With alignment of Information Systems (IS) strategy with business strategy, organizations can ful... more With alignment of Information Systems (IS) strategy with business strategy, organizations can fully realize full potential of information technology (IT) resources. We view IS leadership as a core enabler to lead IS unit to contribute to organizational performance. Using upper echelons theory, we look at the effects of two characteristics of an IS leader, transformational leadership and gender, on IS unit’s teamwork capability and how this capability, in turn, affects the realization of IS unit’s strategy. We also investigate how the effect of teamwork capability on IS strategy realization is contingent on IS strategy. The results show that transformational IS leadership is effective in enhancing an IS unit’s teamwork capability, which in turn significantly influences the realization of IS strategy to the extent the IS unit seeks to create systems that enable the organization to be flexible.
The purpose of this study is to define executives' practices specifically targeted at corporate s... more The purpose of this study is to define executives' practices specifically targeted at corporate sustainability. The business ecosystem perspective may serve as a practical foundation to formulate executive practices underpinning corporate sustainability. We conducted in-depth interviews with 13 corporate executives regarding their opinions on corporate sustainability with the business ecosystem perspective. As a result of analyzing the interview data, we learned that the following roles of corporate executives were important in an era when corporate sustainability is of great importance. In the business ecosystem lens, an executive refers to a person who breaks trade-off, solves conflicts (including the concept of mitigating and adjusting excessive conflicts beyond removing conflicts) and maintains the balance among business ecosystem actors. Furthermore, an executive refers to a person who is responsible for maintaining and evolving the virtuous cycle of changing society in favor of his or her own business ecosystem by balancing and harmonizing for sustainable management and business ecosystem.
With alignment of Information Systems (IS) strategy with business strategy, organizations can ful... more With alignment of Information Systems (IS) strategy with business strategy, organizations can fully realize full potential of information technology (IT) resources. We view IS leadership as a core enabler to lead IS unit to contribute to organizational performance. Using upper echelons theory, we look at the effects of two characteristics of an IS leader, transformational leadership and gender, on IS unit’s teamwork capability and how this capability, in turn, affects the realization of IS unit’s strategy. We also investigate how the effect of teamwork capability on IS strategy realization is contingent on IS strategy. The results show that transformational IS leadership is effective in enhancing an IS unit’s teamwork capability, which in turn significantly influences the realization of IS strategy to the extent the IS unit seeks to create systems that enable the organization to be flexible.
The purpose of this study is to define executives' practices specifically targeted at corporate s... more The purpose of this study is to define executives' practices specifically targeted at corporate sustainability. The business ecosystem perspective may serve as a practical foundation to formulate executive practices underpinning corporate sustainability. We conducted in-depth interviews with 13 corporate executives regarding their opinions on corporate sustainability with the business ecosystem perspective. As a result of analyzing the interview data, we learned that the following roles of corporate executives were important in an era when corporate sustainability is of great importance. In the business ecosystem lens, an executive refers to a person who breaks trade-off, solves conflicts (including the concept of mitigating and adjusting excessive conflicts beyond removing conflicts) and maintains the balance among business ecosystem actors. Furthermore, an executive refers to a person who is responsible for maintaining and evolving the virtuous cycle of changing society in favor of his or her own business ecosystem by balancing and harmonizing for sustainable management and business ecosystem.
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