Interpretation: the highest technical decision maker of an enterprise. Job responsibilities: 1. Responsible for the technical route formulation and technical architecture design of the company's software products or implementation projects, and provide implementation guidance; 2. Responsible for the system architecture test design of the company's software products or implementation projects; The rest depends on how the board of directors arranges its terms of reference. For example, the decision-maker of Microsoft is Bill Gates, the "chief architect" of Microsoft. This special position arises because, whether in Microsoft or other companies, the CEO has no time to manage technology at all, and many so-called "chief technology officers" are scientists with no real power and cannot decide the direction of technology development. However, in a technology-led industry, an enterprise can't do without the top decision-maker of technology direction.
Chief brand officer of CBO
Interpretation: He is a senior official in modern organizations (including enterprises, governments or other organizations) who is responsible for brand strategy management and operation, and communicates internally and externally on behalf of CEO on corporate image, brand and culture. CBO is not only a professional, but also a special talent. Because he is no longer just a communicator, but also a participant in enterprise value design and the person in charge of enterprise brand asset management. According to international practice, the chief brand officer is the vice-president level leader of the enterprise.
Chief cultural officer chief cultural officer
Interpretation: Corporate culture is also a productive force. At present, few domestic enterprises oppose it, and the chief cultural officer's unshirkable main function is to build the most efficient corporate culture. The first batch of corporate chief cultural officers have appeared in China, and according to the definition of Zhang Guangzhao, president of China Corporate Culture Promotion Association, CCO's main function in enterprises is to coordinate corporate culture construction and help employees establish corporate core values.
CDO Chief Development Officer and Director of Development Chief Development Officer
Interpretation: Cisco announced in a press statement that Charles Giancarlo was appointed as the company's chief development officer. Previously, Giancarlo was the chief technology officer of Cisco. The chief development officer and the chief technology officer have certain connections. The chief development officer does not exist in all enterprises, but mostly in high-tech enterprises, and his employees are also highly motivated and smart engineers and other R&D personnel.
chief evecutive officer
Interpretation: In a sense, it represents the transition of some decision-making power from the original board of directors to the management. CEO and general manager are the "top leaders" of enterprises in form. CEO is both the chief executive officer and the spokesman for shareholders' rights and interests. In most cases, the CEO appears as a member of the board of directors, while the general manager is not necessarily a member of the board of directors. In this sense, the CEO represents the enterprise and is responsible for its operation.
CFO (Chief Financial Officer)
Interpretation: CFO is the "growth version" of corporate finance director. Of course, in essence, the real significance of CFO in modern governance structure is not the change of its name and the granting of official positions, but the acquisition of its responsibilities and authority and the real play of its role in management.
Chief government relations officer of CGO
Interpretation: Chief Government Relations Officer is used in enterprises to coordinate the relationship among enterprises, government and society. He is also a bridge between the enterprise and the external environment, but unlike the public relations director, he pays more attention to the handling of government public relations. If Wei Xiaobao of the duke of mount deer also comes to run the enterprise, then Princess Channing will be the best candidate for CGO.
Chief Personnel Officer and CHO Personnel Director Chief Human Resources Officer
Interpretation: "What is the most expensive thing in 2 1 century? Talent! " This sentence comes from the thief Ge You in world without thieves. It's funny, but it's a complete truth. A country without talents has no future. But nothing is more important to a group than talent. And CHO is a "trafficker" who often "sells" all kinds of talents. CHO's usual job is to recruit and train employees; Evaluate employee performance; Coordinate employee relations; Provide career planning for employees-this is very important. Different people have different abilities and needs. Not every technician wants to be a manager, and not every manager can engage in technology.
Chief information officer
Interpretation: As early as the late 1980s, more than 30% of the world's top 500 enterprises had CIOs. The CIO is responsible for formulating the policies and standards of the company's informatization, determining the implementation procedures and methods, uniformly leading the construction of the enterprise's internal information system, formulating the overall plan, coordinating the relationship between departments, and ensuring the smooth flow of information. With the enrichment of CIO's connotation, another task now is to use modern technology to capture and collect information and realize the rational allocation of information resources.
CJO Chief Rocket Propulsion Officer Chief Jet Officer
Interpretation: As for CJO, there is no similar position in the enterprise at present, but if you consider the word jet, then CJO is the kind of person in the company who adds one or more zeros to all business indicators and makes the company's market value rise like a rocket.
