Enterprisewide Information Management: State-of-the-Art Strategic Planning

Abstract

MIS plans compete with many other potential business investments and business problems for the attention of senior management. Consequently, a strategic planning methodology should not only produce a plan linked to business planning but also should create a persuasive case for its support. This article examines the state of the art in strategic planning in terms of enterprisewide information management (EwIM), which is a set of concepts and tools that enable MIS managers to plan, organize, implement, and control information resources to meet current and future strategic goals.

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Marilyn M. Parker

Marilyn M. Parker is the co-investigator of an IBM-sponsored joint study at Washington University in St Louis on enterprise-wide information management. She is also a widely published author and internationally known lecturer on the subjects of information economics and strategic planning

Robert J. Benson

Robert J. Benson is an associated vice-chancellor for computing and communications and the dean of the school of technology and information management at Washington University. Benson is also involved in the joint study.