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The FunCaps Framework: Reconceptualizing Operational Alignment

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  • Bidmeshk Olfat Ganji
  • Mehraeen Mohammad
  • Pooya Alireza
  • Maharati Yaghoob

    (Department of Management, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran)

Abstract

Background and purpose: Operational alignment, the alignment between business processes (BPs) and information systems (ISs), is a well-acknowledged requirement for improving business efficiency. However, a lack of sound foundation for the practical implementation of operational alignment remains in the existing literature. This is, in part, because previously developed coarse-grained strategic alignment models for operational alignment have overlooked the differences between strategic and operational levels of alignment. Additionally, while some studies have recognized these differences, they remain limited. This is partly due to their negligence of the IS’s socio-technical nature or their focus on identifying the social antecedents and their effect on operational alignment, without considering how ISs meet the business requirements in achieving operational alignment. To overcome this potential lack of applicability, the purpose of this paper is to determine the right level of abstraction for describing BPs and ISs and reconceptualizing operational alignment.

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  • Bidmeshk Olfat Ganji & Mehraeen Mohammad & Pooya Alireza & Maharati Yaghoob, 2021. "The FunCaps Framework: Reconceptualizing Operational Alignment," Organizacija, Sciendo, vol. 54(4), pages 256-274, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:organi:v:54:y:2021:i:4:p:256-274:n:2
    DOI: 10.2478/orga-2021-0018
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