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Enterprise architecture as an enabler for strategic initiatives
Mini Dissertation (MPhil (Corporate Strategy))--University of Pretoria, 2025.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/109220 Enterprise architecture as an enabler for strategic initiatives Makhubele Lean ichelp@gibs.co.za Maimane, Edward UCTD Strategy Enterprise architecture Dynamic capabilities theory Organisational adaptability Business-IT alignment Mini Dissertation (MPhil (Corporate Strategy))--University of Pretoria, 2025. Organisations continue to struggle with translating strategic intent into effective execution, often due to misalignment, fragmented decision structures, and limited adaptability. While Enterprise Architecture (EA) is recognised for reducing complexity and supporting integration, its potential role in enabling organisational adaptability through the mechanisms described in Dynamic Capabilities Theory (DCT) remains underexplored. This study investigates whether EA functions as a dynamic capability that enables organisations to sense environmental changes, seize opportunities through structured decision-making, and transform underlying systems and processes to support strategic initiatives. Using a qualitative, interpretivist design based on semi-structured interviews with enterprise architects, technology leaders and strategic decision makers, the study finds that EA contributes significantly to initiative implementation, adaptability, and outcome evaluation. EA enhances sensing through architectural visibility, supports seizing through governance structures and integration mechanisms, and enables transforming through coherent reconfiguration pathways. The study contributes theoretically by positioning EA as a capabilities-oriented discipline and practically by demonstrating how EA practices strengthen strategic alignment, organisational learning, and benefits realisation. Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) MPhil (Corporate Strategy) Unrestricted Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) SDG-09: Industry, innovation and infrastructure 2026-03-23T09:42:45Z 2026-03-23T09:42:45Z 2026-05-05 2025 Mini Dissertation * A2025 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/109220 en © 2025 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Strategy Enterprise architecture Dynamic capabilities theory Organisational adaptability Business-IT alignment Enterprise architecture as an enabler for strategic initiatives |
| title | Enterprise architecture as an enabler for strategic initiatives |
| title_full | Enterprise architecture as an enabler for strategic initiatives |
| title_fullStr | Enterprise architecture as an enabler for strategic initiatives |
| title_full_unstemmed | Enterprise architecture as an enabler for strategic initiatives |
| title_short | Enterprise architecture as an enabler for strategic initiatives |
| title_sort | enterprise architecture as an enabler for strategic initiatives |
| topic | UCTD Strategy Enterprise architecture Dynamic capabilities theory Organisational adaptability Business-IT alignment |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/109220 |