Evaluation of strategic information systems planning (SISP) techniques: Driver perspective

Strategic Information Systems Planning (SISP) literature reviews with a focus on the global dimension are considered in this research. The paper counters the evaluation of SISP techniques through information system (IS) strategic drivers. These techniques can be vital contributors in the IS strategy (ISS) designing process. Therefore, categorisation of the techniques of ISS planning will be developed. Keeping in mind the global dimension, the planning team needs to identify how it can cluster an organization’s ISS drivers. This may be achieved by analysing the drivers that can have an effect on IS for the organization, which may support categorisation of drivers against techniques being classified to understand which are needed to fit specific drivers. The contribution of this research is the taxonomy of SISP techniques, with a case study for X international airlines. This classification can benefit evaluation of the ISS planning processes to support decision-makers through the planning process

RANCANG BANGUN APLIKASI UNTUK ASSESSMENT STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT MATURITY LEVEL

Perkembangan information system (IS) dan information technology (IT) sangat pesat. Hampir semua perusahaan mengalami transformasi peningkatan digital agar mampu berkompetitif di pasar global. Namun permasalahan, sulitnya mencapai keselarasan strategi IT dengan strategi bisnis dikarenakan karena proses perencanaan yang salah, dimana hanya manajemen tingkat atas yang terlibat dalam proses perencanaan. Oleh karena itu salah satu metode perencanaan strategi IT dan strategi bisnis agar selaras dan efektif dengan mengukur strategic alignment maturity level pada organisasi tersebut. Dengan begitu, organisasi mengetahui kondisi keselarasan strategis dengan melihat faktor kritis organisasi yang dapat dioptimalkan dan menjadi dasar perencanaan strategis. Pada penelitian ini penilaian dilakukan berdasarkan tiga faktor yaitu business driver, technology driver serta management and customer driver dengan menggunakan keranga kerja SAMM sebagai acuannya. Untuk pengujian aplikasi, dilakukan studi kasus di lingkungan Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia (UPI). Dari hasil pengukuran, menunjukkan bahwa strategic alignement maturity UPI berada pada tingkat 3. Maka rekomendasi strategi yang bisa digunakan oleh UPI untuk menyusun rencana strategis sebaiknya fokus terhadap area-area kritisnya. Kata kunci— IT/ Business/ Management Customer-Driver, Alignment Maturity Business - IT, Strategic Planning, SAMM

The Ambidextrous Pursuit of Strategic Information Technology Alignment and Organizational Agility in the Community Benefit Sector

The information systems literature suggests a positive relationship between strategic information technology alignment and organizational agility, and the implications on performance for organizations operating in turbulent environments. This emerging stream of integrated research has begun to provide key insight on the positive benefits of the ambidextrous pursuit of alignment and agility in for-profit organizations. However, these relationships have been largely unexplored in nonprofit settings. Nonprofit organizations exist to address social, political, economic, and cultural challenges rather than maximizing shareholder wealth. In order to address this void in research, this paper draws on the alignment and agility research in order to examine how one exemplary nonprofit is strategically exploiting its information system resources in order to improve performance and social value creation. This paper concludes with implications for research and practice

Impact Of Business And Information Strategies Alignment On Business Performance

Alignment between business strategy and information strategy has been in focus for several years. It can be stated that the research suggests different explanations and differs in how alignment influences firms’ performance. In this paper, we present results from an investigation among firms in Slovenia in which we asked about how they perceive that their business strategy and information strategy were aligned to each other. Respondents’ statements about alignment were then checked against the firms’ turnover growth. One conclusion, which is possible to draw from the analysis, is that there is a significant relationship between alignment and turnover growt

The impact of information technology resources on SMEs' innovation performance

This work aims to develop a research framework to examine the impact of information technology resources on the innovation performance of Saudi small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs). SMEs innovation capability influences growth and technological progress (Bruque & Moyano, 2007). However, many developing countries exhibit moderate or even low innovation performance. For instance, Saudi Arabia is ranked 54th by the Global Innovation Index (GII 2011). Innovation systems studies focus on the alignment between the interactions of innovation actors with their constantly changing environment toward better innovation performance (Etzkowitz & Leydesdorff, 2000). The dynamic capabilities of organisations have been highlighted as a crucial characteristic that helps to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage (Teece et al., 1997). The indirect impact IT resources on innovation performance represents an attractive research area (Benitez-Amado et al., 2010). Therefore, we argue that a closer look at Saudi SMEs information technology resources and their impact on the firm dynamic capabilities and innovation performance would make a significant contribution to existing knowledge. Areas such as the organisation strategies of developing countries, innovation management, dynamic capabilities, open innovation and strategic information systems are few examples of areas that might benefit from this work

