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The last decade has witnessed an information revolution that has made sweeping changes in the way organzations conduct business. Management and researchers have examined information systems (IS) from their supportive role through theri strategic role. Research in the IS field indicates that organizations assign different reles for IS in their operations and that various aspects of strategic IS planning will vary depending on the role of IS. This study empirically evaluates the differences in planning, organizational support, and performance characteristics of IS planningamong organizations which assign differing roles to IS. An operationalization gird. "The data for the study were collected from a mail survey of 82 firms. The results of the data analyses indicate that the variables affectiong the quality of the planning process from planning characteristic, IS-business integration, quality of support mechanisms, and top management involvement variables from organizational characteristic. IS-business integration, quality of support mechanisms, and top management involvement variabel from organizational characteristics. Three variables of performance characteristics were found to differ significantly among organizations assigng differing roles to IS
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