Notwithstanding the substantial overall research efforts in the field of Strategic Information Systems Planning (SISP), the 'IS strategy' as the goal and outcome of SISP has received only limited research attention to date. In addition, there is considerable evidence that the debates on IS...

Strategic Information Systems Planning (SISP) has been among the highest ranked issues on management agendas for many years. As such, SISP should be a major concern for researchers as well. However, SISP does not play that important of a role in the academic discussion, at least in Germany....

This paper reports on the development and application of an instrument to evaluate the overall IT fitness of medium sized enterprises. The instrument was designed in 1997 as part of an applied research project with the close co-operation of scientists and consultants, as well as various market...

The core purpose of strategic information planning (SIP) lies in identifying future directions for investments in information technology, information systems and information supply that will assist an organisation to realise its business goals. SIP is a critical challenge and major concern to...

Information Technology (IT) strategy is a top-priority issue in practice. However, despite its practical relevance, research on IT strategy has been limited so far. With respect to the definition of an IT strategy and its scope, there are a number of ad hoc recommendations and a few conceptual...

Mit dem vorliegenden Arbeitsbericht Nr. 113 wenden wir uns dem Informationsmanagement als Führungssaufgabe zu. Hier ist die Gestaltung der Informationsinfrastruktur und deren Abstimmung auf die Organisationsstruktur ein traditionelles Arbeitsfeld der Wirtschaftsinformatik. Der Arbeitsbericht...

Die Risiken des Einsatzes von Informationstechnologie (IT) stellen aufgrund hoher Kosten der Informationsverarbeitung und zudem aktuell verschärfter gesetzliche Bestimmungen besondere Herausforderungen an das Informationsmanagement. Gleichzeitig bietet eine Vielzahl internationaler Normen und...