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Volume 6, Issue 5
1 December 1998
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Information Management & Computer Security
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Research Article| December 01 1998

Achieving IT success Available to Purchase

Douglas Brockway;
Douglas Brockway
Senior Vice‐President, IT Strategy and Transformation, Technology Solutions Company, New York, NY, USA
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Margaret Hurley
Margaret Hurley
Partner, Daruma Management Service, Toronto, Canada
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-5805
Print ISSN: 0968-5227
© MCB UP Limited
1998
Information Management & Computer Security (1998) 6 (5): 199–204.
https://doi.org/10.1108/09685229810240103

Postulates that there are identifiable and measurable criteria for achieving success in the management of information technology and discusses these criteria. Presents hypotheses regarding the links between business success and IT success. Presents results of research among US‐based senior IT management testing the hypotheses. Concludes that business success drives or leads IT success and that IT must align its aspirations and actions to the business. Prescribes an action plan for senior IT management.

Keywords:
Information resources management, Information technology strategy, Measurement, Strategic management, Success, Systems management
© MCB UP Limited
1998
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