This research examined the effects of (1) business-related and strategic IT-related knowledge of the chief information officer (CIO) and the top management team (TMT) and (2) engagements between the CIO and members of the top management team on the firm's success in the use of information technology (IT) to support its business strategies and value-chain activities. Further, the study examined how the background characteristics of the CIO and top management team members affected their strategic IT and business-related knowledge. / Using a cross-sectional field study, the study found that CIOs with high strategic IT and business-related knowledge exhibited significantly greater participation in top management teams. Further, firms that were best able to use IT to support their business strategies and value-chain activities were those where their CIO possessed a high level of business and strategic IT knowledge and participated more extensively in the top management team. The strength of these relationships was most prominent where firms viewed the role of information technology as fundamentally transforming their conduct or their industry structure. It is this synergistic combination of CIOs with high strategic IT and business-related knowledge, high extent of participation in the top management team, and firms that view IT as the basis for transforming the organization that provides the greatest impact on the firm's ability to effectively utilize its IT resources. In addition, the study found that CIOs who possessed the highest level of strategic IT-related knowledge were those whose professional backgrounds were mostly within the IS area, but who still had some exposure to other business areas. This suggests that a strategic understanding of the potential and limitations of IT requires more than strictly a technical perspective. Rather, it requires a thorough understanding of the technical aspects of IT tempered by an understanding of how IT can facilitate the organization's effectiveness. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 56-06, Section: A, page: 2312. / Major Professor: V. Sambamurthy. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1995.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_77467 |
| Contributors | Armstrong, Curtis Paul., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 184 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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