Úloha CIO ve společnosti

Who is the CIO in a knowledge society at the time of an information big bang and in the environment of a global village? Who were they in the 1970s? Who would they like to become in the future? What are their qualifications for that and what are their handicaps? These are the questions that this thesis has sought to answer. A knowledge society will continue to need to coordinate, transfer, and re-use information and this need will best be met by IT. The CIO is proceeding from a new sort of manager through a technology expert to a hybrid manager who connects technology knowledge and business skills with interpersonal skill--soft skills. Drawing on broader context and team support, the CIO must take prompt decisions whose main function is to generate added value. Generating this added value seems to be difficult to measure, which threatens the CIO's position just like cutting IT budgets, outsourcing their tasks or ousting CIOs from the executive teams. A way to success may lead through forming their own visions and handling communication effectively but also through creating a synergy.