IT-business strategic alignment maturity: A case study

Journal of Cases on Information Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 102-120

  Sledgianowski, Deb ^a   Luftman, Jerry ^b  

^a HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business strategy; Business IT strategy alignment; Case study; Change management; Cross functional teams; Global IT management; Information services organization; IS IT planning; IT alignment; Multinational corporations; Steering committees

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COMPETITION; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; JOB ANALYSIS; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

BUSINESS STRATEGY; BUSINESS/IT STRATEGY ALIGNMENT; CASE STUDY; CHANGE MANAGEMENT; CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TEAMS; GLOBAL IT MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SERVICES ORGANIZATION; IS/IT PLANNING; IT ALIGNMENT; MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 14644437023     PISSN: 15487717     EISSN: 15487725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jcit.2005040107     Document Type: Article

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