Exploratory research into IT's support of organisational agility : concept development and pilot testing of an assessment instrument

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dc.contributor.authorStringer, Lanceen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-10T12:33:43Z
dc.date.available2014-09-10T12:33:43Z
dc.date.issued2002en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: leaves 98-112.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis exploratory research is aimed at the development of a conceptual model and assessment instrument to assess the extent to which IT supports organisational agility. The concepts of uncertainty, flexibility and agility are reviewed and a synthesis of concepts is undertaken to form the agility construct to be used in this research, together with proposed dimensions and measurement indicators. in deciding how to assess lT's support of organizational agility the idea of measuring ""fit"" or ""alignment"" is used. We conceptualise an organization as having a ""business agility orientation"", similar to Venkatraman's (1989) ""business strategic orientation"", and we measure this ""business agility orientation"" along the constituent agility dimensions developed in this research. As with Chan (1993), a set of matched ""IT agility orientation"" dimensions and related indicators is proposed and an ""agility alignment"" score is calculated by matching, on a one-to-one basis, the indicators of the ""business agility orientation"" and the ""IT agility orientation"". The degree of alignment between the organizations business and IT agility orientations is thus indicative of lT's support for organizational agility. The measurement instruments developed are subjected to pilot testing for reliability and validity. No causal model is posited in this research. High measurement scale reliability was reported although concerns of multicollinearity caution against over reliance of these results. Given the limited focus of this pilot testing and the limited study of only four organisations, encouraging internal validity is found. Crucial to any extension of this research are the use of a shorter set of questions and the extension of validity testing.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationStringer, L. (2002). <i>Exploratory research into IT's support of organisational agility : concept development and pilot testing of an assessment instrument</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Department of Information Systems. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7404en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationStringer, Lance. <i>"Exploratory research into IT's support of organisational agility : concept development and pilot testing of an assessment instrument."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Department of Information Systems, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7404en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationStringer, L. 2002. Exploratory research into IT's support of organisational agility : concept development and pilot testing of an assessment instrument. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Stringer, Lance AB - This exploratory research is aimed at the development of a conceptual model and assessment instrument to assess the extent to which IT supports organisational agility. The concepts of uncertainty, flexibility and agility are reviewed and a synthesis of concepts is undertaken to form the agility construct to be used in this research, together with proposed dimensions and measurement indicators. in deciding how to assess lT's support of organizational agility the idea of measuring ""fit"" or ""alignment"" is used. We conceptualise an organization as having a ""business agility orientation"", similar to Venkatraman's (1989) ""business strategic orientation"", and we measure this ""business agility orientation"" along the constituent agility dimensions developed in this research. As with Chan (1993), a set of matched ""IT agility orientation"" dimensions and related indicators is proposed and an ""agility alignment"" score is calculated by matching, on a one-to-one basis, the indicators of the ""business agility orientation"" and the ""IT agility orientation"". The degree of alignment between the organizations business and IT agility orientations is thus indicative of lT's support for organizational agility. The measurement instruments developed are subjected to pilot testing for reliability and validity. No causal model is posited in this research. High measurement scale reliability was reported although concerns of multicollinearity caution against over reliance of these results. Given the limited focus of this pilot testing and the limited study of only four organisations, encouraging internal validity is found. Crucial to any extension of this research are the use of a shorter set of questions and the extension of validity testing. DA - 2002 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2002 T1 - Exploratory research into IT's support of organisational agility : concept development and pilot testing of an assessment instrument TI - Exploratory research into IT's support of organisational agility : concept development and pilot testing of an assessment instrument UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7404 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitationStringer L. Exploratory research into IT's support of organisational agility : concept development and pilot testing of an assessment instrument. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Department of Information Systems, 2002 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7404en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Information Systemsen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherInformation Systemsen_ZA
dc.titleExploratory research into IT's support of organisational agility : concept development and pilot testing of an assessment instrumenten_ZA
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