Impact of organizational inertia on organizational agility: the role of IT ambidexterity

Organizations have increasingly invested money in information technology (IT) in order to improve their agility. It is generally believed that organizations with greater IT investment tend to be more agile to response to environmental changes. However, the issue of whether IT is an enabler or impeder of organizational agility still remains unresolved. Drawing upon resource-based view theory and the literatures of information systems and supply chain management, the authors develop and test a theoretical model that integrates IT capability, supply chain capability and organizational agility. The authors propose that IT capability enables the development of a higher level of supply chain capability which is embedded within inter-firm processes and in turn enhances organizational agility. Structural equation modelling is employed to test their theoretical conceptualization of 310 Australian fast-growth small-to-medium enterprises across different industrial sectors. The results show that IT capability does contribute to firm agility through enhancing inter-firm supply chain processes such as integration, information sharing and coordination. This research highlights the role of IT-enabled intermediated processes and the ways in which IT is used by firms to enhance core business processes.

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How Does IT Capability Impact Organizational Agility in the Supply Chain Context?

Handbook of Research on Technology Adoption, Social Policy, and Global Integration - Advances in Business Strategy and Competitive Advantage ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-2668-1.ch006 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 88-108 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Rui Bi ◽

Robert M. Davison ◽

Booi H. Kam ◽

Kosmas X. Smyrnios

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Business Processes ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Organizational Agility ◽

It Capability ◽

Industrial Sectors ◽

Medium Enterprises ◽

Role Of It

Organizational agility is regarded as a strategic capability, helping firms to compete, survive, and succeed in fast changing environments. Companies with greater IT investments are expected to be more agile. However, the issue of whether IT is an enabler or impeder of agility still remains unresolved. Drawing upon resource-based view theory, the authors test a theoretical model that integrates IT capability, supply chain capability and organizational agility. The authors propose that IT capability enables the development of a higher level of supply chain capability which is embedded within inter-firm processes and in turn enhances agility. Structural equation modeling is employed to test their theoretical conceptualization of 310 Australian fast-growth small-to-medium enterprises across different industrial sectors. The results show that IT capability does contribute to firm agility through enhancing inter-firm supply chain processes. This research highlights the role of IT-enabled intermediated processes and the ways in which IT is used by firms to enhance core business processes.

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From Enterprise Architecture Management to Organizational Agility: The Mediating Role of IT Capabilities

Humanizing Technology for a Sustainable Society ◽

10.18690/978-961-286-280-0.30 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Maurice Patti Maurice Pattij ◽

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Rogier van de Wetering Rogier van de Wetering ◽

Rob J. Kusters Rob J. Kusters ◽

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Keyword(s):

Enterprise Architecture ◽

Organizational Agility ◽

Enterprise Architecture Management ◽

Mediating Role ◽

It Capabilities ◽

Architecture Management ◽

Role Of It

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Organizational Agility and the Complementary Enabling Role of IT and Human Resources: Proposition of a New Framework

Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organisation - ICT for an Inclusive World ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-34269-2_4 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 55-65

Author(s):

Mohamed Amine Marhraoui ◽

Abdellah El Manouar

Keyword(s):

Human Resources ◽

Organizational Agility ◽

Role Of It ◽

New Framework

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Role of IT in HRM: Opportunities and Challenges

PARIPEX-INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH ◽

10.15373/22501991/apr2014/51 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 3 (4) ◽

pp. 159-160

Author(s):

Megha Vashishth ◽

Keyword(s):

Role Of It

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POLIVARIABILITY OF THE BASTARD MOTIF IN THE SHORT STORIES BY GUY DE MAUPASSANT: CHARACTER IN SEARCH OF SELF-IDENTIFICATION

LITERARY PROCESS methodology names trends ◽

10.28925/2412-2475.2018.11.2027 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 20-27

Author(s):

Oksana Galchuk

Keyword(s):

Short Stories ◽

Short Story ◽

Social Institutions ◽

Point Of View ◽

Guy De Maupassant ◽

Traditional Values ◽

The Social ◽

Role Of It ◽

Structural Methods

The theme of illegitimacy Guy de Maupassant evolved in his works this article perceives as one of the factors of the author’s concept of a person and the plane of intersection of the most typical motifs of his short stories. The study of the author’s concept of a person through the prism of polivariability of the motif of a bastard is relevant in today’s revision of traditional values, transformation of the usual social institutions and search for identities, etc. The purpose of the study is to give a definition to the existence specifics of the bastard motif in the Maupassant’s short stories by using historical and literary, comparative, structural methods of analysis as dominant. To do this, I analyze the content, variability and the role of this motive in the formation of the Maupassant’s concept of a person, the author’s innovations in its interpretation from the point of view of literary diachrony. Maupassant interprets the bastard motif in the social, psychological and metaphorical-symbolic sense. For the short stories with the presentation of this motif, I suggest the typology based on the role of it in the structure of the work and the ideological and thematic content: the short stories with a motif-fragment, the ones with the bastard’s leitmotif and the group where the bastard motif becomes a central theme. The Maupassant’s interpretation of the bastard motif combines the general tendencies of its existence in the world’s literary tradition and individual reading. The latter is the result of the author’s understanding of the relevant for the era issues: the transformation of the family model, the interest in the theory of heredity, the strengthening of atheistic sentiments, the growth of frustration in the system of traditional social and moral values etc. This study sets the ground for a prospective analysis of the evolution the bastard motif in the short-story collections of different years or a comparative study of the motif in short stories and novels by Maupassant.

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