A simple instrument to measure IT-Business alignment maturity

Information Systems Management

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 138-152

  Khaiata, Mohammed ^a   Zualkernan, Imran A ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

IT Business alignment; Maturity model

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL INTEGRATIONS; IT-BUSINESS ALIGNMENTS; MATURITY MODEL; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; SIMPLE INSTRUMENTS; STATISTICAL TOOLS; STRATEGIC BUSINESS PLANNING; STRATEGY ALIGNMENT;

INDUSTRY; INSTRUMENTS; PLANNING; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 70449707600     PISSN: 10580530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10580530902797524     Document Type: Article

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