Strategic alignment: Leveraging information technology for transforming organizations

The Strategic Use of Information Technology by Nonprofit Organizations: Increasing Capacity and Untapped Potential

“…This focus on strategic outcomes is in line with recent theoretical and empirical work in the strategic management field, which has come to focus increasingly on the ability of IT to move from a backroom administrative function to a more central strategic function for public, private, and nonprofit organizations alike (Glazer 1993; Henderson and Venkatraman 1993; Buhalis 1998; Berlinger and Te’eni 1999; Lu and Ramamurthy 2004). This research typically approaches the topic from the theoretical perspective of the “resource‐based” view of the firm (Barney 1991), which posits that organizations can enhance their competitiveness and maximize returns through the development and deployment of key organizational resources.…”

“…Organizations develop their IT‐based strategic potential by fostering a set of capabilities and practices that build on this basic architecture (Weill and Aral 2005). Obviously, without a minimum level of capacity in terms of IT hardware and software, an organization will not be able to use IT for any meaningful administrative function, much less a strategic function (Henderson and Venkatraman 1993; Weill and Broadbent 1998). The Gifts In Kind survey includes a number of questions that allow us to examine the technical infrastructure and basic computerization that nonprofits possess and can potentially exploit for strategic purposes.…”

Stratégiai és strukturális összehangolási zavarok feltárása az üzleti és informatikai területek között. Összehangolási zavarok tüneteinek azonosítása vállalati architektúramodellek elemzésével.

“…Számos össze-hangolási modell látott napvilágot, ilyen például az MIT Model (Scott Morton, 1991), a Baets Model (Baets, 1992), valamint az Amsterdam Information Model (AIM) (Maes et al, 2000). A szakirodalomban leggyakrabban idézett modell a Henderson és Venkatraman által bemutatott Strategic Alignment Model (SAM) (Henderson -Venkatraman, 1993).…”

Aligning It With Business Model to Perform Organizational Capabilities in Achieving Business Performance

“…One of the studies which relates Information Technology (IT) to business performance is written by Croteau and Raymond (2004). They were using Henderson and Venkatraman (1999) in measuring the business performance. So far it has not been found other publication, which relates organizational capability to organizational performance or business performance.…”

“…Using Henderson and Venkatraman (1999) Strategic Alignment Model, IT can be seen as a variable with two dimensions: (1) IT Strategy (technology scope, systemic competencies and IT governance) and (2) IT Infrastructure and Processes (architecture, processes and skills).…”