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CONTENTS
Preface = ⅰ
Introduction = ⅲ
PART 1 - Information Technology and Information Systems
 1 Information Systems in the Firm = 1
  Introduction = 1
  What does IS mean = 2
  IS and the value chain = 7
  IS and the company's other systems = 15
  Summary = 17
 2 Information Technology and Information Systems = 19
  Introduction = 19
  The role of Information Technology(IT) = 19
  The Database(DB) concept at a firm data structure = 22
  Does the DB concept mean centralisation? = 23
  Decentralisation using DB = 25
  Decision intervals and Decision Support Systems(DSSs) = 27
  IS systems implementation using IT as an organisational learning process = 29
  Summary = 31
 3 Management Implications = 33
  Introduction = 33
PART 2 - Aligning IS Plans with Business Strategy
 4 IS Planning and Strategic Planning = 37
  Introduction = 37
  Historic evolution of IS planning = 38
  The formal process of corporate strategic planning = 47
  Joint IT / IS - corporate strategy planning = 51
  Conclusions = 55
 5 Basic Steps for Aligning IS plans with Business Strategy = 57
  Introduction = 57
  An IT / IS planning procedure based on business strategy = 58
  Procedure : General outline = 59
  Some additional considerations = 89
  Summary = 91
 6 Information systems Planning : Management Implications = 93
  Introduction = 93
PART 3 - IS and Business Strategy : An Integrative Approach
 7 IS and Business Strategy : Basic Planning and Concepts = 95
  Introduction = 95
  It／Is planning and strategic planning = 96
  Future Prospects = 100
 8 IS and Business Strategy : The ITSGA Concept = 103
  Introduction = 103
  Strategic advantage with IS and IT : some examples = 104
  Summary = 110
 9 IS and Business Strategy : An Integrated Planning Methodology = 113
  Introduction = 113
  General outline of a planning procedure = 113
  Some organisational implications = 132
 10 IS and Business Strategy : An Example of Integrated Planning = 135
  Introduction = 135
  Description of Airtour Vacaciones = 135
  Application of the procedure to the Airtour case = 140
 11 IS and Business Strategy : Implications of Integrated Planning = 163
  Introduction = 163
PART 4 - IS Planning at the Corporate Level
 12 IS Planning at Corporate Level : Basic Concepts = 167
  Introduction = 167
  Concepts of strategic planning at the corporate level - horizontal strategies = 170
  Formulation of corporate strategy and the IT / IS plan = 173
 13 IS Planning at Corporate Level : Generic Actions = 177
  Introduction = 177
  Corporate IT strategic generic actions = 178
  Summary = 190
 14 IS Planning at the Corporate Level : Methodology = 193
  Introduction = 193
  Definition of corporate strategy and It / IS = 193
  Corporate strategic posture = 194
  An Integrative view = 203
 15 Planning IS at the Corporate Level : Management Implications = 205
  Review Summary = 205
PART 5 - IS Strategic Planning : Organisational and Management Implications
 16 IS Strategic Planning Organisational Implications = 209
  Introduction = 209
  Organisation of the IT / IS function = 211
  The IT / IS department as a responsibility Centre = 218
  The IT / IS department in the organisation chart = 220
 17 IS / Conclusions and Management Implications = 221
  Trends and summary = 221
  Management implications = 225
Appendix 1 - IS in the Context of the Value Chain = 231
Appendix 2 - An Introduction to Databases = 247
Appendix 3 - IS Based Competitive Advantages : A Survey of Models = 275
References = 287
Index = 297