Analysis of Strategic Leadership Models in Information Technology

Abstract

Strategic leadership of the company includes the strategic management of Information Technology (IT) [1] in the context of business relationships. Companies do not exist in isolation. Multiple constituents make up a relationship network that constitutes the vital resource needed to fulfil the mission of a business.To leverage a company's business relationships [2] basically, a relationship “lens” is needed that can act as a guiding process for strategy creation. In order to engage and manage each business relationship and to execute relationship strategies, the relationship engagement cycle creates the phases necessary to acquire, learn about and build memorable experiences with each relationship and to establish trust and loyalty with the most valuable relationships. IT, in many various forms, is a key strategic enabler of the relationship engagement cycle. The literature review reveals that such issues are often approached with the use of computational methods [3–17].This is exactly where a Dynamic Simulation Model for strategic management [18] can give the solution, by building greater transparency into the current IT landscape and making explicit its contribution to the business rising of the company. The company strategy and business requirements are combined to fulfil the requirements for IT: an ongoing process that helps to build a picture of the target architecture, designing implementation plans and managing the process of putting plans into action.Right from the start, the toolkit must enable management of the company [19] in a spherical way and include every aspect of the company architecture: processes, business organization and IT structures, as well as software support. Yet it also has to be introduced in reached stages so that it can deliver tangible success. Business departments, senior management, and IT teams all have to be convinced for the significance of the Strategic Leadership Model in success.