Towards a Dynamic IS Function


Autoria(s): Fielt, Erwin
Data(s)

2012

Resumo

With the growing importance of IS for organizations and the continuous stream of new IT developments, the IS function in organizations becomes more critical but is also more challenged. For example, how should the IS function deal with the consumerization of IT or what is the added value of the IS function when it comes to SaaS and the Cloud? In this paper we argue that IS research is in need of a dynamic perspective on the IS function. The IS function has to become more focused on building and adapting IS capabilities in a changing environment. We discuss that there has been an overreliance on the Resource Based View so far for understanding the IS function and capabilities and introduce Dynamic Capabilities Theory as an additional theoretical perspective, which has only been limitedly addressed in IS literature yet. We present a first conceptualization of the dynamic IS function and discuss IS capabilities frameworks and individual IS capabilities from a dynamic perspective. These initial insights demonstrate the contribution of a dynamic perspective on the IS function itself.

Identificador

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/59485/

Publicador

Australian National University College of Business and Economics

Relação

http://cbe.anu.edu.au/media/2302940/isf_2012_-_fielt_-_towards_a_dynamic_is_function.pdf

Fielt, Erwin (2012) Towards a Dynamic IS Function. In Proceedings of the Information Systems Foundations Conference (ISF 2012), Australian National University College of Business and Economics, Canberra, Australia.

Fonte

School of Information Systems; Science & Engineering Faculty

Palavras-Chave #080600 INFORMATION SYSTEMS #IS Function #Information Systems
Tipo

Conference Paper