Resolving the Alignment Issue between Business and Information Technology in Organizations

如何将公司的IT资源与其业务需求结合起来，在组织中引起了很大的关注，因此在信息系统研究中也是如此。然而，到目前为止，这一领域的工作主要是理论性的，有时还不一致。这个项目试图解决理论上的不一致，以提供关于如何实现一致性的内部一致的解释，从而提高业务绩效。该项目通过参与：第一个关于IT一致性如何演变的多理论研究来推进知识；第一次比较了制度理论、间断均衡理论和复杂性理论；也是第一个将双案例方法与IS研究中的模拟相结合的研究。

How to align a firm’s IT resources with its business needs attracts much attention in organisations, and hence in IS research. To date, however, work in this area has been principally atheoretic, and sometimes inconsistent. This project seeks to resolve theoretical inconsistencies to provide an internally consistent explanation on how to achieve alignment, and thereby improve business performance. This project advances knowledge by engaging in: the first multi-theoretic study of how IT alignment evolves; the first comparison of institutional theory, punctuated equilibrium theory, and complexity theory; and the first study that combines a dual-case methodology with simulations in IS research.