IT Organization Transformation in Enterprise eCommerce

Abstract

The paper’s research purpose is to discuss how the corporate actively transforms IT organization to adapt to business and IT strategy, and then realize IT business value and competitive advantage. The author investigated IT construction of Sinopec Group after the renewed orientation of IT strategy in 2000, and implement case study about the transformation of IT organization along four dimensions: IT organization’s role, IT governance, the coordination between IT unit and the business units, the knowledge and skills of IT professionals. The result indicate Sinopec gain IT business value, because it transforms IT organization successfully.