How does a CIO arrange daily work?

So how can a CIO carry out daily work well? Let’s take a look at a few short stories: 1. The leader looked at the computer. This is a real incident that happened a few years ago. Story: A certain unit wants to purchase a computer and needs approval from the leader. The leader believed that now is the information age and computers are very important to the unit, so he supported it and approved the purchase of a computer. Xiao Wang from the unit was responsible for its daily use. One day, the leader suddenly wanted to see how the computer was used, so he went to the computer to observe Xiao Wang's operation. Who would have thought that as soon as he looked at the desktop, the leader discovered a major problem: "Xiao Wang, why are you doing this?! This computer was bought by the unit and is collective property. How could you write 'my computer' on it?" "Xiao Wang was speechless. Enlightenment: The promotion of informatization cannot avoid the support of leaders at any time. The support of leaders is the primary condition for the implementation of informatization. But in reality, in many cases, just like the leader in the joke, quite a few leaders do not understand what informatization is, how to implement informatization, and sometimes they do not even know what benefits the implementation of informatization can bring to the enterprise. I know, just relying on an intuition or seeing other companies engaging in informatization and ERP, I feel that if I don't get started, I will be lagging behind the trend of the times, so I also support the launch of the informatization project. At this time, the communication skills of the CIO, the person in charge of information technology, are needed. As a CIO, you must have the spirit of being responsible for the company and your superiors, introduce the true meaning of informatization (implementation of ERP) to your superiors, let the CEO understand the purpose of informatization, and sell your informatization to your superiors. Thought is the primary job that a CIO should do well. Generally speaking, when implementing information technology projects such as ERP, you should first let your supervisor, usually the CEO, truly understand what information technology is, what benefits the implementation of information technology can bring to the enterprise, what are the steps to implement information technology, and the budget required. How much, what things need to be paid attention to, etc. must be well known to the CEO. It is best to set up a leadership decision-making group with the CEO as the leader and the top leaders of each department as members. The leadership group mainly focuses on strategic decision-making and addresses major issues, such as system Formulation and realization of goals, organizational culture; business process design, efficiency, resource allocation and coordination; guidance and evaluation of the work of the implementation team, research on major management reform issues (including business process implementation and various incentive mechanisms) and evaluation of ERP projects Responsible for the success or failure of the company; monitor and supervise the whole process during the implementation of informatization. The CIO is responsible for daily activities. He is specifically responsible for sudden and accidental events encountered during the implementation process and the daily operation of software such as ERP. He popularizes and promotes informatization concepts, identifies problems, proposes solutions, and submits them to the leadership group for approval. When encountering major issues that require cross-departmental research, they are submitted to the group for joint resolution. This is the basic work before the CIO carries out informatization. 2. Rat Meeting A group of rats held a meeting to discuss how to deal with the nasty cat, because the cat had eaten several of their rats. A mouse said: "Let's hang a bell around the cat's neck, so that when it walks we can hear the sound and be ready to escape in advance." All the mice thought this was a good idea. But a mouse asked: "Who is going to hang that neck around the cat's neck?" The mice were speechless. Enlightenment: In theory, the CIO's position is very strange: his identity should be the manager of the enterprise, but because the implementation of informatization requires the active participation of all employees from the CEO down to the bottom, it is a task of mobilizing all employees, so this Managers do not have the corresponding personnel to match them. At most, they are only equipped with corresponding project managers. This results in the situation of the CIO being "in name only, with generals but no soldiers". How to increase the execution ability of the CIO is theoretically a question. Blind spots. However, theoretical blind spots do not mean that progress can be stagnant in reality. In reality, more exploration is needed. The process of informatization implementation requires the full support of all participants. Only with everyone's support can informatization be implemented effectively. However, in reality, because the implementation of informatization may bring unstable factors to everyone's hearts, affect the original benefits, weaken the original position power, require employees to have higher quality, etc., CIOs are faced with resistance from all sides.

