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Integration Between Business Planning and Information Systems Planning: Validating a Stage Hypothesis
Author(s) -
King William R.,
Teo Thompson S.H.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
decision sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.238
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 1540-5915
pISSN - 0011-7315
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-5915.1997.tb01312.x
Subject(s) - benchmark (surveying) , computer science , stage (stratigraphy) , test (biology) , information system , information integration , business system planning , knowledge management , process management , business , data mining , engineering , paleontology , geodesy , electrical engineering , biology , geography
This paper proposes and empirically validates a stages of growth model for the evolution of Information Systems Planning (ISP). A questionnaire survey of senior IS executives is used to gather information pertaining to the stages of growth model, which includes measurement of the nature and level of integration between business planning (BP) and ISP. The del test is used to validate empirically benchmark variables for each stage of BP‐ISP integration. The results support the stages of growth model of BP‐ISP integration and the benchmark variables are generally found to be successful in predicting the stage of integration.