It’s the hypothesis of this research that the strategy and style of an organisation are linked to the characteristics of the information being processed by the business in its primary operations.

Information Characteristics	Scale	Diversity	Complexity
Organisation Strategy	Operational Excellence	Customer Intimacy	Product Leadership
Organisation Style	Machine Bureaucracy	Professional Bureaucracy	Adhocracy
Characterised by
Centralization	High	Low	Low
Formalization	High	High	Low
Specialisation	High	Low	High
Integration	High	Low	High
Information Systems	Centralized	Devolved	Federal

Three pure forms of organisation are described, however real world organisations will implement a position that can be viewed as a synthesis of all three.

The research is attempting to establish the extent to which sucessful organisations match the mix adopted in their strategic position to that of its organisation style and Information Systems approach. It is also trying to see the degree to what the closeness of the match can be correlated with business performance and satisfaction with IT