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Showing 1 to 20 of 59 for “"Strategic alignment"”.
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Strategic alignment in a residential real estate brokerage company
Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1996.
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Construct Validation Of A Learning & Talent Development Strategic Alignment Scale
… is to develop workforce capabilities to execute strategic priorities. A strategically aligned LTD function is perceived as a business partner and as an asset to the business. </p> <p>The study design followed a psychometrically validated scale development process with the goal of confirming a …
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A composite framework for the strategic alignment of information systems development
… strategy. This thesis proposes that effective strategic alignment of information systems requires information systems development, information systems planning and strategic management to be united. Literature in these areas is examined, breaching the academic boundaries which separate these …
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Australia’s Route To Aukus: An English School Analysis Of Australia’s National Identity And Strategic Alignment
… useful, they largely frame AUKUS as a short-term strategic reaction within contemporary great power competition, which this dissertation sought to argue against (Curran 2021; Hall 2016; Laurenceson 2022; White 2019). The existing literature overwhelmingly focuses primarily but not exclusively on: …
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Achieving competitive advantage in financial services through a strategic alignment of Relationship Marketing and Human Resource Management
This thesis reviews the strategic alignment between Relationship Marketing (RM) and Human Resources Management (HRM) in practice, and notes that a product of this collaborative/competitive association is consensus on the critical importance of people (e.g. the relational sales-reps) in the …
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Language and culture as a societal asset: Strategic alignment of language policy to a sustainable socio-economic market for gaelic
… in<br/>understanding how these assets may be strategically aligned with national language<br/>policy to create the beneficial socio-economic market conditions required to develop<br/>a more secure, sustainable future for Gaelic, given its currently imperilled situation<br/>(Ó Giollagáin et …
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An investigation into how strategic alignment is achieved in an innovation ecosystem : a case study of the Fintech ecosystem in Scotland
… process in ecosystems contributes to the alignment of ecosystem participants around a focal value proposition. The application of strategic management in innovation ecosystems can be understood to pose significant challenges to the traditional take on strategy as a vehicle for competitive …
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Factors that influence strategic alignment of Information Technology for Supply Chain Integration: Perceptions of Nigerian Medium-sized Manufacturing Enterprises and their suppliers
Strategic alignment has been considered a crucial area in the IS field of study in the over three decades. A lot of studies have been conducted to explore how strategic alignment supports business processes and strategies in organisations. However, there are still issues to be addressed in …
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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
In 1993, 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 …
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An Investigation Into the Factors Determining Digital Transformation’s Success in Government Sectors
… success in government sectors, emphasizing the strategic alignment between IT and business strategies. This focus is driven by the high failure rate of DT initiatives, often resulting from misalignment and the delayed recognition of IT's strategic importance by non-IT leaders. The study aims to …
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How successful firms go beyond aligning their IT strategy with business objectives
… On the other hand, the companies that achieve strategic alignment realize higher economic benefits. Successful companies go one step further and use IT to enable business. They differentiate themselves from their competitors using IT and forge alliances. But is there any formula for achieving …
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Exploring strategic role of IT from the perspective of Ansoff's and Porter's generic strategies
… an exploratory research in the area of strategic alignment of information systems. It examines the concept of strategic alignment from the perspective of Porter's generic strategies and Ansoff's strategic grid. Porter's generic strategies were found to exist in the form of principal …
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The Alignment of Information Management and Technology to future Service and Business Strategies of the NHS in Wales
Strategic alignment of information technology (IT) exists where the organisation's goals and activities are in harmony with the information systems (IS) that support them then whilst equally failure to leverage IT may seriously hamper a firm's performance and viability. Effective strategic …
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Root cause analysis and mitigation paths for persistent inventory shortages to an assembly area
The strategic alignment of a company impacts the culture of the organization, which in turn reinforces the strategic alignment. The corporate behavior resulting from the combination of alignment and culture determines the organization's ability to handle disruption and change. This thesis explores …
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MODELO DE AVALIAÇÃO CONTÍNUA DE DESEMPENHO DE TECNOLOGIA DA INFORMAÇÃO: UMA PROPOSTA BASEADA NO CONTROL OBJECTIVES FOR INFORMATION AND RELATED TECHNOLOGIES (COBIT®)
… (IT) and its degree of maturity in relation to strategic alignment with business goals, through the proposal of a simple model of continuous assessment. For this, the study presented the main concepts of IT strategic alignment, based on theoretical references. Besides using the Control …
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The alignment between information and communication technology (ICT) strategy and business strategy of professional conference organizers
The concept of ICT/business alignment has been extensively discussed in the literature, but almost always in the context of large firms from the manufacturing and retailing industry. In addition, prior research has predominately conceptualized and operationalized ICT/business alignment at the firm …
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Patterns in information technology portfolio decision making: an inductive approach
… with an emphasis on two key issues; (1) strategic alignment and (2) the mitigation of risks early-on during planning. Based on the cross sectional analysis of a large portfolio of decisions, I build on the Defender-Prospector-Analyzer typology and the corresponding IT strategies to …
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Human Resource Systems, Flexibility, and Firm Performance in Turbulent Environments
… analyses examining a mediating role of strategic alignment of the HRM system in the HR system-firm performance relationship. Such alignment has been proposed as a factor affecting this relationship, but has heretofore remained relatively untested. Results of the analyses supported this …
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Enterprise performance measurement system : metric design framework and tools
… Guide to operationalize metrics to ensure better strategic alignment, monitoring and reporting of business activities, and proactive decision-making. Singapore Technologies Aerospace Engineering Development Center (STA EDC) is the enterprise involved in action research, the research methodology …
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