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The Role Of The Executive Information Officer

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Abstract
With the world of information technology rapidly changing allowing for many opportunities for organisation to take advantage of, as well as the risks associated with falling behind the importance of finding the right person to fit the role of the CIO is becoming more critical to the business success. The CIO is much more than it used to be where previously it was seen merely as the person to be in charge of the tactical IT infrastructure, to the significant role it plays today where the CIO is a driving force for innovation and leadership. The CIO is now being seen with a seat at the management table alongside the other C level executives and is able to assist by providing strategic vision and direction where information technology plays an increasingly significant part of the organisation as a whole.
Introduction
The role of the Chief Information Officer, or CIO, has been around for about 30 years (Mann, Watt & Mathews 2012) and over the past few decades has changed significantly and is still continuing to evolve. Unlike the other C level executives in the business world, the CIO has historically been left out of the loop, not included, thought about as not as important. This is because CIO has often thought to be the person in charge of managing IT and is only providing a service to the organisation (Gaines et al. 2012), however the research conducted indicates this may no longer be true. In this review we will see where the ever-changing role of the CIO has

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