Aligning Strategic Orientation with Information Resources.
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Eric W. Ford, Professor (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: In today’s digital society, technology-based resources are emerging and changing far more rapidly than
organizational systems and structures. While information management is critical to strategy at both the formulation
and implementation stages, strategic decisions often must be made quickly, and with less rationality than is desirable.
This paper provides an analytical framework based on the types of information needed for specific strategic
orientations. The proposed framework, or information resource matrix (IRM), integrates the strategy typology of
Miles and Snow (1978), the uncertainty dimensions of Milliken (1987), and the decision-making model of Simon
(1963). The IRM identifies a firm’s information needs for a given strategic orientation. Using the IRM, managers can
tailor information systems to fit their strategic information needs.
Aligning Strategic Orientation with Information Resources.
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Language: English
- Date: 2013
- Keywords
- strategic orientation, information resources, corporate strategy, task uncertainty, task structure, management