The Effects of Strategic Typology Model and Strategic Alignment on the Delivery Capability of an IT Organization

It Strategy Alignment Theory

The theoretical foundations for this research are based on the theories of IT Strategy Alignment and the Strategic Typology Model (STM). IT Strategy Alignment theory is based upon the concept that if the business strategy and IT strategies closely align, there is higher performance. Two prevailing theories served as the cornerstone for the development of IT/business strategy alignment theory; the Strategic Alignment Model (SAM) (Henderson & Venkatraman, 1999) and the Strategic Typology Model (STM) (Miles et al., 1978). These two theoretical models consistently appear in much of the research in alignment theory. Although effective efforts have been made to validate the SAM and STM in several streams of research (Croteau & Bergeron, 2001; Avison, Jones, Powell, & Wilson, 2004; Huang, 2009), there is a gap in the literature addressing the combined effects of STM and alignment of the IT organization with the respective ability to deliver technology solutions, termed IT capability.