Responsibilities of a CTO, CPO and CSO...etc.

Some preventive measures that the executives could follow to avert any personal humiliation or tangible/intangible damages to the company.

The CTO, CPO or CSO should have strong ethical values and should convey that by his/her actions to the rest of the company. He/she should have strong commitment for the company that he/she is working for.

The CTO, CPO or CSO should also have strong personal moral values and should make sure that all his/her activities should be directed for the betterment of the company and shouldn’t include any personal interest.

Again, the CTO, CPO or CSO should act professionally and respect the decision of the board of directors and shouldn’t get involved in any sort of retaliation process to harm against the company that he/she has worked for.

I am in nontechnologial area.....do I have to worry about technology???

In this global environment that we are in right now, where competition is driving everybody and everything, executives can’t help but to make sure that they are knowledgeable about technology irrespective of their specialized fields. They need to make sure that IT is in total alignment with the business functions of that particular company. If there is a harmonious existence of IT and business functions, reciprocating each other, the potential business ramification for any company will sure lead to the way of success and prosperity. Technology is always evolving. Something that a software developer is using today might turn out to be obsolete a after a couple of weeks. Thus the executive has to be always on top of this volatile nature of technology and lead the company by confronting the threats in the proper manner and in the process making opportunities, tapping onto them and bringing in profit for the company.

What are the technical responsibilities of a CEO......???

Understanding technology, especially in the areas of security and ethics is extremely important for a CEO, especially at this point of time era that we are in right now, where employees feel vulnerable to privacy infringement more than ever. The CEO needs to make sure that he/she commits himself/herself to the fullest when it comes to secure the privacy of its employees as well as for the privacy of the company’s intellectual properties and other copyright documents.

CEO’s actions have an immense effect on the culture of the organization. If the CEO provides good examples of ethics and sets a high standard of ethical standard in his/her company, chances are high that the employees of that particular company would be ethical as well, resulting in a healthy productive company. We all saw just how few unethical people can bring in havoc for a company with the example of Enron.

What does website tell about strategic initiatives...........at least to me........a dissection of some organization's website.......

1. VERABRADLEY.COM :-

Vera Bradley remains steadfast in its commitment to excellent quality, dependable service and tasteful, innovative designs. It has earned a reputation as a leader in the gift industry. Creating stylish quilted cotton luggage, handbags and accessories, the company combines smart product designs with distinctive and colorful fabrics and trims. And that does come across through the content of their website.

2. TOYOTA.COM :-

Toyota believes that their value is the same as the consumers. They are hard-working, active in the community and committed to the environment. They enjoys diversity thus creating jobs in the process. They are on a constant drive to make history and to build cleaner and greener cars. And they try to convey those commitments through their website.

3. BESTBUY.COM :-

Best Buy operates a gobal portfolio of brands with a commitment to growth and innovation. They sell consumer electronics, home-office products, entertainment software, appliances and related services through more than 1200 retail stores across the US, throughout Canada and in China. The support the communities in which its employees work and live through volunteerism and grants that benefit children and education. And those commitments surely do come across through their website.

4. IPFW.EDU :-

IPFW has this mission to offer a broad range of high-quality undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education programs that meet regional needs; to support excellence in teaching and learning; to advance and share knowledge through research and crative endeavor; and to work with the community to develop intellectual, cultural, economic and human resources.

Effectiveness IT metrics and its impact on Friendster

We could use effectiveness IT metrics to help place a value on Friendster by focusing on Friendster’s customers, suppliers, employees, partners and more importantly the sponsors to make sure that they are satisfied with the application that Friendster has been functioning on. We could assess whether the particular application is easy to use for the users or not. We could also make sure that the customers are having a good experience on the Web with Friendster and aren’t getting distracted by pop-ups or other form of bugging advertisements. Any kind of unwanted distraction from the users’ point of view would act as an impediment for Friendster to compete with its other competitors like Match.com.

Efficiency IT metrics and its impact on Friendster

We could use efficiency IT metrics to help place a value on Friendster by paying our attention to the existing technology that Friendster is using for the time being. Then, we could use that existing technology to be the benchmark for Friendster for the time being and for future endeavor. After then on, we could monitor and measure against this benchmark to make sure that Friendster’s technology is functioning in the proper manner or not. This metrics would be immensely important as far as operating in the Web environment is concerned, for Friendster.

Saving time at the grocery store

I hate waiting in line at the grocery store. It’s really frustrating to wait in line for such a long time when it should be a smooth process. Right now, what we do is, we get a shopping cart as soon as we enter into a grocery store. We do our groceries. And then we have to stand in a long line to pay for the items that we bought. Unless you are lucky enough, you might have to wait somewhere between 10-15 minutes to pay off. It takes such a long time because the lady at the counter is swiping each and every time that we bought through the scanner. That process can be reengineered. We could have an installed scanner with the shopping cart. And as we take each item and put it into the cart, we swipe it through the scanner installed at the shopping cart. And then as we reach the counter, the lady at the counter only have to take the payment, saving her the time to swipe each and every item that we bought. Thus, it will save lots of time, money and effort, both for the buyers as well as for the sellers.