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Business/IT Alignment: The Executive Perspective

New-Generation EIS Architecture as a Case Example

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How are companies managed today and what part does state-of-the-art business/IT alignment play? Executive information systems (EIS) should support top management in “managing a company.” But many executives complain that EIS bear little relevance to their management task. This article examines the role of business/IT alignment within a new-generation EIS architecture and contributes a business-driven model. A prototype demonstrates an instantiation of this approach. The findings are synthesized to seven recommendations on business/IT alignment that should lead to better EIS architecture.

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  1. Institute of Information Management, University of St.Gallen, Müller-Friedberg-Strasse 8, 9000, St. Gallen, Switzerland

    Jörg H. Mayer

  2. Continental AG, Corporate Controlling, Vahrenwalder Strasse 9, 30165, Hanover, Germany

    Bernhard Krönke

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  1. Department of Information Systems, Poznań University of Economics, Al. Niepodległości 10, 61-875, Poznań, Poland

    Witold Abramowicz

  2. Institut für Informatik, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustr. 9, 14195, Berlin, Germany

    Robert Tolksdorf

  3. Poznań University of Economics, Al. Niepodległości 10, 60-967, Poznań, Poland

    Krzysztof Węcel

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Mayer, J.H., Krönke, B. (2010). Business/IT Alignment: The Executive Perspective. In: Abramowicz, W., Tolksdorf, R., Węcel, K. (eds) Business Information Systems Workshops. BIS 2010. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 57. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15402-7_19

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