Theoretical Analysis of Strategic Implementation of Enterprise Architecture

In the past and present, organizations experience difficulty in managing information, technology, changing from system to system, implementing new technology, maintaining compatibility with existing technologies, and changing from one business process to another. It is thought that these challenges could be prohibitive to the organization, and in this regard, many organizations deploy Enterprise Architecture (EA) in an attempt to manage the situations. The deployment of EA does not go without its challenges from development to implementation. This study focuses on the implementation of EA by using two case studies. The case studies are theoretically analysed from the perspective of Actor-Network Theory (ANT) to gain better understanding of the socio-technical influence in the implementation of EA in the organisations. This was done by following the negotiation process that took place among the actors, both humans and non humans.

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Institutionalisation of the Enterprise Architecture

Social and Professional Applications of Actor-Network Theory for Technology Development ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-2166-4.ch012 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 144-155 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Tiko Iyamu

Keyword(s):

Information Technology ◽

Case Studies ◽

Business Process ◽

Business Performance ◽

Enterprise Architecture ◽

New Technology ◽

Actor Network Theory ◽

The Past ◽

Technical Advances ◽

Experience Difficulty

Despite impressive technical advances in tools and methodologies and the organizational insights provided by many years of academic and business research, the underperformance of Information Technology (IT) remains. In the past and even today, organizations experience difficulty in managing technology, changing from system to system, implementing new technology, maintaining compatibility with existing technologies, and changing from one business process to another. These challenges impact significantly on business performance and will continue to do so if not addressed. As a result, many organizations have deployed Enterprise Architecture (EA) in an attempt to address these challenges. However, the design and development of EA has proven to be easier than its institutionalization. The study explored the development and implementation of EA to determine the factors, which influences the institutionalization. Two case studies were conducted and Actor-Network Theory (ANT) was employed in the analysis of the data.

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Institutionalisation of the Enterprise Architecture

International Journal of Actor-Network Theory and Technological Innovation ◽

10.4018/jantti.2011010103 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 27-38 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Tiko Iyamu

Keyword(s):

Network Theory ◽

Business Performance ◽

Enterprise Architecture ◽

New Technology ◽

Actor Network Theory ◽

Business Research ◽

The Past ◽

Technical Advances ◽

Experience Difficulty ◽

Do So

Despite impressive technical advances in tools and methodologies and the organizational insights provided by many years of academic and business research, the underperformance of Information Technology (IT) remains. In the past and even today, organizations experience difficulty in managing technology, changing from system to system, implementing new technology, maintaining compatibility with existing technologies, and changing from one business process to another. These challenges impact significantly on business performance and will continue to do so if not addressed. As a result, many organizations have deployed Enterprise Architecture (EA) in an attempt to address these challenges. However, the design and development of EA has proven to be easier than its institutionalization. The study explored the development and implementation of EA to determine the factors, which influences the institutionalization. Two case studies were conducted and Actor-Network Theory (ANT) was employed in the analysis of the data.

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Assessment of Risk on Information Technology Projects Through Moments of Translation

International Journal of Actor-Network Theory and Technological Innovation ◽

10.4018/jantti.2012040104 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 32-43

Author(s):

Petronnell Sehlola ◽

Tiko Iyamu

Keyword(s):

Information Technology ◽

Network Theory ◽

Return On Investment ◽

Actor Network Theory ◽

Risk Identification ◽

It Projects ◽

Information Technology Projects ◽

Investment Projects ◽

Infrastructure Networks ◽

The Past

Many of the IT solutions in an organisation are employed through IT projects. Based on the reliance on IT solutions, organisations’ investment in IT projects have increased tremendously in the past two decades. This is informed and triggered by the premise that IT will help yield solutions that will fulfill or exceed expectations, thereby making the organisation realise the required return on investment. Projects are a means to yield solutions through technological artefacts, such as infrastructure (networks included), applications, databases, or a combination of these artefacts. Technological artefacts are associated with foreseen or unforeseen risks. Hence, proper risk identification and management of IT projects is necessary to ensure that the organisation reaches the desired state. Unfortunately, risks are not easy to identify or manage. Using one case, the study employed actor network theory in the analysis of the data to understand the factors which manifest themselves into risks during the deployment of IT projects in the organisation.

