Business and IT Alignment in Higher Education Sector

Hassan Alghamdi and Lily Sun
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Hassan Alghamdi: College of Computer Science and Information Technology, Albaha University, Albaha, Saudi Arabia
Lily Sun: School of Systems Engineering, University of Reading, Reading, Uk

International Journal of Technology and Engineering Studies, 2017, vol. 3, issue 1, 01-08

Abstract: Business and IT alignment has been and continues to be a major challenge for researchers and practitioners. Although it has been studied for almost five decades, the complexity of this issue seems to be steadily increasing along with the rapid changes in the business and IT environments. This paper, through a critical review of the literature, aims first to provide an overview of business and IT alignment as a serious and challenging issue that faces business and IT managers in many public and private organisations today. It then discusses the importance of addressing this challenging issue in the higher education sector, which has received the lowest attention in business and IT alignment research compared with other public and private sectors. Finally, suggestions for possible future business and IT alignment research in the higher education sector are offered.

Keywords: Alignment; Business; Information Technology; Higher Education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.20469/ijtes.3.40001-1

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