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Working Paper No.:

302

Title:

Reconceptualizing IT

Author(s):

John F. Rockart and Jeanne W. Ross

Date of Publication:

January 1999

No. of pages:

15 pages

Abstract:

11

Firms are rethinking their IT investments to support global operations and a process orientation. At most organizations this requires a commitment by senior management to understand the role of systems, particularly the IT infrastructure, and to specify an operations-based corporate strategy that dictates IT requirements. This paper identifies five components of a framework for managing IT in organizations: corporate strategy, IT architecture, IT infrastructure, systems applications, and organizational processes. It also describes four management partnerships that are necessary for developing and maintaining these components.

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