The CIO is a relatively new executive management role that is considered to be on par with other\r\nââ?¬Å?Cââ?¬Â suite of executivesââ?¬â? the CIO taking responsibility for a firmââ?¬â?¢s information technology (IT)\r\ncapabilities in supporting organisational requirements. Executive management positions tend to\r\nembody four types of activities that address the important areas of organisational planning,\r\norganising, leading and controlling. Given the importance of the CIO position as an executive\r\nmanager, this paper reports on research that documented CIO activities associated with planning,\r\norganising, leading and controllingââ?¬â? allowing the role to be documented and understood from\r\nwhat is commonly acknowledged as the four fundamental areas of management. A content analysis\r\nof a set of CIO job descriptions allowed 46 distinct CIO activities to be identified which allowed an\r\noverview of the position to be determined with internal-external focused organisational activities\r\nbeing observed. The paper is one of the first that notes the CIO activities from an executive\r\nmanagement perspective and contributes to further understanding of the position
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