Strategic Alignment Model Revisited - Considerations of Business-IT Alignment Formative Factors

Shuhei Kudo, Kayo Iizuka, Michiko Miyamoto

2012

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to propose a framework for business-IT alignment implementation based on Strategic Alignment Model (SAM) suggested by Henderson and Venkatraman. Since IT use is a precondition for business operation, business is no longer distinguishable from IT. While the importance of business-IT alignment has been growing, the alignment concept is still ambiguous. SAM, which was suggested in 1989, has been a seminal model representing business-IT alignment structure. Alignment research has been conducted from various viewpoints based on SAM. This study reinterprets SAM in the light of results of prior alignment research and proposes a more practical model. Each component of business-IT alignment model is specifically explained. Furthermore, “alignment option generator”, which can be used as a guideline for business-IT alignment implementation, is also proposed. Alignment between business and IT can be efficiently and effectively achieved by using the alignment option generator.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Kudo S., Iizuka K. and Miyamoto M. (2012). Strategic Alignment Model Revisited - Considerations of Business-IT Alignment Formative Factors . In Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS, ISBN 978-989-8565-12-9, pages 283-286. DOI: 10.5220/0004096502830286

in Bibtex Style

@conference{iceis12,
author={Shuhei Kudo and Kayo Iizuka and Michiko Miyamoto},
title={Strategic Alignment Model Revisited - Considerations of Business-IT Alignment Formative Factors},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS,},
year={2012},
pages={283-286},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004096502830286},
isbn={978-989-8565-12-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS,
TI - Strategic Alignment Model Revisited - Considerations of Business-IT Alignment Formative Factors
SN - 978-989-8565-12-9
AU - Kudo S.
AU - Iizuka K.
AU - Miyamoto M.
PY - 2012
SP - 283
EP - 286
DO - 10.5220/0004096502830286