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Mälardalen University School of Sustainable Development & Technology Masters Thesis in IT Management 2008-06-04 How does the alignment of IT to business strategy affect the organisation of the IT function? Author ID No Opponents Tutor Joy Agbamuche 731126 Sirintip Saitong & Shahid Mahmood Ole liljefors & Michael Le Duc Abstract Date Purpose 2008-06-04 The primary goal of this research is to describe the IT function and examine how its alignment to an organisations strategy affects the way it is organised. Method The chosen method was a purely theoretical examination with the use of the case study of Windham International as primary resource and secondary resources such as book and literature review used for the thesis. How …show more content…

14 3.3 ALIGNING IT FUNCTION TO BUSINESS ....................................................................................................... 15 3.3.1 The Strategic Grid.............................................................................................................................. 17 3.3.2 IT & Business Capability................................................................................................................... 19 3.4 ORGANIZING THE IT FUNCTION (CENTRALIZATION VS. DECENTRALIZATION) ........................................... 20 3.4.1 Hybrid System/Shared services ......................................................................................................... 20 3.4.2 organising IT for Innovation ............................................................................................................ 21 4. WYNDHAM INTERNATIONAL ................................................................................................................. 22 4.1 IT AT WYNDHAM ......................................................................................................................................... 23 5. ANALYSIS ...................................................................................................................................................... 25 5.1 HOW.DOES.THE ALIGNMENT OF IT TO BUSINESS STRATEGY AFFECT THE ORGANISATION OF THE IT FUNCTION

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