Applying Customer Orientation to IT Organizations

The purpose of this dissertation is to investigate the various models used in the application of market orientation to different sectors and select an appropriate model to be examined and implemented within the IT organizations / departments to measure how market oriented they are and enhance their...

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التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
المؤلف الرئيسي: Al Qubaisi, Khaled Ahmed Hamel (author)
منشور في: 2008
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IT organizations
United Arab Emirates (UAE)
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description The purpose of this dissertation is to investigate the various models used in the application of market orientation to different sectors and select an appropriate model to be examined and implemented within the IT organizations / departments to measure how market oriented they are and enhance their effectiveness in servicing their customers. The Methodology used in this dissertation is the model of Kohli and Jaworski (1990) and Jaworski and Kohli’s (1993) as an application of market orientation within the IT organizations / departments in the United Arab Emirates. This model consists of intelligence generation, intelligence dissemination and organization-wide- responsiveness. Case studies with four companies in the financial sector in the United Arab Emirates were used to examine this approach by conducting interviews as a method of data collection. The application of market orientation in IT organizations was suitable. It was found that IT organization seriously lack the concept of market orientation. In addition, barriers were identified which halted the application of market orientation. However, the organization selected are in the development stage of market orientation where couple of factors found could be enhanced, adjusted, and used as a base for implementation of market orientation.
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spelling Applying Customer Orientation to IT OrganizationsAl Qubaisi, Khaled Ahmed Hamelcustomer orientationIT organizationsUnited Arab Emirates (UAE)The purpose of this dissertation is to investigate the various models used in the application of market orientation to different sectors and select an appropriate model to be examined and implemented within the IT organizations / departments to measure how market oriented they are and enhance their effectiveness in servicing their customers. The Methodology used in this dissertation is the model of Kohli and Jaworski (1990) and Jaworski and Kohli’s (1993) as an application of market orientation within the IT organizations / departments in the United Arab Emirates. This model consists of intelligence generation, intelligence dissemination and organization-wide- responsiveness. Case studies with four companies in the financial sector in the United Arab Emirates were used to examine this approach by conducting interviews as a method of data collection. The application of market orientation in IT organizations was suitable. It was found that IT organization seriously lack the concept of market orientation. In addition, barriers were identified which halted the application of market orientation. However, the organization selected are in the development stage of market orientation where couple of factors found could be enhanced, adjusted, and used as a base for implementation of market orientation.The British University in Dubai (BUiD)2013-07-17T09:12:48Z2013-07-17T09:12:48Z2008-02Dissertationapplication/pdf20050040http://bspace.buid.ac.ae/handle/1234/305enoai:bspace.buid.ac.ae:1234/3052021-10-27T06:05:34Z
spellingShingle Applying Customer Orientation to IT Organizations
Al Qubaisi, Khaled Ahmed Hamel
customer orientation
IT organizations
United Arab Emirates (UAE)
title Applying Customer Orientation to IT Organizations
title_full Applying Customer Orientation to IT Organizations
title_fullStr Applying Customer Orientation to IT Organizations
title_full_unstemmed Applying Customer Orientation to IT Organizations
title_short Applying Customer Orientation to IT Organizations
title_sort Applying Customer Orientation to IT Organizations
topic customer orientation
IT organizations
United Arab Emirates (UAE)
url http://bspace.buid.ac.ae/handle/1234/305