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Title:
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THE IMPACT OF ORGANISATIONAL SUBCULTURES ON THE ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE PROCESS |
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Author(s):
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Hella Niemietz |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8939-83-0 |
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Editors:
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Miguel Baptista Nunes, Pedro Isaías and Philip Powell |
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Year:
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2013 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Enterprise architecture, cultural diversity, enterprise transformation, exploratory research, explanatory theory |
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Type:
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Doctoral Paper |
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First Page:
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397 |
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Last Page:
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400 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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Enterprise architecture (EA) is positioned as an instrument for steering enterprise transformation. However, existing EA approaches do not cover all aspects having an impact on enterprise transformation. The existence of different organisational subcultures is not taken into account although it is considered as significant in the context of change. The alignment of business and IT plays, for instance, a major role in transformations and in EA. In this paper I introduce my research problem of exploring the impact of organisational subcultures on the EA process. As I aim at understanding a complex social phenomenon, the research techniques I use are of qualitative nature. Unstructured and semi-structured interviews with architects from multiple organisations provide a broader view on the role of subcultures in EA. In a second step, case-study research is used to zoom in on selected insights from the interviews. My first results have been aggregated in an initial conceptual model. This model indicates that communication is an intermediary variable between subcultures and the success of an EA guided enterprise transformation. |
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