and impact with employers, clients, suppliers, users, other professionals, and society

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CIO

Chief Information Officer(CIO) is one of the senior level employee in an organization who deals with information technology in order to achieve the goals of organization

Roles and Responisibilities

CIO's should look into the infrastructure and information in an organization
CIO's take a call in purchasing IT equipment
CIO's defines set of goals for lower level employees working in an organization
CIO's must have knowledge in all the technical aspects and they must be able to decide which technology suits best in solving a problem
They need to analyze the cost, risk involved while taking up a project or buying new infrastructure

In small manufacturing companies, the resources are finite and CIO must be able to use all the resources effectively and to make this happen, a CIO will have set of guidelines and are as follows:

The available resources must be effectively used
No security breach is allowed
It is very important to maintain the backup for data
Every employee is responsible for the resources that are allocated to them

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