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A discussion of the differing perspectives of corporate strategy and the nature of the roles of IT and IS, preclude a critical discussion on the nature and success of aligning IT and IS strategies with corporate and, with emphasis on business strategy.
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To: The Corporate Board From: I.T Manager Ref: Fully integrating the IT function with strategy. Format: Formal Report CONTENTS Contents Page Terms of Reference 4 Sections 1.1 - 1.9 Prescriptive approach 5 Emergent approach 7 Implementation 10 Summary 11 Role of Information Technology and Systems 13 Sections 2.1-2.8 Alignment strategies: Sections 3.1-3.7 22 Alignment of IS to a corporate plan 23 Alignment of IS to emergent strategies 24 The role of devolution in aligning IT/IS strategies 27 Managing the rollout of alignment perspectives 28 Management of Supply 29 Conclusion 30 References and Bibliography 31-34 List of Figures Figure Content Page 1 Figure 1: Organisation chart of New Town Council (synthesised after Bailey and Verity). 6 2 Figure 2: Reference to 1.7 Individual participation and bias. 9 3 Figure 3 : Value chain on failure in linkages mean a need for IT and IS. 13 4 Figure 4:Source: IT induced business reconfiguration Venkatraman, 1991. 14 5 Figure 5: Interactive model of systems related to Cisco. 15 6 Figure 6 :N:M Many to many relationship of partnership and commitment to shared processes and systems. Source adaption 16 7 Figure 7: Supportive role of information technology 17 8 Figure 8: Adapted from Hammer and Champy[1994] on value network configurations. 18 9 Figure 9 : Three levels...
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