What is a DBA??

Hi,
Could I have a dfeinition of what a DBA is. Throughout my career, I was lead to believe that a DBA facilitated a business in the storage of business information. However, in the contract I'm on now, the DBA believes that he should tell the business what information they need, and how it should be stored, without consultation with any areas of the business.
C.

Hi,
Could I have a dfeinition of what a DBA is.From previous wiki reference
"Duties: The duties of a database administrator vary and depend on the job description, corporate and Information Technology (IT) policies and the technical features and capabilities of the DBMS being administered."
From my experience I would agree on that 'it depends'. E.g. on organisation, business requirements, "features" of the applications, etc.
However, in the contract I'm on now,
the DBA believes that he should tell the business
what information they need, and how it should be
stored, without consultation with any areas of the
business.This has little to do with the definition of the role of a DBA, and more to do with severe professional misconduct. One of the main objectives for IT/IS department is to serve the business (customers) needs so to enable the business to achieve its goals.

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