Gartner Says Chief Monitoring Officer to Be MostImportant Position in an Enterprise 10 Most Powerful Positions ListedDuring Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2000.
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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 16, 2000
As enterprises move toward a more networked business environment, Gartner Group, Inc. (NYSE: IT and ITB) analysts listed what the 10 most important positions within enterprises will be as early as 2003. The findings were discussed Gartner's flagship conference, Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2000, which is taking place October 16-20 in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
"There is going to be a clear emergence of a new power structure in enterprises. It's a new networked economy that will deliver a new set of rules that will cause these jobs to emerge," said Ken McGee, Gartner vice president and research fellow.
The 10 most powerful positions within an enterprise will emerge between 2003 and 2010. These positions are listed below.
1. Chief monitoring officer - By monitoring business processes
and metrics in real time, this person will have their finger
on the pulse of the enterprise. These are the people that will
find the problem and solve the problem before they ever arise.
2. E-marketplace manager - This person will guide through the new
networked economy.
3. Marketing executives - Will change their spending targets from
traditional mass outlets such as publications, broadcast and
direct mail, to customer relationship-focused solutions.
4. E-deal makers - Those who live by choosing the suppliers; the
buyers of the enterprise will either thrive or die based on
the effectiveness of those relationships.
5. Customer relationship analytic expert - These people will look
into the future and to see what people want before they need
it, and the reasons why.
6. Transaction cops - There will be a large amount of activity
that will take place in the networked economy, especially
brought about by e-marketplaces. Enterprises will need
transaction cops to make sure there is integrity in the
transactions.
7. Human resources executives - They will assure that the supply
of skilled workers will be there.
8. E-business integrators - Transforming legacy processes to
networked economy processes will not work unless they are