Even in some companies, the CIO itself is dispensable. Some companies have this position but do not have corresponding institutional guarantees such as economic rewards and punishment rights, administrative penalty rights, and personnel suggestion rights. The process of promoting enterprise informatization is difficult. Therefore, after obtaining the support of the CEO, conduct good communication with the middle-level managers of the enterprise, so that they understand the benefits of promoting informatization, understand the importance of informatization to the enterprise, and make them psychologically prepared to accept informatization; For ordinary employees, training should be the main focus, and efforts should be made to build the company's workforce into a workforce that "pursues excellence and continues to improve." 3. Studying for a Ph.D. in the United States Xiao Wang is a Chinese student who yearns very much for an American university. In order to make progress, he traveled across the ocean and came to the United States. As a result, an old professor from a famous American university took a fancy to him and decided to admit him. In order to enter an American university, he agreed without even looking at his major. It turned out that the PhD he was pursuing was a degree in ancient Chinese. The professor also knew little about ancient Chinese characters, and did not recognize many of them at all. He often asked Xiao Wang to read those ancient Chinese texts to him, and then used his own thinking to guide Xiao Wang's learning. Xiao Wang was very frustrated. Enlightenment: This does not mean that anything external is good. We can outsource some things only if our internal departments cannot do it well or if it is not economically beneficial for you to do the internal work. As an informatization director, how is the informatization software you choose, what kind of training method you choose, what content is included in the training, how much the trainer knows about your company, whether it can be closely integrated with your corporate culture, etc. Content that needs to be negotiated with outside parties, part of which also needs to be outsourced. The first step in making a choice is often the choice of information software: Should you choose CRM, MRP, MRPⅡ, ERP or collaborative software? Choosing software cannot be as casual as Xiao Wang's choice of major. It must be carefully selected. That's the only way Only in this way can we avoid the final "worry of studying for a Ph.D." The implementation of enterprise informatization is a task to enhance the enterprise's response ability, improve enterprise efficiency, and improve enterprise management methods. Choosing and implementing a good-performing informatization software is an important task of the CIO as the director of informatization. After selecting information software, the following is the consideration of outsourcing resources. The CEOs of some companies looked at it and said: Why is informatization a bottomless pit? When we chose the software, we hired a consulting firm, which cost us a fee; when we purchased the software, we spent another fee, and now we have to outsource it, and The cost of outsourcing is still so huge?! Can you reduce the cost? The CIO will clearly explain the reasons to the CEO at this time, and when choosing outsourcing, you must not do it hastily, otherwise it is very likely to choose someone like Xiao Wang "Outsourcing", compared with the cost of introducing information software, which often costs millions, is not worth the gain. When selecting an outsourcing resource department, you must choose a company that is close to the company's culture and knowledge of the information software you choose. At present, in China, consulting companies are basically composed of university teachers. The selection of such people only understands the corporate culture or the software they choose. Generally speaking, it is only one-sided; software companies usually only brag about how good their software is. Well, they don't know whether they can have close contact with the company. Therefore, you must choose a consulting company with both knowledge and technology for outsourcing. 4. Bajie looks in the mirror. It is said that Bajie did not know that he had been reborn as a pig just after he was demoted to the mortal world. One day, Bajie picked up a mirror. He originally wanted to take a look at his handsome appearance, but when he took a look, he only saw a pig's head. Bajie was so angry that he threw several pieces of the mirror. As a result, not only was the pig's head not broken into pieces, but a pig's head was reflected in each fragment. Bajie never looked in the mirror again. Enlightenment: Some things are not something you can control if you want to. For example, Bajie in the story doesn’t want to see his own appearance but is powerless to do anything about it. He tries to avoid seeing his pig head by breaking the mirror, but On the contrary, more pig heads appeared. Corporate culture also has this amplifying effect. A good corporate culture can improve the quality of the company and enhance its competitiveness.