Chapter 5

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES THAT SUPPORT STRATEGIC INITIATIVES

~ Organizational employees must work closely together to develop strategic

 initiatives that create competitive advantages.

~ Etchics and security are two fundamental building blocks that organizations

 must base their businesses upon.

IT ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

 Chief Information Officer (CIO)

Oversees all uses of IT and ensures the strategic alignment of IT with 

business goals and objectives.  Broad CIO functions include 

manager, leader and communicator

Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

responsible for ensuring the throughput, speed, accuracy, availability 

and reliability of IT.

Chief Security Officer (CSO)

responsible for ensuring the security of IT systems.

Chief Privacy Officer (CPO)

 responsible for ensuring the ethical and legal use for information.

Chief Knowledge Officer (CKO)

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 sush as
marketing, accounting and sales.
~ IT personnel have the technological expertise


ORGANIZATIONAL FUNDAMENTALS ETHICS AND SECURITY :

Ethics and security are two fundamental building blocks that organizations

must base their businesses on to be successful.

ETHICS - the principles and standards that guide our behavior 

toward other people.

PRIVACY - a major ethical issue. 

The right to be left alone when you want to be, to have control over 

your own personal possessions and not to be observed 

without your consent.

Issues affected by technology advances :

Intellectual property 
Intangible creative work that is embodied in physical form.

Copyright  
The legal protection afforded an expression of an idea such a song, 
video games.

Fair use doctrine 
In certain situations, it is legal to use copyrighted material.

Pirated software 
The unauthorized use, duplication, distribution or sales of copyrighted software.

Counterfelt software 
Software that is manufactured to look like the real thing and sold as such.