AN APPETITE FOR CREATIVE DESTRUCTION: SHOULD THE SENIOR ACADEMIC TECHNOLOGY OFFICER BE MODELLED ON THE CIO OR THE CTO?

Simon Shurville
School of Computer and Information Science
University of South Australia
Australia

Tom Browne
Education Enhancement, Academic Services
University of Exeter
UK

We examine the emerging role of Senior Academic Technology Officer and the shift from having acknowledged expertise to acquiring legitimate organizational power. We are particularly interested in the match or mismatch between their own appetite for radical technological change, i.e. for creative destruction (Schumpeter, 1942) and that of the institution. We also consider two existing templates for such a role from mainstream information management and information technology: the Chief Information Officer and the Chief Technology Officer.

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