In a study involving 52 large organizations in the computer components industry, the relationship between information technology structure and organizational Gompetitive strategy was examined. The results indicate that the information technology structure, as measured by the locus of responsibilities for information systems, is strongly related to competitive strategy. For example, an organizat...

RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES The transmission of research findings into routine care is a slow and unpredictable process. Important factors predicting receptivity for innovations within organizations have been identified, but there is a need for further research in this area. The aim of this study was to describe contextual factors and evaluate if organizational climate and implementation str...

Organizational learning (OL) is about how individuals collect, absorb, and transform information into organizational memory and knowledge. This case study explored how six high-technology firms in Taiwan chose OL as an organization development intervention strategy. Issues included how best to implement OL; how individuals, teams, and organizations learn; and the extent to which OL activities c...

Today’s business press questions the link—by no means automatic—between individual and organizational success. Top performers or mavericks (“straight shooters”) display idiosyncratic behaviour that, while it brings innovation, puts organizational success at risk. The study reveals that individual success is a social construct that is part of the process of strategy formation and stems from a co...

To continuously improve its knowledge and to identify problems and possible solutions, an organization requires understanding of the way business is aligned with the organizational strategy and how information systems are supporting the business. This paper presents an object-oriented framework, presented as a UML Profile, for describing three organizational concerns: strategy and goals, busine...

business strategy has been characterized as the manner in which a firm decides to compete which emphasizes the pursuit, achievement and maintenance of competitive advantage in an industry. the main hypothesis of many managerial researchers is that enhanced performance achieves when business try to gain and maintain competitive advantage in compare to rivals. given business strategy position as ...