Strategic alignment: a performance tool (an empirical study of SMEs).

The purpose of this research is to investigate whether the alignment of IT with the strategy (particularly the partnership strategy or cooperation practice) and organizational structure of an SME could have a decisive influence on its performance. We constructed a model and tested it empirically using data from 381 SMEs operating in different sectors. A multivariate perspective, modelled with structural equations, was used to test the alignment between strategy, structure and IT. The alignment is considered as a covariation of a set of theoretically related variables. The results indicate that the alignment of IT with corporate strategy and organizational structure could generate the best performance levels for an SME.strategy; performance; IT; SME; Strategic alignment; organizational structure;

Impacts of team virtuality on performance : a qualitative study.

Recent studies on virtual teams reveal that team virtuality varies in a continuum and may take different levels. Different levels of virtuality have considerable impacts on team processes and management as they imply several characteristics concerning communication dynamics and interaction styles, which change when shifting from one level to another. The purpose of this paper is to assess how the variability of team virtuality influences team performance. A multidimensional approach to evaluate virtuality was elaborated to identify changing performance variables at each level. The performance variables retained with relevance to the context study are: output quality, team members` satisfaction, and team processes. A qualitative study was conducted on 6 virtual teams composed of 4 students involved in on-line master degrees at a French university. The results show that performance measures are differently influenced by virtuality level. Although output quality seems not to be related to team virtuality, effective team processes and members’ satisfaction are associated with low virtuality levels. Ineffective processes were found in high virtuality teams, however positive dynamics and tem spirit characterise low virtuality teams.Télétravail; Virtual team performance; Team processes; performance; Equipes virtuelles; E-management; Telework;

Measuring Internet performance within the organization.

Model; Evaluation; Performance; Secteur du tourisme; Systèmes d'information; Information technology; Internet;

La diversite des usages du courrier electronique.

Courrier électronique; Nouvelles technologies de l'information et de la communication; TIC; Gestion interculturelle;

Evaluer la performance de l’entreprise induite par l’usage de portails web – Le cas du secteur touristique

Cette recherche vise à mieux comprendre la performance de l’entreprise liée à Internet en s’appuyant sur le modèle de l’alignement stratégique. A travers une approche contingente, le modèle conceptuel proposé met en avant la cohérence entre l’utilisation d’Internet, l’activité de l’entreprise, l’organisation et les technologies. Le modèle est ensuite appliqué aux principales compagnies appartenant au secteur du tourisme français. La méthodologie adoptée s’appuie sur un questionnaire auquel ont répondu 123 entreprises. Le test du modèle à l’aide des équations structurelles et l’analyse des données révèlent qu’il existe une relation particulièrement significative entre la cohérence des choix organisationnels et la performance Internet

Network Dynamics in the French-Speaking and English-Speaking IS Research Communities

Using bibliographic data, we illuminate and compare the main references and schools of thought of the French-speaking and the English-speaking Information Systems (IS) communities, as well as the main research themes that emerged from 1996 till 2016. With the help of bibliometric techniques, we investigate the intellectual organization of the two communities based on a dynamic mapping of their research networks over the two periods 1996–2006 and 2007–2016. For these periods, we investigate all articles published in a journal representative of each community (Systèmes d’Information & Management and Management Information Systems Quarterly), as well as the references cited by these articles. We highlight similarities and differences between the research networks of both communities

PROSPECTIVE STRATEGIC BEHAVIOUR AND IS COALIGNMENT, IMPACT ON PERFORMANCE, AN ALTERNATIVE PERSPECTIVE

This research explores an alternative interpretation of the concept of co-alignment in the field of Information Systems (IS) and corporate strategy. While both the traditional research and practitioners have an axiomatic conclusion about the fact that the co-alignment between IS strategy and structure and the corporate strategy is a necessary condition for all the enterprises that aim to perform, we show in this study that the more the firms strategy is consider as prospector, the less the co-alignment impacts on their performance. We obtain our results by testing the model developed by Croteau, Bergeron and Raymond (2001) using Amos 7 and SPSS 14 and a database of almost 1500 firms. We interpret them according the concept of Order and Disorder introduced by Edgar Morin in his Method. This provides a alternative approach since it supposes that it is not the co-alignment itself, which is a performance factor for prospective firms, but rather their ability to mediate between alignment and non-alignment and between their strategy and their structure

Re-conceptualizing IS Strategic Alignment: the Translated Strategic Alignment Model (TSAM)

In this article, we propose a new conceptualization of strategic alignment leading to the proposal of a new model: the Translated Strategic Alignment Model (TSAM). We adopt a grounded theory approach, while studying three corporations. We then extend our research to other corporations through a Delphi method with five experts (IS consultants). The model of strategic alignment that we propose includes a three-level network involving the essential alignment of various stakeholders’ needs. We bring forward a new perspective on the fits traditionally studied in the literature and we propose seven fits whose “shores”1 make sense to practitioners. In corporations TSAM may open a new path leading to the achievement of organizational performance and competitive advantage in an organizational climate which may be socially enhanced

Strategic alignment: a performance tool (An empirical study of SMEs)

The purpose of this research is to investigate whether the alignment of IT with the strategy (particularly the partnership strategy or cooperation practice) and organizational structure of an SME could have a decisive influence on its performance. We constructed a model and tested it empirically using data from 381 SMEs operating in different sectors. A multivariate perspective, modelled with structural equations, was used to test the alignment between strategy, structure and IT. The alignment is considered as a covariation of a set of theoretically related variables. The results indicate that the alignment of IT with corporate strategy and organizational structure could generate the best performance levels for an SME.ou

eGovernment Implementation and Acceptance: Challenges to Increase Public eServices Take-Up in Lebanon

Governments continue investing in Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), and e-services have become governments’ priority. But research shows that e-services implementation accentuate inequalities. Using a study of egovernment implementation in Lebanon as a background, this paper shows that e-government will lead to a system where only privileged segments of the population may have access to the government e-services. Thus, government online services implementation will create three types of inequalities: (1) inequality in access to ICTs and e-services, (2) inequality in the ability to use ICT and e-services among those who have access, and (3) inequality between those who will accept to use eservices and those who will not. What are the reasons of this e-services divide? The aim of this study is to explore the reasons of these three inequalities. Results show that reducing the gap can enhance the value of services to the citizen which dramatically increase e-services Take-Up