Luka M. Musangu and Ray M. Kekwaletswe
SISP, planning process, SISP success, organisational context, visual analogue scales
Strategic information systems planning (SISP) is an important field in management information systems (MIS) research. Based on contingency theory, our study developed a contingency framework integrating three constructs for assessing the success of SISP in the context of South African small businesses (SBs). Instruments measuring SISP success, planning process and organisation context were adopted from previous studies and adapted with visual analogue scales (VAS). Exploratory factors analysis (EFA) was used to validate all constructs and Rasch model was employed to examine the construct reliability. The proposed contingency framework was tested with a mail survey of the CIOs (or equivalent) of 319 South African SBs, and Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) was used to further understand the empirical evidence. This paper shows that there is a significant relationship between planning process and SISP success, except in the strategy formulation phase, and that the organisational context of this paper is towards SISP theory, where visual analogue scale (VAS) is argued as relevant to studying strategic information systems planning. The paper concludes by providing an improved contextual model for practitioners to measure the success of SISP in their organisations.
Important Links:
Go Back
