Understanding the IT/business partnership: A business process perspective

被引：8
作者：
Siurdyban, Artur [1 ]
机构：
[1] Aalborg Univ, DK-9220 Aalborg, Denmark
来源：
INFORMATION SYSTEMS FRONTIERS | 2014年 / 16卷 / 05期
关键词：
IT/business alignment; Strategic use of IT; Business process management; Case study; LEVERAGING INFORMATION-TECHNOLOGY; STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT; GOVERNANCE; ENTERPRISE; SYSTEMS; PERFORMANCE; PRINCIPLES; LOGIC; KEY;
D O I：
10.1007/s10796-012-9388-3
中图分类号：
TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];
学科分类号：
0812 ;
摘要：
From a business process perspective, the business value of information technologies (IT) stems from how they improve or enable business processes. At the same time, in the field of strategic IT/business alignment, the locus of discussion has been how IT/business partnerships enhance the value of IT. Despite this apparent relationship, the business process perspective has been absent from the IT/business alignment discussion. In this paper, we use the case of an industrial company to develop a model for understanding IT/business partnerships in business process terms. Based on our findings, we define these partnerships by allocating responsibilities between central IT and the local business during two stages of a process lifecycle: formation and standardization. The significance of the findings lies in how the model's configuration leads to different types of IT units' process centricity. This in turn affects the ability of the company as a whole to transform its operations with IT.
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页码：909 / 922
页数：14
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