The role of information technology in strategic management at power technics limited

Abstract

The performance at Power Technics Limited as an organization as a whole has greatly improved in the following areas: the departments have met their targets in various areas most importantly in cutting operational costs. This fact drove the researcher to investigate how Power Technics Limited had succeeded in its operations. The researcher sought to investigate how Power Technics Limited adapted information technology in all its processes. On analysis of data it was discovered that adoption of IT has enormous contribution and influence to the strategic management of the organization. It was also found out that an optimum business firm must aim at maintaining highest levels of efficiency to enable it cut cost to the day to day operations. The study is a case study of Power Technics Limited. The company is situated along Mombasa road with two regional offices in Uganda and Tanzania. The research design used in this project is a case study. The senior managers in the various departments were the interviewees. The data collection instrument used is an interview guide. The findings of the study were that information technology is used in the following ways at Power Technics Limited: gathering of information from various organizational stakeholders, sharing of information to various organizational stakeholders, Analysis of information, evaluating changing strategies, implementation of strategy and strategy control and evaluation. The findings of this study will immensely benefit not only those students interested in this field and other organizations but also Power Technics Limited in improving its strategic management process. This study will also help bring out the cause-effect relationship between Information Technology and Strategic Management activities. Through this study, there will be support for the use of and how it can be harnessed to achieve optimum results in businesses.