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The Impact of Organisational Politics on the Implementation of IT Strategy: South African Case in Context

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  • Tiko Iyamu

    (Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa)

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Through IT strategy, many organisations intend to set out key directions and objectives for the use and management of information, communication and technologies. A shared view among these organisations is that IT strategy allows all parts of the organisation to gain a shared understanding of priorities, goals and objectives for both current and future states as defined in the strategy. It would therefore seem that IT strategy, for the foreseeable future will remain a key aspect of development within organisations. As a result, there has been more focus on how IT strategy is articulated and formulated. What is missing is that there has been less attention on the implementation of the strategy. Also, in most organisations, technical issues are minor compared to the relationship issues. There are many factors which influence the implementation of the IT strategy. This paper focuses on how organisational politics as examined by two underpinning theories, Structuration Theory and Actor-Network Theory, impact the implementation of IT strategy.

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  • Tiko Iyamu, 2011. "The Impact of Organisational Politics on the Implementation of IT Strategy: South African Case in Context," International Journal of Sociotechnology and Knowledge Development (IJSKD), IGI Global, vol. 3(3), pages 15-39, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jskd00:v:3:y:2011:i:3:p:15-39
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