Management information systems: conceptual foundations, structure, and development (2nd ed.)
Management information systems: conceptual foundations, structure, and development (2nd ed.)
Information technologies for the 1990s: an organizational impact perspective
Communications of the ACM
The impact of information systems on organizations and markets
Communications of the ACM
Examining the computing and centralization debate
Communications of the ACM - Special issue on computer graphics: state of the arts
Management information systems
Management information systems
Journal of Management Information Systems
Shaping the future: business design through information technology
Shaping the future: business design through information technology
Does information technology lead to smaller firms?
Management Science
Information assets, technology, and organization
Management Science
Management Information Systems: A Managerial End-User Perspective
Management Information Systems: A Managerial End-User Perspective
Designing Complex Organizations
Designing Complex Organizations
Managing Information Technology
Managing Information Technology
Management Information Systems
Management Information Systems
Principles of Information Systems for Management
Principles of Information Systems for Management
Corporate Information Systems Management: Text and Cases
Corporate Information Systems Management: Text and Cases
Competing in Time; Using Telecommunications for Competitive Advantage
Competing in Time; Using Telecommunications for Competitive Advantage
The relationship between information and communication technologies adoption and management
Information and Management
Ideal patterns of strategic alignment and business performance
Information and Management
Journal of Management Information Systems - Special section: Exploring the outlands of the MIS discipline
A contingency model for the allocation of media content in publishing companies
Information and Management
The role of leadership decision styles on the use and effectiveness of Information Systems
International Journal of Information Systems and Change Management
A structural equation model for analyzing the impact of ERP on SCM
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
Information and Software Technology
An e-patient's End-user community (EUCY): The value added of social network applications
Computers in Human Behavior
MIS key issues in Taiwan's enterprises
International Journal of Information Management: The Journal for Information Professionals
An evaluation of hospital information systems integration approaches
Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communications and Informatics
Service innovation readiness: Dimensions and performance outcome
Decision Support Systems
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This study empirically develops a taxonomy that has implications for matching information technology (IT) and organizational structures. The taxonomy of IT structure is based on the degree of centralization of computer processing, capability to support communications, and the ability to share resources. By using a multistep cluster analysis, both the membership and number of groups are derived from the responses of 313 firms. Four IT structures are identified: centralized (centralized processing, low communication, low sharing), decentralized (decentralized processing, low communication, low sharing), centralized cooperative (centralized processing, high communication, high sharing), and distributed cooperative computing (decentralized processing, high communication, high sharing). Centralized computing is related to functional organizational forms with low integration and centralized decision making. Decentralized computing is related to product organizational forms with decentralized decision making. Centralized cooperative computing is related to functional organizational forms with high integration. Distributed cooperative computing is related to both matrix and product organizational forms with high integration. The ability to identify and understand the implications of IT structure is of critical importance to both academic and management practitioners.