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Publication Date: 2005
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The Myth about CIOs "If We Could just Find a Good CIO, These Problems Would Go Away"
Hawkins, Brian L .; Oblinger, Diana G.
EDUCAUSE Review, v40 n1 p12-13 Jan-Feb 2005
Have you ever heard, "If we could just find a good CIO, these problems would go away"? Certainly, having a strong and wise leader at the top of the IT organization is important; however, having such a person is not sufficient to effectively integrate IT into a key part of the institutional strategy. In a number of recent EDUCAUSE Review articles, the importance of involving the entire executive team in IT issues has been emphasized: leaders. Having a CIO is not a surrogate for the active involvement of the chief executive officer, the chief academic officer, and the chief financial officer in decisionmaking related to information technology across the functions of the campus. Senior campus officers must take esponsibility for overseeing the systems that manage the information assets in their domains of responsibility and for working with each other and with the CIO to maximize the institutional effectiveness and efficiency in using technology. Instead of abdicating and distancing themselves from IT, all senior officers must learn more about IT, take more responsibility for IT, and engage in ongoing education so that they can assume these new responsibilities. The CIO must be integrally involved in shaping this education, but ultimately the campus strategy and the commitment of the executive team to work collaboratively will be critical.
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Information Technology, College Administration, Higher Education, Administrator Role
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