CKO chief knowledge officer
Interpretation: In the early 1990s, knowledge management was still an exciting new concept. Some enterprises have also set up a new administrative position "Chief Knowledge Officer" (CKO) to take charge of this work. In a sense, CKO is the product of knowledge economy. Generally, we should do the following work well: guide enterprises to find the vision and goal of knowledge management in combination with their business development strategies; Correctly define the enterprise's knowledge system and express it systematically; Promote the establishment of appropriate information technology system tools to ensure the operation of the "knowledge wheel"; Closely integrate knowledge management process with business process; Establish an appropriate knowledge management evaluation and incentive mechanism; Create a cultural atmosphere of trust, enjoyment and innovation suitable for knowledge management.
Chief legal officer
Interpretation: With the increasing legalization of society, enterprises' thirst for senior legal talents will become stronger and stronger. As the name implies, chief legal officer is an administrative post for managing the external and internal legal affairs of a company. Generally speaking, it's best for chief law officer to have a long experience as a lawyer and master some business management knowledge.
CMO chief marketing officer and marketing director chief marketing officer
Explanation: CMO refers to the senior manager in charge of market operation in an enterprise, and can also be called the marketing director, deputy general manager or vice president in charge of market. Mainly responsible for positioning marketing ideas in enterprises; Seize the market opportunity, formulate marketing strategy and implementation plan, and realize the marketing goal of the enterprise; Coordinate the internal and external relations of enterprises, supervise and control the implementation of enterprise marketing strategic plan; Responsible for enterprise marketing organization construction and incentive work.
Chief negotiator of CNO
Interpretation: The success of modern enterprises and commercial activities depends largely on negotiation skills and abilities. There is no doubt that if the chief negotiator wants to be a winner in the business world and be comfortable in controlling his own destiny, he must cultivate excellent negotiation planning and actual combat ability. The chief negotiator is responsible for setting up the company's negotiation team, introducing the most effective negotiation skills and explaining the most novel and unique negotiation ideas.
Chief operating officer
Explanation: The chief operating officer is the second-in-command in charge of the daily operation of the company and reports to the CEO. If the CEO is a minister or mayor, the name COO can be easily associated with existing Chinese terms, such as executive vice minister and executive vice mayor.
Chief public relations officer and CPO public relations director.
Interpretation: Good reputation is one of the most valuable assets of an enterprise. The chief public relations officer is the enterprise manager who establishes and protects this asset. CPO needs to establish and protect its own and the company's reputation, and set up company managers and public relations consultants with brand organization and personal reputation. CPO also needs to be familiar with the formulation of reputation strategy, reputation measurement, crisis and project management, online reputation management, media relations and internal communication.
CQO Chief Quality Officer and Quality Director
Interpretation: CQO, as the first quality person in the enterprise, is a key member of the strategic team of the enterprise, responsible for building a corporate culture with quality as the core and shaping the quality competitiveness of the enterprise. CQO not only knows the business and methods, but also has down-to-earth and fresh thinking. Zhu Lan, crosby, feigenbaum and Harrington are not only quality masters, but also business leaders.
CRO Chief Research Officer Research Director
Interpretation: The power source of enterprise's continuous progress and development, the task of CRO is to lead the most breakthrough research spirit in enterprise organization and continuously develop new economic growth points for enterprises.
Chief problem officer, chief solution officer of CSO
Interpretation: In this job title, there are two reasons to replace the problem with a solution: On the one hand, the problem may make people understand that the chief problem officer is creating problems, not solving them. On the other hand, the word solution has become more and more popular in recent years. Many software companies and consulting companies say that they can provide not only products, but also a set of solutions to problems. As the name implies, CSO is a senior manager who is responsible for digging problems, coordinating and alleviating problems and solving problems. CSO's duty is to find the problems existing in enterprise management, analyze the nature and possible impact of the problems, clarify the priorities of the problems, formulate solutions to the problems, and submit them to the president or the board of directors for decision and implementation.
Chief technology officer, CTO
Interpretation: CTO (Chief Technology Officer) is the highest person in charge of technology in the enterprise. This name became popular in America in the1980s. It originated from large companies that did a lot of research, such as General Electric, AT & amp； T, ALCOA, whose main responsibility is to turn scientific research results into profitable products. In the1990s, due to the popularity of computer and software companies, many companies gave the name of CTO to the person in charge of managing computer systems and software. Sometimes CTO and CIO are the same person (especially in a software company), and sometimes CTO belongs to a CIO who is more proficient in technology. In different companies, the nature of CTO's work is different; Even in the same field, the nature of work may be quite different. General CTO will have the following responsibilities: long-term technical direction (strategy), short-term technical direction (tactics), the influence of management research on the company's business activities and profits, the software used by the company and so on.