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CIO Curriculum Materials

What "courses" are out there for CIOs or those aspiring to become CIOs? Can you provide links to materials from those courses? What are the strengths and weaknesses of these materials for what CIOs "really" need to know?

1. Harvard Kennedy School "Leadership for a Networked World" course. This focuses on strategic management issues of IT in the public sector, but not specifically on the challenges for CIOs. Rather it looks to support both technology managers and general managers with issues and analytic frameworks to share. The syllabus can be found here: www.lnwprogram.org/publicfiles/download/STM-480+syllabus%2epdf

2. University of' North Carolina School of Government - Certified Government Chief Information Officer (CGCIO). The CGCIO Certification Program is a 12-month course that lays the foundation for assessing and addressing some of the most critical issues facing IT leadership in the public sector. The purpose of this program is to equip leaders with the requisite tools to manage and improve their organizational technology assets. Participants will address major topics including IT governance, project management, and risk assessment and management. Each broad topic will incorporate specific government issues and draw on participant experience to provide both theoretical and practical applied knowledge. Case studies, exercises, and guest speakers will be included.

www.iog.unc.edu/courses/0813/index.html

3. University of South Carolina Institute for CIO Excellence. The Institute for CIO Excellence is a private commercial executive training institute, associated with the University of South Carolina Upstate faculty and programs. We provide high quality executive training to equip senior IT managers to think and to function as competitive corporate CIOs. A great IT Director is focused on operational excellence. A great CIO is focused on creating strategic business value. We teach great IT directors to be great CIOs.

www.cioexcellence.com/index.html

4. Carnegie Mellon – Federal CIO Certification Program. The CIO Institute's Federal CIO Certificate Program is designed for emerging and current CIO's, CTO's, and other executives with IT oversight responsibilities. As part of the Federal CIO University, the CIO Institute courses address the executive core competencies adopted by the Federal Chief Information Officers Council. Participants completing the CIO Institute program receive a Federal CIO University Certification issued jointly by the Federal CIO University and Carnegie Mellon.

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5. University of Maryland University College’s CIO Executive Certificate Program. This 12-month executive program is offered in partnership with the General Services Administration’s CIO University. Participants—high-performing government and private-sector IT professionals—receive both a federal government and UMUC CIO Certificate. In addition, credits earned in this program may be applied toward a master’s degree. The CIO certificate program encompasses all competencies cited in the Information Technology Management and Reform Act (Clinger-Cohen) and identified by the federal CIO Council. The competencies cover all areas of management associated with the design, development, acquisition, implementation, planning, and maintenance of an organization’s information technology structure.

www.umuc.edu/programs/grad/certificates/exec_cio.shtml

6. University of Maryland University College Chief Information Officer (CIO) Executive Certificate.This 12-month executive program is offered in partnership with the General Services Administration’s CIO University. Participants—high-performing government and private-sector IT professionals—receive both a federal government and UMUC CIO Certificate. In addition, credits earned in this program may be applied toward a master’s degree. The CIO certificate program encompasses all competencies cited in the Information Technology Management and Reform Act (Clinger-Cohen) and identified by the federal CIO Council. The competencies cover all areas of management associated with the design, development, acquisition, implementation, planning, and maintenance of an organization’s information technology structure.

www.umuc.edu/programs/grad/certificates/exec_cio.shtml

7. Society for Information Management’s Regional Leadership Forum. The Regional Leadership Forum (RLF) is an intensive, nine-month leadership development program presented by the Society for Information Management, focused on creating authentic leaders.

Enables each participant to discover what makes him/her an authentic leader through a process – not a curriculum
Facilitates open exchange on leadership approaches and practices
Arms participants with the building blocks and knowledge necessary to rise to the top
Cultivates leaders who not only provide strategic vision and tactical direction, but create an atmosphere of trust, motivation, and inspiration for their colleagues.
www.simnet.org/Programs/RegionalLeadershipForum/About/tabid/106/Default.aspx