The achievements of the EFCC in the fight against corruption and money laundering are testimonies that with a good leadership, corruption can be rooted out of Africa. Even though it is far from being perfect, the Nigerian experience is relevant to other developing countries which must win the war against corruption if they are to have a good chance of success in the more important war of economic development and poverty alleviation.
Most companies enter outsourcing agreements without a good process discipline. This situation can lead to escalating costs, poor results, and difficulties managing the relationship. IS managers should know what, when, and how to outsource. They should be aware of the leadership decision-making regarding outsourcing and offshoring.
Alignment is a cross-cutting issue!
Traditional capital budget methods are limited to valuate IT projects because of (a) their inability to cope with risk, uncertainty, and flexibility, (b) they overlook the cost to train users, the learning curve to adapt to new technologies, and the socials subsystems costs and benefits of the IT projects, and (c) their inability to quantify intangible benefits such as improving knowledge, customer service, or decision making.
Dear reader, the purpose of this post is to provide relevant information on Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) to you. I also want to use this opportunity to emphasize that SEM and other second generation data analysis techniques are increasingly being applied in management information systems (MIS) research and practice. I will be posting additional materials on the use, usefulness, and ease of use of SEM in MIS research and practice on my weblog.
The five-stage process summarizes the steps for a successful IT strategic alignment in multinational corporations (MNCs.) The process has five stages, each of which is associated with one of the nine reasons explaining IT projects failure.
Le Nigeria, comme plusieurs pays africains, fonctionne sur la corruption, le vol, la rapine et les détournements généralisés à tous les étages de l’Etat, des institutions et des entreprises publiques, du sommet à la base. Les efforts de EFCC contre cette « kleptocratie » est loin d’être parfaite, mais ils donnent l’opportunité de tester des modèles efficaces qui devraient être partagés et reproduits par d’autres pays africains.
The purpose of the present positivistic research study was to investigate business-IT strategic alignment in a multinational corporation by examining (a) the role of knowledge management processes in the relationship between contextual factors and alignment, and (b) the role of IT projects in the relationship between alignment and organizational performance and effectiveness.
This study used a field survey and structural equation modeling (SEM) techniques to analyze data collected through the stratified random sampling of 263 IT and business managers employed in the U.N. Secretariat.
Total Quality Management (TQM) is a philosophy of management that strives to make the best use of all available resources and opportunities through continuous improvement. TQM means achieving quality in terms of all functions of the enterprise. Many researchers attempted to analyze how IT and TQM can jointly add value to organizations and the purpose […]
My dear readers, I am pleased to inform you that I just completed a research study on Business-IT Strategic Alignment Models for Complex Multinational Corporations (MNCs). The purpose of this positivistic research study was to investigate business-IT alignment in an MNC by examining (a) the role of knowledge management processes in the relationship between contextual factors […]