Adopting the technologies among organizations comes with the continuous worries of protection and hacking. The idea of cyber-security has become over the years the main interest of many organizations, which depend on technologies in its operations, which requires them to pay extra attention to their technological infrastructure. The current study aims at examining the influence of cyber-security forces on organizational internal operations and the role of technological infrastructure in defining and controlling the level of protection that cyber-security has on organizational internal processes. Quantitative approach was adopted, and a questionnaire was utilized to collect the data from a convenient sample of 360 software engineers, network engineers, software testers, web developers, and technical support using a structured survey questionnaire, and analyzed using SPSS version 21. The results confirmed that cyber-security motivators (data growth, technology expansion, access to required resources, operational control, and technical control) indirectly affect solid internal processes that are attributed to the consistency of technological infrastructure in an organization. The variable of ‘data growth’ appeared to be the most influential motivator on cyber-security strategies, as it scored a mean of 4.2661, which is the highest among all adopted variables and followed by the variable of ‘technical control’, which scored a mean of 4.1296. Accordingly, the study recommends that organizations should consider IT infrastructure as a main item within their risk management strategies to avoid unpredicted risks and attacks.
The current study aimed at examining the impact of smart business networks' characteristics on organizational performance from the perspective of industrial sector's decision makers in Jordan. Variables of (Adaptability, Agility, Innovation, Ability to meet requirements, and Robust Behavior) were adopted as the main and most obvious characteristics of SBN. Quantitative approach was adopted and (112) general managers, projects managers and operations managers responded to the questionnaire. Results of study indicated that respondents within industrial sector in Jordan had very positive and supportive attitudes towards the idea of SBN among organizations; they also seemed to have been a part of an SBN of an industrial nature and they have experienced its positive impacts on their and their organizational performance. Results of study also indicated that all hypotheses of study were accepted and characteristics of SBN were supportive in developing organizational performance, among the most influential variables of study appeared to be the robust behavior which seemed to have influences the long-term plans that are adopted by the organization through robustly supporting every milestone adopted. Study recommended granting extra attention to IT infrastructure within organizations in order to be able to cope with the concept of SBN and benefit from all its ramifications.
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