Marcela Sánchez-Torres
ABSTRACT
This paper shows the perceptions of some of the Chief Executive Officer, CEO, of the Colombian government agencies about the role of Chief Information Officer, CIO, in their agencies, as part of the evaluation of the readiness for the establish of the CIO role in the country. This exploratory study conducted a survey of CEO Colombian government agencies, which belong to the central level since 24th February until 13th March of 2014. The main result is 81% of the CEO consider that a CIO as a keystone in its agencies.
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- CIO alignment: Colombian CEOs perception
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