The Roots of Misalignment: Insights on Strategy Implementation from a System Dynamics Perspective
This essay advances the study of strategic alignment by explaining how and why misalignment occurs. We begin by summarizing why IT and business strategies evolve in unintended ways, a phenomenon known as strategic drift. Using the causal loop diagramming approach of system dynamics, we observe that...
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| author | Baker, Jeff |
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| dc.date.none.fl_str_mv | 2019-11-26T06:31:57Z 2019-11-26T06:31:57Z 2019 |
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| dc.identifier.none.fl_str_mv | Baker, J. and Singh, H. (2019). The roots of misalignment: insights on strategy implementation from a system dynamics perspective. Journal of Strategic Information Systems. In press. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsis.2019.101576 0963-8687 http://hdl.handle.net/11073/16526 10.1016/j.jsis.2019.101576 |
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| dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv | Strategic alignment Strategy Strategic IS planning Drift Governance Process theory System dynamics Causal loop Feedback |
| dc.title.none.fl_str_mv | The Roots of Misalignment: Insights on Strategy Implementation from a System Dynamics Perspective |
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| description | This essay advances the study of strategic alignment by explaining how and why misalignment occurs. We begin by summarizing why IT and business strategies evolve in unintended ways, a phenomenon known as strategic drift. Using the causal loop diagramming approach of system dynamics, we observe that several sources of drift, potentially resulting in misalignment, are paradoxically built into the process of strategy formation and enactment itself. These linked subprocesses involve multiple actors at multiple levels of an organization and operate to promote (or hinder) strategic alignment. This paper contributes to the literature by enumerating and modeling both the top-down processes that can promote (or hinder) strategic alignment, as well as the less-studied bottom-up processes, ultimately yielding a more nuanced, dynamic, process-oriented understanding of strategic alignment. Directions for future research include the study of alignment at the process and group levels, as well as an exploration of settings where certain types of strategic drift and misalignment yield beneficial outcomes. |
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| spelling | The Roots of Misalignment: Insights on Strategy Implementation from a System Dynamics PerspectiveBaker, JeffSingh, HarminderStrategic alignmentStrategyStrategic IS planningDriftGovernanceProcess theorySystem dynamicsCausal loopFeedbackThis essay advances the study of strategic alignment by explaining how and why misalignment occurs. We begin by summarizing why IT and business strategies evolve in unintended ways, a phenomenon known as strategic drift. Using the causal loop diagramming approach of system dynamics, we observe that several sources of drift, potentially resulting in misalignment, are paradoxically built into the process of strategy formation and enactment itself. These linked subprocesses involve multiple actors at multiple levels of an organization and operate to promote (or hinder) strategic alignment. This paper contributes to the literature by enumerating and modeling both the top-down processes that can promote (or hinder) strategic alignment, as well as the less-studied bottom-up processes, ultimately yielding a more nuanced, dynamic, process-oriented understanding of strategic alignment. Directions for future research include the study of alignment at the process and group levels, as well as an exploration of settings where certain types of strategic drift and misalignment yield beneficial outcomes.2019-11-26T06:31:57Z2019-11-26T06:31:57Z2019Peer-ReviewedPostprintinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfBaker, J. and Singh, H. (2019). The roots of misalignment: insights on strategy implementation from a system dynamics perspective. Journal of Strategic Information Systems. In press. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsis.2019.1015760963-8687http://hdl.handle.net/11073/1652610.1016/j.jsis.2019.101576https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsis.2019.101576oai:repository.aus.edu:11073/165262024-08-22T11:44:08Z |
| spellingShingle | The Roots of Misalignment: Insights on Strategy Implementation from a System Dynamics Perspective Baker, Jeff Strategic alignment Strategy Strategic IS planning Drift Governance Process theory System dynamics Causal loop Feedback |
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| title | The Roots of Misalignment: Insights on Strategy Implementation from a System Dynamics Perspective |
| title_full | The Roots of Misalignment: Insights on Strategy Implementation from a System Dynamics Perspective |
| title_fullStr | The Roots of Misalignment: Insights on Strategy Implementation from a System Dynamics Perspective |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Roots of Misalignment: Insights on Strategy Implementation from a System Dynamics Perspective |
| title_short | The Roots of Misalignment: Insights on Strategy Implementation from a System Dynamics Perspective |
| title_sort | The Roots of Misalignment: Insights on Strategy Implementation from a System Dynamics Perspective |
| topic | Strategic alignment Strategy Strategic IS planning Drift Governance Process theory System dynamics Causal loop Feedback |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11073/16526 |