Summary of strategic approaches and IT applications
INTRODUCTION
Organizations are increasing rely on information
technology (IT) and information systems (IS) as the platform
for competitive advantage [1]. A study by [2] highlighted the
role of IT and IS in supporting the general business strategy
of products or market innovation. The strategic significance
of IT and IS which eventually increase the complexity of
managing IT and IS necessitates organizations to ensure the
IT and IS effectiveness through policies on standards,
privacy and data protection which are all interrelated [3]. The
strategic importance of IT and IS leads to the critical issue of
strategic information system planning (SISP). SISP is the
analysis of information and processes of an organization
which use the business information models to evaluate the
risks and current situations to define the action plan or
implementation that can be used for strategic direction of the
company [4]. Reference [5] summarized SISP as the whole
process in creating organization’s vision and goals with the
strategic use of IT and IS to achieve the maximum benefits
from the resources and to reduce the risk.