The Influence of IT Capability on Dimensions of Organization Structure

Author

Gao, Shuli ; Chen, Jianbin ; Fang, Deying

Author_Institution

Bus. Coll., Beijing Union Univ., Beijing, China

fYear

2009

fDate

13-14 Dec. 2009

Firstpage

269

Lastpage

273

Abstract

Firm´s organization structure is influenced by many factors, and relationship between IT capability and organization structure in the network environment has attracted much attention. This paper analyzes how IT capability impact on dimensions of organization structure through questionnaire. Result shows that IT capability has positive impact on horizontal differentiation, vertical differentiation, formalization and decentralization of organization structure, but the impact on spatial differentiation has not been verified.

Keywords

information technology; organisational aspects; IT capability; firm organization structure; horizontal differentiation; network environment; organization structure decentralization; organization structure formalization; structural equation model; vertical differentiation; Conference management; Engineering management; Environmental management; Financial management; Humans; Information management; Information technology; Investments; Resource management; Technology management; Dimensions of Organization Structure; IT Capability; Structural Equation Model SEM;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Future Information Technology and Management Engineering, 2009. FITME '09. Second International Conference on

Conference_Location

Sanya

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5339-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FITME.2009.72

Filename

5380978