Frito-Lays, Case #2

As at 1989 , the established operating as well as managerial information systems had been implemented in which case 55 executive and functional manager workstations with more than 350 information displaying panels for had been availed to senior managerial teams (Harvard Business School , 2001 ,

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Related Elements between IT and Corporate Strategies at Frito-Lay

That notwithstanding , the rationale of compound or multi-stage options (Panayi Trigeorgis , 1998 ) might point to the fact that IT flexibility has the potential of having a positive effect on strategic flexibility as top management appreciate that their ability

to change particular aspects of their business strategies could be influenced by the extent they are capable of using IT in supporting those changes . Three arguments arise from this analysis . One , as organizations seek to achieve increased strategic alignment , is it that their attempts are enhanced or restricted by the need to embrace IT or strategic flexibility , more during occasions of increased uncertainty (Tallon Kraemer , 2003 ,

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The other concern is the way the interaction between the strategic alignment and flexibility affect the value IT has in the organization For instance , if IT flexibility or strategic flexibility has a complementary influence on strategic alignment , then what effect does it have on the value of IT (Tallon Kraemer , 2003 ,

.4 . On the contrary if organizations are faced with a choice between increased IT or strategic flexibility and stringent strategic alignment , what effect would such a scenario have on the value of IT in the business . The third and the last issue arising concerns the relationship between IT flexibility and strategic flexibility . Particularly , does more IT flexibility increase the ability of the organization to put in place critical changes in the business strategy it has

Although strategic alignment has always been seen as an unidimensional variable representing IT...