A study of subsidiaries views of information systems strategic planning in multinational organisations

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dc.contributor.authorMohdzaher, Mohdzain
dc.contributor.authorWard, John
dc.date.accessioned2009-11-23T10:50:14Z
dc.date.available2009-11-23T10:50:14Z
dc.date.issued2007-12
dc.description.abstractThis research examines information systems strategic planning (ISSP) in multinationals from the perspective of the subsidiaries. The research was carried out through interviews with the IT and business managers in subsidiaries of nine large American, European, and Japanese multinationals. The evidence from this study reveals that, in the majority of these organisations, IS planning is either centralised or moving towards centralisation. The main focus of IS planning, in many of these organisations, is to control cost and achieve scale economies. As centralisation increases IT tends to control the planning process and, as a result, IS planning becomes more tactical than strategic and is dominated by IT infrastructure planning. Project implementation was the main criterion used to measure IS planning success. However, due to the dominant role of IT, the subsidiary business managers are often less satisfied with the IS planning approach compared with the subsidiary IT managers. The level of involvement of business managers and their satisfaction with ISSP was related to the degree of decentralisation of responsibility for IS planning.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationMohdzain Mohdzaher and John M. Ward. A study of subsidiaries views of information systems strategic planning in multinational organisations, The Journal of Strategic Information Systems, Vol.16, (4), December 2007, p.324-352en_UK
dc.identifier.issn0963-8687
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsis.2007.02.003
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1826/3989
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherElsevieren_UK
dc.subjectInformation systems strategic planningen_UK
dc.subjectStrategic alignmenten_UK
dc.subjectMultinational companiesen_UK
dc.subjectMultinational subsidiariesen_UK
dc.titleA study of subsidiaries views of information systems strategic planning in multinational organisationsen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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