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- Information systems development and the managment of organizational change: a study of interdependencyPublication . Brenda, Chan Wing Han; Trigueiros, DuarteThis research examines the relationship between organizational change and IS development. The purpose is to find out how IS development can cope with the changing organization and business attributes. Also, when preparing strategic planning and IS planning, managers and system designers often find it difficult to come up with an IS plan that can satisfy the changing organizational needs. Thus, this research proposes a simple framework that may enhance managers and system designers in determining the IS development for the organization. Theoretical hypotheses are set up by aligning different organizational change models and IS models and analyzing their relationships. These models include Mintzberg°s theory of organizational configurations, Greiner”s organizational life cycle, Nolan”s IS stage development, McFarlan and McKenny°s IT strategic grid, and Earl°s IT dependency model. The study then shows that there should exist a strong relationship between organizational change and IS development. In other words, each phase of the organizational growth process is shown to be associated with certain organizational configurations, which, in turn, requires a particular stage of IS development. From this association, a research framework is built, capable of illustrating the found relationship. Empirical validation of the proposed framework is carried out using 39 sampled organizations, each of which differs in business, size, IS development, and other organizational factors. After ruling out invalid cases, 21 organizations are left for the testing. Positive results show that IS development and organizational change are interrelated_ The research framework may also act as a simple tool to assist managers and system designers in determining the necessary IS development level in response to the changing organizational and business attributes.