Ideal patterns of strategic alignment and business performance

Bergeron, François; Raymond, Louis; Rivard, Suzanne

doi:10.1016/j.im.2003.10.004

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“…Bergeron et al (2001) examine these six conceptualizations of fit in IT research. They argue that studies which neglect to specify the exact perspective of fit may lead to contradictory, mixed, or inconsistent results (Bergeron et al, 2004). In addition, specifying one type of fit conceptually and then using measures designed for another type of fit introduces errors.…”

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“…This scale measures the alignment of the IT plan with the business plan (six items) and the alignment of the business plan with the IT plan (six items). Bergeron et al (2004) developed a questionnaire to measure IT strategy and IT structure. Their measure included dimensions of IT environment scanning, IT planning and control, and IT acquisition and implementation.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Strategy components should be adjusted holistically, in consistent ways. Bergeron et al (2004) suggest that when organizations face shifts in the business environment, a new or enhanced business strategy should be simultaneously implemented with a revamped IT strategy and a re-design of IT structure. Burn (1997) suggests that IT management is similar to walking a tightrope, which balances IT innovation and business transformation simultaneously.…”

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IT Alignment: What Have We Learned?

Chan

Reich

2007

Journal of Information Technology

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We provide a review of the alignment literature in IT, addressing questions such as: What have we learned? What is disputed? Who are contributors to the debate? The article is intended to be useful to faculty and graduate students considering conducting research on alignment, instructors preparing lectures, and practitioners seeking to assess the 'state-of-play'. It is both informational and provocative. Challenges to the value of alignment research, divergent views, and new perspectives on alignment are presented. It is hoped that the article will spark helpful conversation on the merits of continued investigation of IT alignment.

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IT Alignment: What Have We Learned?

Chan

Reich

2007

Journal of Information Technology

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“…Contingency models have been used to study the relationship between business strategy, structure, IT strategy and IT structure (Bergeron et al, 2001;Chen et al, 2008), to define strategies for information requirements determination (Davis, 1982), to identify individual impacts of IT (Pinsonneault & Rivard, 1998), impacts of IT on learning (Leidner & Jarvenpass, 1995), impacts of IT problem solving tools on task performance (Vessey & Galletta, 1991) and impacts of IT on organizational performance (Bergeron et al, 2004).…”

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“…Business strategy is a determinant of IT strategy and of the development of IT operational components (Bergeron et al, 2004). Now, the SME's mode of internationalization can be viewed as forms of business strategy which carries a specific level of task complexity (Rivkin, 2000), in turn determining the firm's information requirements.…”

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Information management for the internationalization of SMEs: An exploratory study based on a strategic alignment perspective

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Bergeron

Raymond

2014

International Journal of Information Management

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Assessment of IS‐innovation strategic alignment factors among universal banks in Ghana

Obeng

Mkhize

2019

E J Info Sys Dev Countries

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There is a widespread acceptance of information system (IS) strategic alignment. How and whether IS strategic alignment creates value especially in developing countries remains a major challenge for most banks. Additionally, alignment scope is often general making it difficult to identify specific important strategic alignment factors. We explored factors perceived to influence IS-innovation strategic alignment, their interrelationships, and consequential effects among six universal banks in Ghana. Primary data were obtained through interviews. The two-dimensional solution accounted for 85.4% of the total variance with P value of 0.000 indicating strong dependency in the data. The findings indicate IS and innovation of the banks are well aligned, and innovative performance is an output of successful IS-innovation alignment. Collaboration and IS strategic projects factors contributed strongly to the successful alignment.The findings provide bank managers with more reliable and actionable insights to determine the dimensions of alignment that contribute more or less to firm performance. 2011); however, alignment research had always centred on the entire IS strategy or organizational structure (Chan & Reich, 2007) with lingering questions of whether-and how-IS strategic alignment creates value (Queiroz, 2017). In developing countries, IS strategic alignment remains a major challenge for most banks (Labidi et al., 2016). Understanding factors that influence IS-innovation alignment can improve management effort of assessing and determining business value of IT and the dimensions of alignment that contribute more or less to firm performance. However, ISinnovation alignment remains largely unexplored among the universal banks in Ghana, especially, factors that influence IS-innovation alignment.Our major objective of the study then becomes exploring factors that are perceived to influence IS and innovation strategic alignment. In addition, the interrelationships and consequential effects of these perceived alignment factors are explored. Research questions developed to explore the alignment factors were administered through interviews.

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Ideal patterns of strategic alignment and business performance

Cited by 365 publications

References 62 publications

IT Alignment: What Have We Learned?

IT Alignment: What Have We Learned?

Information management for the internationalization of SMEs: An exploratory study based on a strategic alignment perspective

Assessment of IS‐innovation strategic alignment factors among universal banks in Ghana

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