Construct

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Construct: Strategic Importance of IT


  • Description
  • Indicators

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Definition: The strategic importance management assigns to IT related decisions.

Theory/model: Additional to IDT
Reference: (Tung & Rieck, 2005)


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IndicatorScaleContextTheory/ModelReference(s)
Information technology can be used for a number of objectives. To what extent is information technology important for the fulfillment of the following objectives in your organization? (d) Improved access to information; (e) Improved quality of decision making; (f) Improved competitiveness; (g) Improved service to customers.Scale 1 to 7, Not at all Important to Extremely Importante-GovernmentIDT(Tung & Rieck, 2005)