Misalignment between business and IT strategic objectives in Saudi Arabia public sector organisations

Abulaziz AlGhazi; Mengxiang Li; Tingru Cui; Fosso Wamba Samuel; Jun Shen

doi:10.5220/0006692902120220

Misalignment between business and IT strategic objectives in Saudi Arabia public sector organisations

Abulaziz AlGhazi, Mengxiang Li, Tingru Cui, Fosso Wamba Samuel, Jun Shen

Research output: Chapter in book/report/conference proceeding › Conference proceeding › peer-review

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Abstract

Business-IT strategy misalignment is increasingly an important area of concern and interest in organisations around the world including Saudi Arabia (SA). Indeed, the SA government has launched the National Digital Transformation Strategy for 2030 to support all public-sector organisations to improve efficiency and performance. This research aimed to identify and analyse the factors that contribute to business/IT strategy misalignment in Saudi public-sector organisations. This research focused emerged from the need to better understand the business and IT models incorporated in the organisations Saudi Arabia to achieve high performance, quality of service (QoS) and return of investment (ROI). Using a qualitative study design that included semi-structured interviews with eight executive and managerial staff from five public-sector organisations in Saudi Arabia, this study found human, operational and IT system factors all have the potential to contribute to business-IT strategy misalignment. It also found the approaches to misalignment avoidance in Saudi public-sector organisations sometimes lack structure and consistency.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IoTBDS 2018 - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Internet of Things, Big Data and Security
Editors	Victor Mendez Munoz, Gary Wills, Robert Walters, Farshad Firouzi, Victor Chang
Publisher	SciTePress
Pages	212-220
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Electronic)	9789897582967
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5220/0006692902120220
Publication status	Published - 2018
Event	3rd International Conference on Internet of Things, Big Data and Security, IoTBDS 2018 - Funchal, Madeira, Portugal Duration: 19 Mar 2018 → 21 Mar 2018

Publication series

Name	IoTBDS 2018 - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Internet of Things, Big Data and Security
Volume	2018-March

Conference

Conference	3rd International Conference on Internet of Things, Big Data and Security, IoTBDS 2018
Country/Territory	Portugal
City	Funchal, Madeira
Period	19/03/18 → 21/03/18

Scopus Subject Areas

Software
Computer Networks and Communications

User-Defined Keywords

Business and IT Alignment
Business and IT Misalignment
Business Strategy
IT Strategy
Public Sector
Saudi Arabia

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AlGhazi, A., Li, M., Cui, T., Samuel, F. W., & Shen, J. (2018). Misalignment between business and IT strategic objectives in Saudi Arabia public sector organisations. In V. M. Munoz, G. Wills, R. Walters, F. Firouzi, & V. Chang (Eds.), IoTBDS 2018 - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Internet of Things, Big Data and Security (pp. 212-220). (IoTBDS 2018 - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Internet of Things, Big Data and Security; Vol. 2018-March). SciTePress. https://doi.org/10.5220/0006692902120220

AlGhazi, Abulaziz ; Li, Mengxiang ; Cui, Tingru et al. / Misalignment between business and IT strategic objectives in Saudi Arabia public sector organisations. IoTBDS 2018 - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Internet of Things, Big Data and Security. editor / Victor Mendez Munoz ; Gary Wills ; Robert Walters ; Farshad Firouzi ; Victor Chang. SciTePress, 2018. pp. 212-220 (IoTBDS 2018 - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Internet of Things, Big Data and Security).

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AlGhazi, A, Li, M, Cui, T, Samuel, FW & Shen, J 2018, Misalignment between business and IT strategic objectives in Saudi Arabia public sector organisations. in VM Munoz, G Wills, R Walters, F Firouzi & V Chang (eds), IoTBDS 2018 - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Internet of Things, Big Data and Security. IoTBDS 2018 - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Internet of Things, Big Data and Security, vol. 2018-March, SciTePress, pp. 212-220, 3rd International Conference on Internet of Things, Big Data and Security, IoTBDS 2018, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, 19/03/18. https://doi.org/10.5220/0006692902120220

Misalignment between business and IT strategic objectives in Saudi Arabia public sector organisations. / AlGhazi, Abulaziz; Li, Mengxiang; Cui, Tingru et al.
IoTBDS 2018 - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Internet of Things, Big Data and Security. ed. / Victor Mendez Munoz; Gary Wills; Robert Walters; Farshad Firouzi; Victor Chang. SciTePress, 2018. p. 212-220 (IoTBDS 2018 - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Internet of Things, Big Data and Security; Vol. 2018-March).

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AlGhazi A, Li M, Cui T, Samuel FW, Shen J. Misalignment between business and IT strategic objectives in Saudi Arabia public sector organisations. In Munoz VM, Wills G, Walters R, Firouzi F, Chang V, editors, IoTBDS 2018 - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Internet of Things, Big Data and Security. SciTePress. 2018. p. 212-220. (IoTBDS 2018 - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Internet of Things, Big Data and Security). doi: 10.5220/0006692902120220

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