Dimensions of information technology infrastructure flexibility in improving management efficacy of construction industry perspective: A conceptual study

Abstract

As technologies change rapidly, improved information technology (IT) products and services are released daily throughout the world. This phenomenon gives tremendous pressure on organization managers to plan, implement and adopt new technology solution in accommodating such changes. Thus, one of the most significant current discussions is IT infrastructure flexibility. Most of the studies in IT infrastructure flexibility have been carried out across industries; however less attention has been paid to measure flexibility of IT infrastructure in construction industry. The purpose of this paper is to provide a conceptual understanding on how IT infrastructure flexibility responds in changing the business demand by exploring the dimensions that could be used to measure IT within construction industry. The study is based on textual reading in a range of recently published works, of which majority of them are from 2000 to 2010. The findings will provide potential variables about each dimension in measuring IT infrastructure flexibility, indicating factors that can be used for future development of an IT infrastructure flexibility maturity model. In this context, the maturity model will be useful for construction organisations to determine where they are. It also offers a benchmark for assessing different organisations for equivalent comparison.

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“…Besides, it allows organizations to communicate flexibly with other organizations, and quickly integrate their capabilities into the supply chain (Bush et al, 2010;Mohamad et al, 2017). ITIF is a factor in IT success when undertaking technical change processes (Nurshuhada & Hafez, 2011). Flexibility is the degree to which an organization has various actions that enable it to implement to increase management control capacity and improve the controllability of its environment.…”

“…The connectivity characteristic relates to the network infrastructure within the organization . The connectivity enables communication with the information system anytime, anywhere (Nurshuhada & Hafez, 2011). In addition to a rapid response to changes in the organization's strategy (Chung et al, 2003), the electronic link allows authorized users to access the databases via the internal network (Anwar & Masrek, 2013).…”

“…Flexibility means, in the administrative literature, the ability of a resource to produce more than one product (Duncan, 1995). It can be used for a variety of tasks, responsiveness to change, or able to be easily transformed (Nurshuhada & Hafez, 2011).…”

“…Customers' needs are constantly changing, resulting in a short product life cycle that necessitates a shift in these technologies (Chung et al, 2003). The concept of information technology infrastructure flexibility (ITIF) comes from a need to have IT that can face the rapid technology changes (Nurshuhada & Hafez, 2011). Since IT infrastructure is so essential in transmitting knowledge, many businesses put a lot of money into it (Hou, 2019).…”

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“…So, Bott, Young (2012) highlights, that firstly, a simplicity and quality are the main features of an information infrastructure. Zainon & Salleh (2011) add that information infracture in order to be more flexible from technical perspective should me measured by modularity, compatibility and connectivity and from information system position -market, network and integrity.…”