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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"IT alignment"”.
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The impact of IT governance and partnership on business and IT alignment
Business and information technology (IT) alignment has been researched to enable organisations to leverage technology to gain a competitive advantage and enhance their financial performance. This research is based on assessing the level of alignment between business and IT, particularly focusing on …
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Understanding the impact of culture on business IT alignment within a South African parastatal
Business IT Alignment (BITA) remains a challenge for many organisations and is repeatedly ranked highly by Business and IT executives in an annual survey by the Society for Information Management (SIM). BITA has been defined as applying information technology (IT) in an appropriate and timely way, …
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Factors influencing the success of business-IT alignment : a study of South African firms
… the factors influencing the success of business-IT alignment in South African firms while taking into consideration the coverage of the requisite dimensions and paradigms of business-IT alignment. The impacts of the South African business operating environment and the industry sector of firms on …
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Achieving business and IT alignment in digital service redesign: a study of UK e-government
… there are a variety of ways in which business-IT alignment (BIA) can help an organisation. BIA can increase the UK’s e-government maturity level, improve the quality of e-government and service redesign process, and ensure the establishment of an integrated, coherent, user-centred, and agile …
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IT strategizing of small firms in Malta: a grounded theory approach.
… innovation is widely acknowledged. Relatively little is known on how small firms are adopting IT strategically to acheive business-IT alignment and how alignment changes over time. This study examines from a dynamic perspective IT adoption actions undertaken by owner-managers, in relation to …
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The Role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Organizational E-Transformation in United Arab Emirates
… from both the Business/Management and IT, to the role of ICT in organizational e-transformation, specifically in UAE, to enable them better facilitate their roles and responsibilities.<br/><br/>Global Information and Communication Technology (ICT) changes and their Business/Management …
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Improving alignment between Business and IT departments: towards an effective Enterprise Architecture and its role within the corporate organisation
While it is widely acknowledged that alignment between Business and IT is important to remain competitive and for improving business performance, achieving, and maintaining alignment between IT and Business divisions is not always easy. While there are many ways to improve Business IT Alignment, a …
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On exposing strategic and structural mismatches between business and information systems: misalignment symptom detection based on enterprise architecture model analysis = Stratégiai és strukturális összehangolási zavarok feltárása az üzleti és informatikai területek között: összehangolási zavarok tüneteinek azonosítása vállalati architektúra modellek elemzésével
… (IS) research is the need to align business with information systems and information technology (IT). Since information systems facilitate the success of business strategies, the importance of business-IT (or strategic) alignment is unquestionable. While organisations address alignment …
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Critical success factors in the post- M&A IT integrations
Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) often leave companies struggling to reach financial targets in part due to the need to deal with complex and disconnected information systems. This study examines post-M&A IT systems integration to identify critical factors for success in this process, focusing on …
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Developing a Framework for Business Information Technology Alignment in South African Development Banks
Business-information technology alignment is a current information systems research key issue and a current business challenge. Thus, the relevance of this thesis is in addressing business-information technology alignment issues within development banks in South Africa. Using government resources, …
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Towards an inclusive reconceptualization of IT governance: espoused theory and theories-in-use
IT governance is a highly researched field with a majority of the literature focusing on structural (form) and processual (contingency) mechanisms. The theoretical foundations of agency theory, which has a strong focus on control, predominantly underpin the current IT governance practices. The …
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Enterprise architecture driven design of an artefact to support strategic Information Technology decision-making of Small Enterprises in Nigeria and South Africa
Information Technology (IT) is inevitably influencing the way enterprises operate, compete, and grow. The contemporary disruption has not excluded small companies. Small enterprises play a significant role in the growth of every economy but are hindered by limited skills, time, and money. The …
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Using the Strategic Alignment Model to explore alignment issues between business and IT in a large, financial service organisation in South Africa
… Henderson and Venkatraman proposed a Strategic Alignment Model (SAM) to stimulate thinking about the issue of business and IT alignment from different perspectives. Their model consists of four components across the two dimensions of strategic fit and functional integration, and calls for the …
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A co-evolutionary framework to reducing the gap between business and information technology.
Over the past few years information technology (IT) and business alignment has become a great concern to organizations. To achieve alignment has become a daunting task for organizations due to rapid changes in business environment and lack of IT support. In business organizations business processes …