Enterprise informatization has been paid more and more attention by enterprises. This paper mainly discusses the career planning of CIO.
From a professional point of view, domestic CIOs are now in the growth stage. With the continuous development of informatization in China, CIO has become one of the leading forces of informatization in China. In all kinds of enterprises and relevant government departments, CIOs have also begun to move from behind the scenes to the front desk, from operational management to strategic management, and from simply supporting business and management to guiding business and management.
Obviously, companies are paying more and more attention to the position of CIO, but at this stage, most CIOs are still in the same company? Is it high or low? At this stage, how to transition to this stage is a long wait for CIO. In the industry, CIO's system and value embodiment, whether CIO has and what kind of China characteristics, and what new ideas, technologies and theories CIO should hold have become the focus of attention.
According to the author's understanding, Yu Xu, director of the Information Promotion Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, once said in a forum that the CIO system has proved to be very effective and successful through domestic and international development. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology can focus on further promoting the CIO system and its successful experience in continuing to promote the integration of informationization and industrialization.
Gao Xinmin, an expert of China National Informationization Expert Advisory Committee, once said that the informatization work needs to have? Wise man? To lead and coordinate, but now that the relevant leaders of many units have left, some ongoing information projects have problems. Therefore, we should learn from international advanced experience and vigorously promote the CIO system to provide institutional guarantee for the continuity of information work.
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has stepped up efforts to promote the CIO system, which means that CIOs have received strong support in enterprises. However, judging from the current situation, at this stage, some CIOs have begun to switch to other things and are no longer engaged in CIO work. When the author asked these CIOs why they didn't engage in CIO career, I learned from them that most CIOs felt that their career was limited, and they could only be CIOs all their lives, and rarely became executives or leaders of enterprises.
We know that modern enterprises begin to pay attention to the importance of informatization, and all IT planning is done by CIO, but this involves a question, does CIO have the right to participate in enterprise decision-making? The answer is obviously no, at this stage, the probability of CIO participating in enterprise decision-making is very small. Now CIOs of many enterprises are putting forward such voices. When an enterprise makes a major decision, as a CIO, you can not express your opinions, but you must participate and become a? An observer? This is because if you don't understand the decision-making of the enterprise, all the information is blocked when planning the information system, and the designed information system does not meet the needs of the enterprise. For the position of CIO, if the boss of the enterprise pays more attention to informatization and is conscious, then the position of CIO seems to pay more attention, otherwise it will be difficult to do informatization well.
Career orientation determines the direction of CIO.
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology focuses on promoting the CIO system, which points out a direction for the future development of CIOs, helps CIOs of enterprises find a scientific, correct and reasonable position, and really helps enterprises win in the future competition. Then, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology focuses on promoting the CIO system. As a CIO, what do you think of waiting? The author interviewed Niu Xiaohu, the information director of Beijing Pathfinder Outdoor Products Co., Ltd. on this topic, and listened to his understanding and views on CIO system from the perspective of CIO. Niu Xiaohu believes that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology focuses on promoting the CIO system, which is a direction issue.
Niu Xiaohu pointed out that this mainly depends on what the CIO's future career goal is. Is it the chief operating officer of the enterprise? Or CEO? These are all possible. Because CIO will involve a lot of work in the whole enterprise operation, it is possible to develop into CEO in management, which is a direction.
Second, if the direction set by the former CIO is not very good, for example, there are suitable people in the enterprise now, the CIO and CEO are definitely more professional than them. They have no chance to go to the position of CEO, but they still have a direction to go. It is impossible to be a CIO for more than ten years, so the CIO itself is worthless. This requires the CIO to consider the positioning problem himself. If it is only positioned as CEO, then consider how to supplement it; If the direction is not CEO, it is necessary to consider whether there is such a platform for enterprises to set up branches as independent enterprises, which is also a direction.
From its own point of view, it is the embodiment of a valuable system that serves enterprises well. If you want a direction, then work hard in this direction. If it is the second, you need to see whether the enterprise has a strategic plan.
Their most fundamental point depends on the decision-making attitude of enterprises. For example, the establishment of a company is equivalent to the company under the group, which is equivalent to the diversified operation of the group. If the company does not allow diversification, it can only develop in the first direction; If the enterprise allows it to create the corresponding platform, it depends on the CIO's own efforts. If the platform is well built, the CIO's achievements will be remarkable. Ultimately, it depends on how business owners make decisions.
Most CIOs have technical background and lack management knowledge. Therefore, the current CIO positioning should be divided into three levels: first, the basic level; Second, the middle layer; Third, the top.
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