Researchers argue that information technology (IT) personnel capabilities and strategic alignment are important organizational resources. Grounded in the resource-based view, this research examines the relationship between IT personnel capabilities and strategic alignment, showing how companies leverage IT effectively on the basis of complementary and co-specialized organizational resources. Th...

While executives continue to rate strategic alignment – denoting the fit between information technology (IT) and the business strategy – as a key IT management issue, the rise in business uncertainty in the late 1990s may have given executives cause to question whether attempts to increase strategic alignment limit their ability to maintain strategic flexibility. How corporations structure thei...

Organizations are made up of individuals, and there is no organization without individuals. There is nothing quite as elementary; yet this elementary truth seems to have been lost in the increasing focus on structure, routines, capabilities, culture, institutions and various other collective conceptualizations in much of recent strategic organization research. It is not overstating the matter t...

This conceptual paper focuses on the management challenges of different types of strategic business nets. First, we propose a value-system continuum that forms the basis for classifying different types of strategic nets. Second, the core managerial questions and capabilities required in net management are illustrated. A discussion of the theoretical and managerial implications, and of future re...

Strategic alignment involves the development and reconfiguration of information technology (IT) to support business strategies. This paper applies the dynamic capabilities perspective to analyze the strategic information system alignment process. The paper further argues the approach is constructive in understanding and overcoming difficulties in achieving and sustaining alignment. From a longi...

E-learning is a new strategic arena for higher education, and higher education institutions (HEIs) need to acquire the necessary competencies and capabilities to participate. These may be developed in-house or acquired externally. E-learning involves acquisition and management of new information systems, and deployment of new capabilities. A resource-based view (RBV) suggests a rational stepwis...

A S A RESULT OF A SERIES OF advances in artificial intelligence, computer science, and microelectronics, we stand at the threshold of a new generation of computer technology having unprecedented capabilities. The United States stands to profit greatly both in national security and economic strength by its determination and ability to exploit this new technology.” This quote from the Strategic C...

In this article, the authors focus on the challenges and opportunities associated with integrating the macro and macro domains of the strategic human resource (HR) management literature. Their specific focus is on the development of a differentiated HR architecture in support of strategy execution as a key organizing theme. A focus on strategic capabilities and strategic jobs as the focal point...

the purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of strategic leadership on performance in technology-driven enterprises listed in tehran stock exchange. the research used a mixed methodology for attaining this goal. in the first step, delphi method was used for identification the dimensions and factors of strategic leadership (qualitative). in the next step, the survey method was used fo...