UYUM YÜZEYİ KURAMI AÇISINDAN BİLİŞİM TEKNOLOJİSİ STRATEJİLERİ ÜZERİNE BİR DEĞERLENDİRME

Year 2008, Volume: 26 Issue: 2, 163 - 182, 31.12.2008

H. Kemal İlter

Abstract

Bilişim teknolojilerinin, işletmenin çevresi ile uyumu
ve bu uyumun ölçülmesi günümüzün karmaşık işletme sistemlerinde önemli bir
konudur. Bu çalışma, işletme stratejisini destekleyecek şekilde uygun bilişim
teknolojisi stratejilerinin oluşturulması gibi stratejik yönetim açısından çok
az çalışılan bir konuyu, bilişim teknolojileri uyumunun analitik doğasını
sunmaktadır. Çalışmada, uyum yüzeyi kuramına dayanan stratejik bilişim
teknolojisi yönetimi ile ilgili olarak bilişim teknolojileri uyumu bakış açısı
ele alınmaktadır. Bu bakış açısı, stratejik bilişim teknolojileri yönetiminin
bir ölçütü olarak uyum yüzeyi kuramının ve uyumun ölçülebilmesi için NK
modelinin kullanılabileceğini belirtmektedir.

 

Keywords

Stratejik bilişim teknolojileri yönetimi, uyum yüzeyi, uyum, stratejik yönetim, NK modeli

UYUM YÜZEYİ KURAMI AÇISINDAN BİLİŞİM TEKNOLOJİSİ STRATEJİLERİ ÜZERİNE BİR DEĞERLENDİRME

Abstract

Fitness and fitness measurement of
information technologies with the rest of an organization’s environment remains
an important subject in today’s complex business systems. This paper presents
the analytical nature of fitness of information technologies to build
appropriate strategy about information technology that support business strategy
has rarely been taken into consideration in strategic management. A view of
fitness of information technology is presented about strategic information
technology management that builds on fitness landscape theory. This view
considers fitness landscape theory as strategic information technology
management’s measurement at business strategy level and suggests using  NK model to measure that fitness.

 

Keywords

Strategic information technology management, fitness landscape, fitness, strategic management, NK Model

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