Information Systems (IS) strategizing research conducted mostly in the private sector setting indicates that there are many challenges to the implementation of Information Systems strategy and that there is need for further research on this phenomenon in the healthcare sector. Building on previous IS strategizing research we explored the challenges of Information Systems strategy implementation. We then explored the challenges of IS strategy implementation in public hospitals in developing countries, using the Kwazulu-Natal province of South Africa as a case. Semi-structured interviews and meeting proceedings were the sources of collected data. We used IS strategizing theory to guide the thematic analysis of the collected data. Our findings indicate that the challenges of IS strategy implementation in a public hospital environment in developing countries are complex and context-bound, although similar to the general IS strategy implementation challenges found in literature. This paper thus contextualises IS strategy implementation in the public health sector of developing countries - a complex environment which differs from the traditional corporate environment, where much IS strategy implementation research has been conducted.
Reference:
Hwabamungu, B., Brown, I. and Williams, Q. 2015. Challenges of information systems strategy implementation in public hospitals: a South African experience. Proceedings of Pre-ECIS SIG GlobDev Annual Workshop, 26 May 2015, Munster, Germany, 19pp.
Hwabamungu, B., Brown, I., & Williams, Q. (2015). Challenges of information systems strategy implementation in public hospitals: a South African experience. Association for Information Systems Special Interest Group for ICT in Global Development (SIG GlobDev). http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9550
Hwabamungu, B, I Brown, and Q Williams. "Challenges of information systems strategy implementation in public hospitals: a South African experience." (2015): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9550
Hwabamungu B, Brown I, Williams Q, Challenges of information systems strategy implementation in public hospitals: a South African experience; Association for Information Systems Special Interest Group for ICT in Global Development (SIG GlobDev); 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9550 .
Proceedings of Pre-ECIS SIG GlobDev Annual Workshop, 26 May 2015, Munster, Germany. Copyright: 2015 Association for Information Systems
Special Interest Group for ICT in Global Development (SIG GlobDev).