COO is the English acronym for Chief Operating Officer, whose meaning is Director of Operations or Chief Operating Officer, a position assigned to who is the CEO's right hand (CEO or President) within an organization.
The COO is responsible for managing the company's day-to-day operations, performing routine monitoring and efficient business, and with the additional function of regularly reporting all company operations to the Director Executive.
An example of someone with this position is Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, who in 2008 joined the team and became responsible for transforming the social network into a profitable business. Facebook's CEO is Mark Zuckerberg.
In general, the CEO (Chief Executive Officer) is the chief executive of large organizations, responsible for business strategy and management at an advanced level. As he is not very involved in the company's day-to-day activities, he limits this role to the COO.
In business communication, the presence of English acronyms to designate functions (generally starting with the letter "C" of "
chief" or "Director") is very often. Below are some more examples:BCC (Chief Communications Officer) - Communications Directors
CFO (Chief Financial Officer) - Finance Directors
CHRO (Chief Human Resources Officer) - Human Resources Directors
CIO (Chief Information Officer) or CTO (Chief Technology Officer) - Technology Directors
CMO (Chief Marketing Officer) - Marketing Directors
Read more about the meanings of CEO, COO and CFO.
