Complementary Roles of IS Leadership: Mathematical Model

Authors

Madu Baba Galadim, Department of Management Science and Engineering Beijing Institute of Technology
Renchu Gan, Department of Management Science and Engineering Beijing Institute of Technology

Abstract

The dynamism of business environments characterized by heightened competition and rapid technological change presents great challenge to IS- leadership roles in attaining a balance between innovation and stability, effectiveness and efficiency requirements of organizations. This paper presents a mathematical model based on structural path analysis to investigate the impact of IS- leadership roles on organizational change. The model presented in this study, first hypothesizes the relationship between three constructs namely: IS-transactional role, IS-transformational role and IT-enabled change and then develops a mathematical model of the relationship to test the hypotheses. The model was tested based on assumed data and a comparative analysis of the results of the model with IT-leadership success model based on empirical data collection was carried out. The results show that the proposed model is easier to use and compute than the IT-leadership success model.

Recommended Citation

Galadim, Madu Baba and Gan, Renchu (2007) "Complementary Roles of IS Leadership: Mathematical Model," Communications of the IIMA: Vol. 7: Iss. 4, Article 2.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.58729/1941-6687.1053
Available at: https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/ciima/vol7/iss4/2