Word to the PREZ.BOARDROOM PUNDITS like to pay tribute to President Bush's card-carrying MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration status by calling him "America's CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. ," but it seems he still has a lesson to learn from the business world when it comes to technology. Specifically, Bush's plan to designate a central federal CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. to preside over the government's tech endeavors has been criticized as "misguided" by consultants at Forrester Research of Cambridge, MA. The consultants recommend Bush heed trends in the public sector, where companies are decentralizing IT talent to meet customer needs. The job is too big for one person, they argue, and the budgetary issues too complex. Bush ought to instead create cross-agency work groups that encourage specialized G2C G2C Government to Citizen G2C Government to Consumer , G2B, and G2G strategies. |
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