Public CIO, figurehead or decision-maker? The case of Germany

Niels Proske; Moreen Heine; Norbert Gronau

doi:10.1145/2463728.2463793

Public CIO, figurehead or decision-maker? The case of Germany

Niels Proske, Moreen Heine, Norbert Gronau

Institute of Multimedia and Interactive Systems

Universität Potsdam

Abstract

In this paper, we analyze the position of CIO in the German states. In Germany, public CIOs range from figureheads to real decision-makers. We identified three CIO types: first, the Political CIO, who has substantial resources but less IT competencies; second, the Operational CIO, who manages IT primarily close to actual projects; third, the Decorative CIO, who serves predominantly for public image. Thus, the institution of CIO moves between catchphrase and e-government enabler.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ICEGOV '12: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance
Editors	J. Ramon Gil-Garcia, Natalie Helbig, Adegboyega Ojo
Number of pages	4
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Publication date	22.10.2012
Pages	346 - 349
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4503-1200-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2463728.2463793
Publication status	Published - 22.10.2012
Event	ICEGOV '12: 6th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance - University at Albany, Albany, NY, United States Duration: 22.10.2012 → 25.10.2012 https://www.icegov.org/archive/2012/

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Proske, N., Heine, M., & Gronau, N. (2012). Public CIO, figurehead or decision-maker? The case of Germany. In J. R. Gil-Garcia, N. Helbig, & A. Ojo (Eds.), ICEGOV '12: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance (pp. 346 - 349). (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/2463728.2463793

Proske, Niels ; Heine, Moreen ; Gronau, Norbert. / Public CIO, figurehead or decision-maker? The case of Germany. ICEGOV '12: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance. editor / J. Ramon Gil-Garcia ; Natalie Helbig ; Adegboyega Ojo. Association for Computing Machinery, 2012. pp. 346 - 349 (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).

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Proske, N, Heine, M & Gronau, N 2012, Public CIO, figurehead or decision-maker? The case of Germany. in JR Gil-Garcia, N Helbig & A Ojo (eds), ICEGOV '12: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance. ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 346 - 349, ICEGOV '12: 6th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance, Albany, NY, New York, United States, 22.10.12. https://doi.org/10.1145/2463728.2463793

Public CIO, figurehead or decision-maker? The case of Germany. / Proske, Niels; Heine, Moreen; Gronau, Norbert.
ICEGOV '12: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance. ed. / J. Ramon Gil-Garcia; Natalie Helbig; Adegboyega Ojo. Association for Computing Machinery, 2012. p. 346 - 349 (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).

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Proske N, Heine M, Gronau N. Public CIO, figurehead or decision-maker? The case of Germany. In Gil-Garcia JR, Helbig N, Ojo A, editors, ICEGOV '12: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance. Association for Computing Machinery. 2012. p. 346 - 349. (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series). doi: 10.1145/2463728.2463793

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