Resolving the Alignment Issue between Business and Information Technology in Organizations

如何使企业的IT资源与其业务需求相匹配，吸引了组织的广泛关注，因此在IS研究中也是如此。然而，迄今为止，这一领域的工作主要是理论性的，有时还不一致。该项目旨在解决理论上的不一致，以提供一个内部一致的解释如何实现一致，从而提高业务绩效。该项目通过参与以下内容来推进知识：第一次关于IT对齐如何演变的多理论研究;制度理论、间断均衡理论和复杂性理论的首次比较;以及第一项将双案例方法与模拟相结合的研究IS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.