CEOs Better Learn Fast
Most CEOs have been born from financial departments. The understanding of how to control the company's resources to increase profit margins make CFOs the next in line to become a CEO. The advancements of Information Technology are quickly changing this assumption. Research provided by the Cranfield School of Management for the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) identifies a new risk to traditional CEOs. Their study focused on the success rates of IT projects and documented the relationship between the CIO and the CEO. A CEO familiar with IT development is going to have better chance of success and communicate more effective with the CIO. If CEOs fail to adapt to the new face of business, SDSU students are on their way to replace them!!
Article: CEOs Must Know IT--Or Else
posted by Efrain A. @ 7:25 AM
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We are moving into an age where the people now entering the workplace are ones who have grown up with computers and technology as part of everyday life. The workplace is going to have to be efficient in communication between experienced upper management and those who know technology as if it were second nature. I'm sure there are CEOs out there who do not realize that they could save time and money with virtual presentations or video conferencing.
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