Conceptualizing the Agile Work Organization: A systematic literature review, framework and research agenda

The ongoing discussion of the Agile Work Organization (AO) in research and practice permeates a multitude of research areas. However, no clear conceptualization of the AO has been provided. In this paper, we conduct a Systematic Literature Review to investigate what constitutes and defines the AO. The SLR reveals three dimensions in the research field of the AO: Strategic, Functional and Operative Agility. These dimensions define the AO through different unique capabilities by influencing and enhancing the overall goal of the AO in adaptation and flexibility. Building up on the insights from the review, we develop proposition which describe the interrelationship between the dimensions and towards the AO. Furthermore, implications for academia and practice as well as a research agenda are provided in order to trigger and guide further discussions and research surrounding the AO

Alignment between data warehouse design and business strategy

Data warehouse has become a very important tool for supporting the corporate executives in making important decisions in a highly competitive business environment. Data warehouse enables the top management to acquire and analyze integrated data extracted globally across the enterprise. Many organizations are sitting on vast amount of data already accumulated in their operational database. The huge data repository with potential strategic business information can be analysed comprehensively only through the usage of data warehouse system. The main objective of this paper is to systematically review the development and adoption of data warehouse design in business environment and the different models to assess the alignment between information technology strategy and business strategy

Drivers of Big Data Analysis Adoption and Implications on Management Decision-Making on Financial and Non- Financial Performance: Evidence from Nigeria’s Manufacturing and Service Industries

Despite advances in ‘Big Data’ utility, its adoption by contemporary organizations is yet to move beyond early capture, especially in developing countries like Nigeria. This study empirically collected and analyzed survey data from 261 professionals across Nigeria’s manufacturing and service industries in 2021. This study draws on business-to-business marketing context, dynamic capabilities theory, and Technology-Organization-Environment frameworks to examine the factors affecting organizations' BDA adoption and management's policy decision making and their impact on financial and non-financial performance of firms in dynamic environments. The findings address 7 hypotheses, namely 1 and 2 which support that the anticipated organizational value and technological competence positively influence management’s BDA adoption. Interestingly, hypotheses 3 and 4 confirmed that top management support and organizational readiness positively impact BDA adoption. Hypotheses 5, 6 and 7 highlight environmental contextual factors such as competitive pressure, external support, and regulatory environment as critical and positive influences for management’s BDA decision adoption. However, our results found that the paths between competitive pressure and regulatory environment to management’s decision for BDA adoption were both insignificant. Furthermore, the results demonstrated that management’s decision to develop policy on financial and non-financial performance was positively influenced by BDA adoption. The implication and limitations are discussed

OPERATIONAL BUSINESS-IT MISALIGNMENT AS STRESS FACTOR FOR ORGANIZATIONS

Alignment between business and IT functions is a critical yet unsolved problem of many organizations. Despite considerable amount of research devoted to address this issue, the quest for alignment re-mains challenging, particularly in light of the rapid and widespread digitization of the business world. This paper argues that a research-practice gap exists in the alignment field, and that academic litera-ture fails to discuss key aspects of high practical relevance: alignment as an (emergent) process ra-ther than a state, and operational realities rather than strategic goals. To reduce this gap, we draw on extant alignment research and psychological approach-avoidance theory to develop a model of misa-ligned organizations, emphasizing the need for coordination between strategy and operations and in-vestigating the adverse effects of operational misalignment. Results from two case companies facing operational misalignment provide preliminary confirmation for our propositions and support the call for more practice-oriented research in this highly complex domain

An evaluation of the goal-oriented approaches for modelling strategic alignment concept

Several frameworks have been proposed in Requirements Engineering (RE) discipline that use goal-oriented approach to model the concept of strategic alignment. Understanding the concept of strategic alignment from the perspective of Management Information Systems (MIS) discipline and evaluating goal-oriented approaches in the context of strategic alignment appear to be the fundamental weakness in the RE frameworks that claim to model strategic alignment. In this research we developed a list of constructs by analysing the concept of strategic alignment embedded in strategy map which is one of the widely used frameworks to develop strategic alignment in MIS discipline. In this regard we analysed details of a case study conducted to develop strategic alignment. Against the identified list of constructs we evaluated five well-known goal-oriented approaches and presented their level of effectiveness to model the concept of strategic alignment. © 2011 IEEE