Tuesday, July 7, 2020

The Monthly “CIO Master” Book Tuning: CIOs as Master of Management and Governance July 2020

 IT management and IT governance are interdependent disciplines.

Compared to the other executive positions, the CIO role continues to be shaken up, refined, reinvented, and reenergized. The magic “I” of the CIO title sparks many imaginations and modern CIOs need to wear different hats and play multiple roles.

Here is a set of blogs for brainstorming the role of CIOs and reinvent IT to get digital ready.


      

   CIOs as Master of Management and Governance


The CIO as a Master of Both IT Management and Governance The digital paradigm means hyperconnectivity, interdependence, integration, and diversification. Digital technology is often the disruptive force behind change and information is permeating into every core process in modern organizations. IT management and IT governance are interdependent disciplines.

Take an Interdisciplinary IT Management Disciplines via Logical Steps With the very characteristics of hyperconnectivity, interdependence, nonlinearity, adaptability, unrepeatability, unpredictability, Information technology systems are the backbone for shaping a high-performance digital organization with interdependent processes, emerging technologies, and interdisciplinary management disciplines for moving the business to a dynamic, iterative, integral, and interactive digital ecosystem.

Contemporary CIOs Think as “Chief Enterprise Architect” The breadth and depth of IT management include people management (talented people with skills and capabilities), process management (workflow, process effectiveness & efficiency), organizational architecture design, IT portfolio management, and performance management.

Decomplexifying IT via Holistic Management Discipline Information Technology is the linchpin of contemporary business. Though by its nature, IT is complex, it doesn't mean IT should continue to complicate the matters or increase unnecessary complexity without discipline.

CIO as Governance Master: Data Governance, IT Governance, and Corporate Governance  Governance has been one of those concepts that has received a lot of "lip service," the speed of business is accelerated, opportunities and risks co-exist, and a CIO owns delivery of one of any organization's key assets - its information. A failure to deliver because the IT function is so tied up with risk or its own governance rules is unforgivable. Data governance, IT governance, and corporate governance, CIOs need to master them all.

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