Strategic Information Management (SIM) In Malaysian Organizations: An Investigation of its Antecedent
Journal Title: International Journal of Academic Research in Progressive Education and Development - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 3
Abstract
With the advance of Information technology and explosion of information, the business environment is become more competitive than before. Additional technologies such internet, fiber optics, satellite and wireless communication are bringing dramatic and fundamental changes to both business environment and the way they do business. Organization must know how to compete, sustain and achieve strategic position in the industry. In order to do that, they must know how to acquire and utilize information as well as their related resources strategically and they must understand the strategic direction of the organization. Strategic Information Management (SIM) is defined as a situation in which information and related resources (i.e. information technology information professionals) are used or utilized by an organization (profit or non-profit) to support, implement or achieve strategic position in order to gain competitive advantage/strategic advantage. An understanding of the factors that drive SIM to become contributor to organization in winning the marketplace remains an important phenomenon of interest. However, there is a lack of theory-driven empirical research that systematically investigates the factors that influence organizations to be ready or successful implementing SIM in Malaysian organizations. This study bridges the extant gaps in the literature by investigating the antecedent of SIM in Malaysian organization that contributes to the successful implementation of SIM.
Authors and Affiliations
Norhayati Hussin, Hasnah Hashim, Halida Yu
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- DOI 10.6007/IJARPED/v7-i3/4367
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