Critique of the Paper -
Paper - Antecedents and Outcomes of Strategic IS Alignment: An Empirical Investigation by Yolande E. Chan, Rajiv Sabherwal, and Jason Bennett Thatcher.
Critique of the Paper -
-IT is inherently strategic because of its indirect effects
- it creates possibilities and options that did not exist before
- Strategy as short-term wins. Companies that see, and act on these possibilities before others do will continue to differentiate themselves in the marketplace
- Technology may be ubiquitous, but the skills & insight required to harness its potential will not be so evenly distributed
-Need to look at IT investment through several different lens
- Cost savings and efficiencies
- Incremental improvement of organizational structure, products and services
- Extending competitive scope, partnerships and integrated business relationships in which suppliers, producers and customers act as if they were in one company, sharing information on inventories, demand forecasts, lead times. e.g. UPS
Template for Group Presentation
Present key ideas from the paper
- Objective / purpose of paper
- Main points, framework, or expectations
- Author's conclusions
Critique
- Three key ideas you agree with (and why)
- Three key ideas you don't agree with (and why)
Extension
- Identify one more recent paper (through your own research) that is related to the topic of the paper you are presenting
- Discuss how this paper extends/refutes/supports the ideas in the paper that you presented
-Discussion
-Presentation.
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