Organizational Characteristics and Information Systems Planning: An Empirical Study.

Author List: Premkumar, G.; King, William R.;
Information Systems Research, 1994, Volume 5, Issue 2, Page 75-109.
The article presents information on a study, which developed a model that associates the quality and effectiveness of information systems (IS) planning. IS planning has gained considerable interest among researchers and practitioners in recent years because of the large investments that firms have made in IS and the increasingly strategic nature of the impact of information systems on organizational performance. The model is validated using data collected from a field survey of 249 senior IS executives. Canonical correlation analysis is used to test the research hypotheses and validate the model. The results of the study indicate that the two planning dimensions respectively reflecting the "means" and "ends" of IS planning are equally important. The results also indicate that planning resources, the intended strategic impact of IS on future business operations, the quality of facilitation mechanisms, the quality of implementation mechanisms, and the quality of strategic business planning are significantly associated with the quality and effectiveness of IS planning.
Keywords: IS management; IS planning; Organization and IS planning; Organizational characteristics; Planning characteristics; Planning dimensions; Role of IS; Strategic IS planning
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