Competing in the Information Age [[electronic resource] ] : Strategic Alignment in Practice

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910784553703321
• Autore: Luftman Jerry N
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Oxford University Press, 1996
• ISBN: 1-280-44163-1; 9786610441631; 0-19-535816-3; 1-60129-988-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (433 p.)
• Disciplina: 004/.068/4; 658.4012; 658.4038
• Soggetti: Competition; Information technology; Organizational change; Organizational Innovation; Strategic planning; Organizational change - Management; Management Styles & Communication; Management; Business & Economics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; CONTRIBUTORS; 1. Introduction; The Strategic Alignment Model; 2. Aligning Business and IT Strategies; 3. Applying the Strategic Alignment Model; Business Strategy; 4. Aligning IT with New Competitive Strategies; 5. Building Global Competence; IT Strategy; 6. Do You Need an IT Strategy?; 7. Managing by Wire: Using IT to Transform a Business from ""Make-and-Sell"" to ""Sense-and-Respond""; 8. Electronic Commerce and the Extended Enterprise; 9. Benchmarking IT Strategic Alignment; Organizational Infrastructure and Processes; 10. Business Culture: The Key to Regaining Competitive ; Edge; 11. Managing the Business Transformation ProcessIT Infrastructure and Processes; 12. IT Value and the Role of IT Infrastructure Investments; Appendices; A. Strategic Alignment Research and Practice: A Review and Research Agenda; B. Glossary of Strategic Alignment Terminology; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X
• Sommario/riassunto: Synthesizes a body of research and theories relating to the way firms can undergo transformation in order to remain competitive in a changing business environment. This book includes the coordination and alignment of a firm's business strategy.