企业信息化是优化业务流程、推动管理体系创新和提高企业竞争力的重要实践,CIO(Chief Information Officer,首席信息主管)作为信息技术应用的战略管理者,在这一过程中发挥着重要作用。为了对这一问题有更全面的认识,本文通过Q方法,对我国企业CIO的角色进行了探索性研究。论文以CIO在工作中从事不同活动重要性判断作为确定其角色的基础,将WebQ作为获取数据的平台。研究发现,我国CIO在组织中主要扮演着六种角色:推广者、使能者、执行者、架构师、创新者与战略家。这项研究部分通过实证方法验证和拓展了CIO角色的概念模型和角色定位,发现了我国CIO与国外CIO的角色差异,明确了我国CIO目前关注的核心活动。
The alignment between information systems (IS) and business strategy along with its implications for perceived IS effectiveness and business performance is an important question, which is rarely studied in China. Based on an empirical study, this paper summarized the significance of IS strategic alignment and its impact on business performance. This study also measured business strategy, information system strategy, and information system strategic alignment, built a conceptual model to describe the relationship between these factors, and investigated their implications for information system performance and business performance. A structural equation model was employed to test the conceptual model. Analyses of data gathered in a survey indicate that information system strategic alignment is a better predictor of business performance than business strategy or information system strategy alone, although business strategy can significantly influence business performance.
