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| − | '''CIO''' | + | '''CIO''' stands for the '''[[Congress of Industrial Organizations]]''', now part of the AFL-CIO. It originally was a coalition of industrial unions that split away from the [[American Federation of Labor|AFL]] in the late 1930s under [[John L. Lewis]] and [[Sidney Hillman]]. The CIO was to the left of the AFL and at first had many Communist organizers. The CIO and AFL fought bitterly in the late 1930s; both grew very rapidly during [[World War II]], and both supported the [[New Deal Coalition]] of [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] and [[Harry S. Truman]]. Many Communists held positions of power in the CIO until they were purged in 1947-48. [[Walter Reuther]] of the autoworkers [[UAW]] was the most influential leader. Reuther helped purge the Communists and promoted an anti-Communist foreign policy as well as liberalism on economic issues. The CIO reunited with the AFL in 1955 to form the AFL-CIO, which remains the largest coalition of labor unions. |
| − | + | see [[Congress of Industrial Organizations]] | |
| − | + | ==Chief information officer== | |
| + | '''CIO''' is also an acronym for Chief Information Officer. This person has the responsibility of overseeing all "Informnation Technology" ('''IT''') and computer operations within an organization. Technology within the enterprise, technical decisions, IT budgets, analyzing and reworking existing business processes are the responsibility of the CIO. | ||
[[Category:business]] | [[Category:business]] | ||
Revision as of 01:12, June 17, 2009
CIO stands for the Congress of Industrial Organizations, now part of the AFL-CIO. It originally was a coalition of industrial unions that split away from the AFL in the late 1930s under John L. Lewis and Sidney Hillman. The CIO was to the left of the AFL and at first had many Communist organizers. The CIO and AFL fought bitterly in the late 1930s; both grew very rapidly during World War II, and both supported the New Deal Coalition of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman. Many Communists held positions of power in the CIO until they were purged in 1947-48. Walter Reuther of the autoworkers UAW was the most influential leader. Reuther helped purge the Communists and promoted an anti-Communist foreign policy as well as liberalism on economic issues. The CIO reunited with the AFL in 1955 to form the AFL-CIO, which remains the largest coalition of labor unions.
see Congress of Industrial Organizations
Chief information officer
CIO is also an acronym for Chief Information Officer. This person has the responsibility of overseeing all "Informnation Technology" (IT) and computer operations within an organization. Technology within the enterprise, technical decisions, IT budgets, analyzing and reworking existing business processes are the responsibility of the CIO.