Analytical Research on System Capability and Information Technology Use Capability: Problem Statement Examples

• Main Author: Alexander Geyda
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: FRUCT 2020-04-01
• Series: Proceedings of the XXth Conference of Open Innovations Association FRUCT
• Subjects: capability; potential; efficacy; efficence; model; method; estimation; digitalization
• Online Access: https://www.fruct.org/publications/fruct26/files/Gey.pdf

System dynamic capability (DC) is a systems ability to integrate, build, and reconfigure competences to address rapidly changing environments. Information technology (IT) capabilities (IC) are defined as the ability to mobilize and deploy IT-based resources in combination with other resources and capabilities. Here, it is suggested to estimate the indicators of DC and IC based on models and methods to estimate the potential of a system (which has such DC and IC) analytically. More precisely, it is suggested to estimate DC or IC by the results of their use. Such results are those parts of a systems potential that are obtained due to given DC and/or IC use. System potential was defined as a systems ability to achieve changing goals in its changing environments. With the use of models and methods built for solving a systems potential problems, it is possible to build functional models in order to estimate a systems potential with regard to DC and IC use. As a result of such models and methods, the application of the estimation of DC and IC use indicators becomes possible depending on the parameters and variables of the DC and IC problems to be solved. Use cases of such indicator investigations include choosing optimal IT, IC characteristics, digitalization planning, synthesis of information operation characteristics based on mathematical models of IT use for a systems functioning, and strategic planning based on the analytical investigation of DC use indicators.