Transforming the IT organization for E-business: A perspective of integration

Abstract

In the context of E-business, IT organization designs meet the serious challenges. To allow the business to engage in IT-enabled E-business strategy initiatives, transforming traditional IT organization is imperative. As an effective method of solving complex problems and building organism, the theory of integration provides an original idea and methodology for the innovational transformation of IT organization. Based on the investigation of integration theory along with the relevant research results in the field of IRM, this paper explores and expounds the MCAS mode of IT organizational integration and explores the frameworks of IT organizational integration from three aspects of organizational member's competence, activity and structure and the transforming model of IT organization.