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A Study of the Strategic IS Planning Practices in Croatia

The role of information technology in recent years has been growing in importance. The strategic IS planning is thus becoming a part of company strategic business plans. This paper presents the results of a survey on the strategic IS planning practices of Croatian companies. The results of the survey are compared with the similar surveys in Slovenia and Singapore. In large Croatian companies IT is still concerned just as a tool for automatization of present business processes, completely neglecting the challenging role of IT as a competitive resource on the market. It is obvious that the source of this probem stems from the lack of knowledge and interest on the part of top management structures of large corporations. Thus, significant efforts must be made on the management side, and the solution is to be found in the necessity to develop completely new hybrid manager profile. Evidently this ptype of manager must acquire additional knowledge in strategic business planning and IT management.

information technology; strategic information system planning; Croatian company; management; hybrid manager

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