INFORMATION-SYSTEMS VARIABLES AND MANAGEMENT PRODUCTIVITY

The companies in the Premier 100 list published by ComputerWorld (CW) in 1994 were classified into groups based on the information productiv ity index (IPI) computed by Paul Strassmann. Discriminant analysis was used to identify the significant discriminating information systems f actors between the two groups. They are: 'number of years the Chief In formation Officer (CIO) has been in the company in that position,' 'pr oportion of software resources spent on client server applications,' a nd 'percentage of software budget spent on new development.' On averag e the CIOs in the high productivity group have been with the company f or three years, as compared to eight years in the low productivity gro up. The companies in the high group spent 54% of the software developm ent budget on client server applications, as compared to 35% for the l ow productivity group. Companies in the high productivity group spent 46% of software budget on in-house development of new applications, as opposed to 60% for the low productivity group. (C) 1997 Elsevier Scie nce B.V.