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STRUCTURING A SUCCESSFUL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROCESS: A CASE STUDY FROM THE PERSPECTIVES OF ACTOR NETWORK THEORY

Journal of Information and Communication Technology ◽

10.32890/jict.9.2010.8097 ◽

2010 ◽

Author(s):

Huda Ibrahim ◽

Hasmiah Kasimin

Keyword(s):

Information Technology ◽

Technology Transfer ◽

Transfer Process ◽

Network Theory ◽

Actor Network Theory ◽

Developed Countries ◽

Local Market ◽

Private Company ◽

Actor Network ◽

Technology Transfer Process

An effi cient and effective information technology transfer from developed countries to Malaysia is an important issue as a prerequisite to support the ICT needs of the country to become not only a ICT user but also a ICT producer. One of the factors that infl uences successful information technology transfer is managing the process of how technology transfer occurs in one environment. It involves managing interaction between all parties concerned which requires an organized strategy and action toward accomplishing technology transfer objective in an integrated and effective mode. Using a conceptual framework based on the Actor Network Theory (ANT), this paper will analyse a successful information technology transfer process at a private company which is also a supplier of information technology (IT) products to the local market. This framework will explain how the company has come up with a successful technology transfer in a local environment. Our study shows that the company had given interest to its relationships with all the parties involved in the transfer process. The technology transfer programme and the strategy formulated take into account the characteristics of technology and all those involved.

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The Impact of Network of Actors on the Information Technology

Actor-Network Theory and Technology Innovation ◽

10.4018/978-1-60960-197-3.ch016 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 234-246 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Tiko Iyamu ◽

Arthur Tatnall

Keyword(s):

Information Technology ◽

Network Theory ◽

Actor Network Theory ◽

It Strategy ◽

Web Portal ◽

Computing Environment ◽

Actor Network ◽

Design And Implementation ◽

Human Actors ◽

The Impact

Organisations’ reliance on Information Technology (IT) is rapidly increasing. IT strategy is developed and implemented for particular purposes by different organizations. We should therefore expect that there will be network of actors within the computing environment, and that such network of actors will be the key to understanding many otherwise unexpected situations during the development and implementation of IT strategy. This network of actors has aligned interests. Many organizations are developing and implementing their IT strategy, while little is known about the network of actors and their impacts, which this paper reveals. This paper describes how Actor-Network Theory (ANT) was employed to investigate the impact of network of actors on the development and implementation of IT strategy in an organisation. ANT was used as it can provide a useful perspective on the importance of relationships between both human and non-human actors. Another example: design and implementation of a B-B web portal, is offered for comparison.

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Toy or Useful Technology?

Cases on Information Technology Series - Success and Pitfalls of Information Technology Management ◽

10.4018/978-1-878289-56-8.ch001 ◽

1999 ◽

pp. 1-13 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Hüseyin Tanriverdi ◽

C. Suzanne Iacono

Keyword(s):

Information Technology ◽

Managed Care ◽

Case Studies ◽

Organizational Context ◽

New Technology ◽

Learning Activities ◽

Medical Services ◽

Healthcare Organizations ◽

Care Practices ◽

It Application

In response to increasing competition and cost pressures from managed-care practices, healthcare organizations are turning to information technology (IT) to increase efficiency of their operations and reach out to new patient markets. One promising IT application, telemedicine, enables remote delivery of medical services. Potentially, telemedicine could reduce costs and increase the quality and accessibility of medical services. However, the diffusion of telemedicine has remained low. We present case studies of telemedicine programs at three healthcare institutions in Boston, Massachusetts to better understand why telemedicine has not spread as quickly or as far as one would expect, given its promise. These case studies describe the environmental and organizational context of telemedicine applications, their champions, strategies and learning activities. Since the three cases represent varying levels of diffusion of telemedicine, they enable the reader to understand how and why some institutions, champions and approaches are more successful than others in diffusing a new technology like telemedicine.

