Beyond Business-IT Alignment - Digital Business Strategies as a Paradigmatic Shift: A Review and Research Agenda

Kahre, Cathrin; Hoffmann, David L.; Ahlemann, Frederik

doi:10.24251/hicss.2017.574

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“…As long ago as 2002, Lin and Sun were suggesting that 'When an IT system is viewed as a part of the business organisation, and both the IT and business systems are designed in the same time, the gap between them can be minimised ' (2002, p.251). In the context of smart work systems, the idea is now receiving recognition that dynamic co-evolution of socio-technical elements is needed (Kahle et al 2017;Amarilli et al 2017). A contemporary socio-technical approach is therefore required to support an on-going journey towards smarter working and living.…”

Section: Moving To Industry 50mentioning

confidence: 99%

Socio-Technical Perspectives on Smart Working: Creating Meaningful and Sustainable Systems

2019

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Technological advances have made possible industrial and commercial applications of artificial intelligence, virtual reality and highly integrated manufacturing systems. It has also freed business activity from a focus on place, as both work activities and markets have been able to harness information and communication technologies in order to operate remotely. As a result, researchers have highlighted a phenomenon of 'smart' working. Some have pointed to a fourth Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0) in which 'smart' factories use robotics to achieve high performance. There is now a suggestion of progress towards Industry 5.0, in which technological and social systems work in harmony to deliver personalised mass customization of products and services. This paper examines these developments from the perspective of unique, individual understandings of work roles and sustainability, posing the questions 'Smart' from whose point of view? Do smart systems promote sustainable organizations? How should design of smart systems be approached? It suggests that contemporary socio-technical systems approaches to organizational analysis are the best way to support harnessing of smart technologies in organizations.

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Section: Moving To Industry 50mentioning

confidence: 99%

Socio-Technical Perspectives on Smart Working: Creating Meaningful and Sustainable Systems

2019

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“…Extant research provides substantial insights into the disruption of markets through radical digital innovations and on the input and output of DT processes [5,27]. However, there is a scarcity of longitudinal studies [10,33] investigating the underlying remolding of resource combinations and organizational capabilities in DT [19,20]. We contribute in two regards by offering a detailed and microlevel analysis of how the DT process can unfold in practice [33].…”

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“…A relative amount of literature draws on DC theory to explore constitutive elements of DT. However, research on DC building in relation to DT remains scarce [19,33], with some noticeable exceptions. First, Li et al, [20] demonstrated that successful DT initiatives by entrepreneurs in SME's entail far more than just embracing digital technology.…”

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Cycles of Innovation and Alignment in Digital Transformation: Investigating the Dynamics of Resource Recombination in a Construction Firm

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Sandberg

Nylén

2020

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

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The generative nature of digital technology implies that during digital transformation (DT), organizations traverse multiple cycles of innovation and resource alignment. Still, extant research mainly chronicles DT as linear and contained phenomenon occurring in response to a dramatic environmental change event.How new resources align with previous ones into novel combinations, the work that supports continuous organizational capability building, and the temporal relationships between cycles of change in DT has received scant attention. Drawing on dynamic capability theory, we analyze innovation and resource alignment cycles driving DT at Lundqvist Trävaru AB, a small Swedish construction firm. Our study has at least two contributions. First, the analysis reveals three types of dynamic capabilities that shape resource generation and alignment in DT. Second, we provide a process model outlining the innovation and alignment cycles that fuel DT as they scale in the focal firm.

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“…It is suggested, there-fore, that a concept of alignment between separate organizational sub-systems is not a useful construct. The idea is now receiving recognition that dynamic co-evolution of socio-technical elements is more relevant [33] [34]. A contemporary socio-technical approach is therefore required to support an on-going journey towards excellence.…”

Section: Dynamic Open Systems Approachmentioning

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Balancing Stakeholder Interests: Socio-Technical Perspectives on Smart Working Practice

Bednár

Welch

2018

Smart Working, Living and Organising

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The advantages put forward for so-called Smart working may sound very appealing. However, it is unlikely that all stakeholder groups involved will benefit to the same extent, if at all. Many initiatives that seem to be aimed at development of Smart work systems can be seen to be flawed, since they are suggested to support empowerment but are expressed in terms of pre-defined 'best practice'. This inherent paradox leads to consideration of ways in which innovation could occur that would lead to genuinely Smart systems, harnessing Smart technologies and empowering engaged actors to co-create meaningful practice in pursuit of professional excellence. An open, socio-technical systems approach is suggested to be the way forward.

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Beyond Business-IT Alignment - Digital Business Strategies as a Paradigmatic Shift: A Review and Research Agenda

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Cited by 83 publications

References 62 publications

Socio-Technical Perspectives on Smart Working: Creating Meaningful and Sustainable Systems

Socio-Technical Perspectives on Smart Working: Creating Meaningful and Sustainable Systems

Cycles of Innovation and Alignment in Digital Transformation: Investigating the Dynamics of Resource Recombination in a Construction Firm

Balancing Stakeholder Interests: Socio-Technical Perspectives on Smart Working Practice

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