China lacks real CIO (ZT)
Compared with foreign mature CIO systems, the CIO of most companies in my country is still in the state of "dive CIO" or "quasi-CIO". At present, my country's CIO is not only a position related to information, and most of them are department-level, commonly referred to as the information center director or IT department manager, unable to penetrate into corporate strategic management and decision-making layers, they are more It is the planning and implementation of specific information technology.
Status
Although Chinese companies have experienced nearly 20 years of information, the company's information is not good, the level of information is still low, and all companies that implement a comprehensive management information system account for only 4.7%. Most small and medium enterprise information levels are still in the stage of typing the computer. But it is undeniable that there is also a successful CIO case like Lenovo. It is really small. About CIO's duties and role issues have many controversies in my country's corporate community, and many scholars have different understandings and opinions. Some people think that CTOs (Chief Technology Director) in the enterprise are not responsible for strategies, or the CEO implemented by the leadership strategy.
It is also believed that CIO will become a CTO responsible for information technology applications, or becoming consultants in consulting companies. It is also believed that CIO's technical experts and strategists should be divided into two: that is, CIO is responsible for driving the business, and CTO is responsible for maintaining the normal operation of the system. In other words, CTO guarantees current business, and CIO is responsible for long-term planning. It is also believed that in the case of gradually insertion of future corporate informationization, CIO's status not only cannot be weak, but CIO is an important extension of CEO, and its status will become more important.
For the main reason for the above status: First, my country's information technology is getting late, and my country's market economy is still not developing mature, according to the modern enterprise system, the enterprise community with modern management system and operational mechanism has not yet formed . Second, the relationship between CEO and CIO, the objective reasons, there is now a CEO to referenity in the enterprise, mostly before IT becomes a business strategy engine, they have already played their own world, they lack IT value and application education background . Therefore, it is often impossible to make a fair evaluation of CIO performance in unrealistic expectations. Third, due to the rapid development of technology, CIO's definitions are constantly updated, especially in my country's CIOs, from foreign language, in China, the roots are not strong, and there is no unclear and standardized CIO Responsibilities, organization, quality and skills, form a complete set of CIO mechanisms. Therefore, it is inevitable that the CIO is positioned in a reasonable position.
CIO turns to the corporate strategy core
Discussing the CIO problem is not simply to study CIO's functional positioning, but to figure out whether the CIO itself is in the new stage of corporate informationization, that is, from "IT Application Management" to "IT Strategic Management" to meet corporate competition. New demand. Whether the study can successfully convert CIO's role from simple information processing or internal technology to participate in the global information system planning and corporate planning, and the strategic unity of the two. Thereby improving the competitive advantage of enterprises.
The role of CIO can be divided into two aspects: one-on-one information system planning should consider the impact on enterprise external competition, such as improving customer satisfaction, improving customer image And reputation, promoting the growth of the enterprise market. However, a major problem with most companies is the uncertainty of external environments. For example, the changes in government policies, customer needs, suppliers and other external factors have made companies plan out of time or not practical.
CIO's ability and role determines the level of support provided by information technology to business activities, directly affecting the content and process of enterprise planning and information system planning. CIO capabilities and play a better enterprise, can help companies access competitive advantage, and the greater the impact of the development of corporate planning and information system planning strategic relationship. Therefore, CIO acts as a "bridge" person in the information system planning and the direction of enterprise planning, and the direction of the "bridge", which acts in realization and corporate performance. Become the most important core people in the enterprise in addition to CEOs. From the functions of CIO, the status is also fully reflected in the development of society has higher levels of demand for enterprise informationization. This is also an inevitable requirement for the era of knowledge economy. CIO should be multiple hands
As a core person who determines the fate of the corporate, it should have such basic literacy and qualifications to have such a heavy responsibility given by history, become qualified, competent CIO. Foreign companies have proposed a number of technical capabilities, commercial minds, management skills, and experience in trade. Especially emphasizing that CIOs should have rich work experience. Usually, enterprises should have 6 to 10 years of experience, including two years of experience in the Internet and e-commerce.
Combined with the status quo of my country's enterprises, there is a place, and the following ten aspects are accurate to CIO:
First of all, CIO should be a dream home, we must have a profound understanding and accuracy of the future development direction of the company, and based on this, the information system planning matching with the corporate strategic plan;
Second, it should be a good student, you must be ignored with the knowledge and skills related to the enterprise business, familiar with the basic expertise and work business process of the business department; in addition to the IT field, the update is so fast, you need to have very strong learning ability.
Third, CIO should be a good teacher to accurately clarify the value of IT to CEO. Because CEO's work attention is usually placed in many other things other than IT, the CEO will change from the line leaders to the leadership leadership;
Fourth, CIO should be a qualified management consultant, how to improve management, optimize business processes, etc., there is a scientific, unique insight;
Fifth, CIO should be "social home", to have good communication skills; not only learn to "compromise" on the basis of win-win, but also to "translate" within the enterprise, translate IT as CEO " "Enter the management language, translate" into the business language.
Sixth, CIO should be a solid home, with a spiritual work spirit, CIO can't use informationization as a task, but as a cause;
Seventh, CIO should be a senior trainer, good at the latest outcomes of information technology or management improvement, spread out through various training and promotion measures, and create a good information environment in the enterprise;
Eighth, CIO should be an IT architecture designer, he does not need to make software programming, but must grasp the direction of IT development, and have a good grasp of information technology and information system architectures;
Ninth, CIO should be a person in life, able to obtain information in as many channels such as newspapers, Internet, broadcast, and even trash cans, and comprehensive analysis of multiple information, making contributions to Judging and Decision of Corporate Competition;
Tenth, CIO should be qualified managers to effectively manage an IT team and user group. People have not finished, but this ten aspects should be the goal of CIO career needs to continue to practice and strive.