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Why Using Actor Network Theory (ANT) Can Help to Understand the Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record (PCEHR) in Australia

International Journal of Actor-Network Theory and Technological Innovation ◽

10.4018/jantti.2012040105 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 44-60 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Imran Muhammad ◽

Say Yen Teoh ◽

Nilmini Wickramasinghe

Keyword(s):

Information Technology ◽

Electronic Health Record ◽

Network Theory ◽

Healthcare Delivery ◽

Actor Network Theory ◽

Healthcare Systems ◽

Health Record ◽

Actor Network ◽

Healthcare Reforms ◽

Electronic Health

Globally, healthcare reforms are being initiated to address the tremendous challenges facing healthcare systems. Without exception these reforms include the implementation of a variety of e-health solutions. Such e-health solutions are complex and have far reaching implications. In this paper, the authors argue that while these implementations and adoptions of e-health solutions are necessary, it is essential that an appropriate lens of analysis should be used to maximise and sustain the benefits of IS/IT (information systems/information technology) in healthcare delivery. Hence, in this paper, the authors proffer Actor-Network Theory (ANT) as an appropriate lens to evaluate these various e-health solutions and illustrate, in the context of the Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record (PCEHR), the chosen e-health solution for Australia.

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A long history of breakdowns: A historiographical review

Social Studies of Science ◽

10.1177/0306312717706559 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 47 (3) ◽

pp. 307-325 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Dániel Margócsy

Keyword(s):

Early Modern ◽

Network Theory ◽

Actor Network Theory ◽

Modern World ◽

Republic Of Letters ◽

The Past ◽

History Of ◽

Scientific Networks ◽

Transportation Technologies ◽

At Will

The introduction to this special issue argues that network breakdowns play an important and unacknowledged role in the shaping and emergence of scientific knowledge. It focuses on transnational scientific networks from the early modern Republic of Letters to 21st-century globalized science. It attempts to unite the disparate historiography of the early modern Republic of Letters, the literature on 20th-century globalization, and the scholarship on Actor-Network Theory. We can perceive two, seemingly contradictory, changes to scientific networks over the past four hundred years. At the level of individuals, networks have become increasing fragile, as developments in communication and transportation technologies, and the emergence of regimes of standardization and instrumentation, have made it easier both to create new constellations of people and materials, and to replace and rearrange them. But at the level of institutions, collaborations have become much more extensive and long-lived, with single projects routinely outlasting even the arc of a full scientific career. In the modern world, the strength of institutions and macro-networks often relies on ideological regimes of standardization and instrumentation that can flexibly replace elements and individuals at will.

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Assessment of Risk on Information Technology Projects Through Moments of Translation

International Journal of Actor-Network Theory and Technological Innovation ◽

10.4018/jantti.2012070101 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 4 (3) ◽

pp. 1-12

Author(s):

Petronnell Sehlola ◽

Tiko Iyamu

Keyword(s):

Information Technology ◽

Network Theory ◽

Return On Investment ◽

Actor Network Theory ◽

Risk Identification ◽

It Projects ◽

Information Technology Projects ◽

Actor Network ◽

Investment Projects ◽

Infrastructure Networks

Many of the IT solutions in an organisation are employed through IT projects. Based on the reliance on IT solutions, organisations’ investment on IT projects has increased tremendously in the last two decades. This is informed and triggered by the premises that IT will help them to yield solutions that will fulfill or exceed their expectations, thereby make the organisation realise the required return on investment. Projects are a means to yield solutions through technological artefacts such as infrastructure (networks included), applications, databases or a combination of these. The technological artefacts do carries or are associated with foreseen or unforeseen risks. Hence proper risk identification and management on IT projects is necessitated to ensure that the organisation reaches its desire state. Unfortunately, risks are never easy to identify or manage. Using one case, the study employed actor-network theory in the analysis of the data to understand the factors which manifest themselves into risks during the deployment of IT projects in the organisation.

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