1.3 Organizational Chart for CIS Department

The organizational chart represents the hierarchy of personnel in my computer information systems department at the Ferrum Times. The Chief Information Officer or CIO, located at the top of the chart, oversees the strategic planning of the organization. There are three departments below the CIO that are responsible for the functions of the organization.  The support department is the department that helps the other departments to run smoothly. We have a database administrator to maintain the wellbeing of our database. The network administrator manages the company's communications network between the internal company and external companies.

The development department handles the new projects for creating new programs or applications to improve the company. The Business Analyst helps to communicate between the customers and the rest of our team. The Business Analyst must know about the technical side of the product and be able to explain it to the customers. Software engineers and systems consultants make the technical plans that allow programmers to code new programs.

Our maintenance department consists of an information systems auditor whose job is to check on any software delivered by the development team for problems. The information systems auditor will field any customer support calls and work with the development team to find a solution to any problems that arise.

Top 4 most important job functions:

The three most important job functions I would pick would be the network administrator, CIO, business administrator, and the information system auditor. I picked the CIO as an important job because without the CIO it would be very difficult to manage the operations a large company. The information systems auditor will help manage the ethical and legal use of the company’s information systems.  I would have a business analyst to help communicate to customer what the goals of the company are. A network administrator would be very necessary to maintain the communications networks within our company, our customers' networks, and other business networks that may prove valid.