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Table 3. CIO competencies: transform IT vision versus nontransform IT vision
Table 3 CIO Competencies: Transform IT Vision Versus Nontransform IT
Vision
TRANSFORM IT VISION CIOs (
n
= 26)
NONTRANSFORM IT VISION CIOs (14)
Business Factors — high-level agency characteristics
(10 of 12)
%
Business Factors — high-level agency
characteristics (4 of 12)
%
BF2: Focus on agency objectives and goals (PA)
92
BF1: Focus on agency mission (PA)
86
BF11: Focus on top-level managers (KG)
88
BF11: Focus on top-level managers (KG)
79
BF1: Focus on agency mission (PA)
85
BF7: Focus on internal constituencies (KG)
71
BF7: Focus on internal constituencies (KG)
85
BF2: Focus on agency objectives and goals (PA)
69
BF3: Focus on agency policies (PA)
81
BF5: Focus on external constituencies (KG)
77
BF12: Focus on program decisions made outside the IT
unit (DO)
76
BF4: Focus on agency resources (DO)
73
BF6: Focus on government policies and regulations (DO)
73
BF10: Focus on middle-level managers (KG)
69
Human Factors — socioorganizational characteristics
(2 of 6)
%
Human Factors — socioorganizational
characteristics (1 of 6)
%
HF5: Focus on successful people who embody the agency's
values, character, and culture (EE)
88
HF5: Focus on successful people who embody the
agency's values, character, and culture (EE)
79
HF6: Focus on set of expectations that members of a group
have for one another (EE)
73
Technical Factors — forms of IT (5 of 10)
%
Technical Factors — forms of IT (2 of 10)
%
TF2: Focus on LANs (CT)
92
TF9: Focus on electronic mail (CT)
72
TF9: Focus on electronic mail (CT)
84
TF4: Focus on relational databases (IIT)
71
TF3: Focus on client/server hardware and software (HIT)
72
TF10: Focus on World Wide Web/Internet (CT)
72
TF4: Focus on relational databases (IIT)
68
Convey the Relevance of IT — supporting activities (2
of 7)
Convey the Relevance of IT — supporting
activities (0 of 7)
%
%
CR7: Promote IT as an agent of agency transformation
(PIS)
88
CR4: Disseminate information about the benefits and costs
of IT-based change (PTS)
69
Manage Critical Relationships — supporting activities
(4 of 10)
%
Manage Critical Relationships — supporting
activities (0 of 10)
%
MR1: Actively participate in top-management decision
making (ERM)
88
MR2: Speak the language of managers from other program
areas (ERM)
84
MR10: Explain to users that their feedback is critical to
expanding a system's benefits (CUI)
84
MR3: Stay abreast of developments in the program areas
of other managers (ERM)
80
Implement IT-Based Solutions — supporting activities
(5 of 9)
%
Implement IT-Based Solutions — supporting
activities (2 of 9)
%
PI7: Involve those affected by IT-based change in its
design and implementation (CPC)
92
PI7: Involve those affected by IT-based change in its
design and implementation (CPC)
86
PI1: Create a participative IT planning process (CPC)
88
PI9: Procure and organize technical expertise for
development (PIR)
71
PI9: Procure and organize technical expertise for
development (PIR)
84
PI8: Procure and allocate the equipment (e.g.,
hardware/software) needed for systems development
(PPR)
73
PI5: Encourage an iterative IS development approach
(DDA)
68
