Redefining business: IT alignment through a unified framework

Even fervent adherents of business - IT alignment admit that the concept is not at all unambiguous, that no serious attempts have been made to make the concept more angible and hence that it is questionable whether alignment in its actual meaning is viable or even makes a difference in an organisation’s performance over time. This papers redefines the concept by positioning it in a unified framework. This framework is derived form the generic framework for information management and the integrated architecture framework. This paper aims at providing for the foundation for further research into the concept of alignment as a real tool for management and design.

[1]  Izak Benbasat,et al.  Factors That Influence the Social Dimension of Alignment Between Business and Information Technology Objectives , 2000, MIS Q..

[2]  Carol V. Brown,et al.  Reconceptualizing the Context-Design Issue for the Information Systems Function , 1998 .

[3]  Kenneth L. Kraemer,et al.  A Process-oriented Assessment of the Alignment of Information Systems and Business Strategy: Implications for IT Business Value , 1999 .

[4]  Henderson Jc,et al.  Aligning business and information technology domains: strategic planning in hospitals. , 1992 .

[5]  Yolande E. Chan,et al.  Business Strategic Orientation, Information Systems Strategic Orientation, and Strategic Alignment , 1997, Inf. Syst. Res..

[6]  Chris Sauer,et al.  Steps to the future : fresh thinking on the management of IT-based organizational transformation , 1997 .

[7]  Jerry N. Luftman,et al.  Transforming the Enterprise: The Alignment of Business and Information Technology Strategies , 1993, IBM Syst. J..

[8]  Albert L. Lederer,et al.  Issues in information systems planning , 1986, Inf. Manag..

[9]  R. E. Maes,et al.  Reconsidering Information Management Through A Generic Framework , 1999 .

[10]  Sue Holwell,et al.  Information, Systems and Information Systems: Making Sense of the Field , 1998 .

[11]  Claudio U. Ciborra,et al.  De profundis? Deconstructing the concept of strategic alignment , 1997, Scand. J. Inf. Syst..

[12]  John A. Zachman,et al.  A Framework for Information Systems Architecture , 1987, IBM Syst. J..

[13]  Peter Weill,et al.  alignment: Learning , 2022 .

[14]  John C. Henderson,et al.  Strategic Alignment: Leveraging Information Technology for Transforming Organizations , 1993, IBM Syst. J..

[15]  Hans de Bruin,et al.  Integrated Architectural Design of Business and Information Systems , 2022 .