Chapter 1. Concepts Related to the Strategic Management of Information Technology (SMIT) 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.

5 The The The The The meaning meaning meaning meaning Meaning of of of of of Strategy Management Information Technology the Strategic Management of Information Technology (SMIT)

Chapter 2. Scientific Disciplines Related to SMIT Research 2.1 Scientific knowledge vs. scientific disciplines 2.2 Research issues related to SMIT 2.2.1 Strategy research 2.2.2 Management of information technology 2.2.3 Information Technology (IT) research 2.2.4 IT strategy research 2.3 Parent disciplines for research issues related to SMIT 2.3.1 Parent discipline for Strategy issues 2.3.2 Parent discipline for Management of Information Technology issues 2.3.3 Parent discipline for IT issues 2.3.4 Parent discipline for the IT strategy issues 2.4 Parent disciplines for SMIT research

Chapter 3 :

MS, MIS, and SMIT Research

3.1 The discipline of Management Science (MS) 3.1.1 MS research 3.1.2 MS paradigms 3.1.3 MS ongoing debates 3.2 The discipline of Management Information Systems (MIS) 3.2.1 MIS research 3.2.2 MIS paradigms 3.2.3 MIS ongoing debates 3.3 SMIT research 3.3.1 MS research and SMIT 3.3.2 MIS research and SMIT 3.3.3 Gaps in MS and MIS research in relation to SMIT

Chapter 4 :

Strategic Management

4.1 Strategic management 4.2 The role of strategic management 4.2.1 Identification of the future competitive environment 4.2.2 Identification and development of competitive strategies 4.2.3 Identification of competitive factors 4.2.4 Management of change

4.2.5 Achievement of strategic alignment 4.3 Factors related to strategic management 4.4 Strategic management perspectives 4.4.1 Business management 4.4.2 IT management 4.4.3 Framework for strategic management perspectives 4.5 Framework for strategic management roles and factors Chapter 5 : Competitive Environment

5.1 Competitive environment 5.1.1 Characteristics of the competitive environment 5.1.2 Scope of the competitive environment 5.2 Challenges facing strategic managers due to the competitive environment 5.3 Framework for competitive environment Chapter 6 : Competitive Outcome and Competitive Strategies

6.1 Competitive outcome 6.1.1 No advantages 6.1.2 Competitive advantages 6.1.3 Sustainable competitive advantages 6.1.4 Model for competitive outcome 6.2 Competitive strategies 6.2.1 Development of competitive strategies 6.2.2 Theories of competition 6.2.3 Common factors related to competitive strategies 6.2.4 IT strategy 6.3 Framework for competitive strategies and competitive outcome Chapter 7 : Competitive Factors and their Relation to Strategic Management

7.1 Competitive factors 7.1.1 Relation between competitive environment, competitive strategy, and compet itive factors 7.1.2 Identification of competitive factors 7.1.3 Framework for competitive factors 7.2 IT as a competitive factor 7.2.1 Characteristics of IT as a competitive factor 7.2.2 Framework for IT as a competitive factor Chapter 8 : Framework for Strategic Analysis Based on SMIT

8.1 Foundations for the framework 8.2 Framework for strategic management 8.2.1 Basic assumptions 8.2.2 Factors included in this framework 8.2.3 Framework for strategic management 8.2.4 Relevance of the SM Framework 8.3 Framework for the Strategic Management of Information Technology 8.3.1 Basic assumptions 8.3.2 Factors included in the framework 8.3.3 Framework for SMIT

8.3.4 Relevance of the SMIT framework 8.4 Uses of these frameworks