Business-IT alignment models - resources

Some IT students are concerned about how to assess certain Information Technology in an organizational context. There are IT literature on IT evaluation. Here, I suggest a relatively comprehensive and holistic framework to assess IT in organizations, namely, Business-IT alignment model(s). The following links are relevant:

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business/IT_alignment
2. http://people.hec.unil.ch/ypigneur/files/2011/05/11_busital.pdf  (pdf)
3. http://dl.acs.org.au/index.php/ajis/article/view/184/414  (pdf)
4. https://gupea.ub.gu.se/bitstream/2077/10496/1/gupea_2077_10496_1.pdf (pdf)

A related diagram:

Related lecture note:
(Based on: Hirschheim, R. and Sabherwal, R. (2001) "Detours in the Path toward Strategic Information Systems Alignment" California Management Review, Vol. 44(1), Fall, pp. 87-108)

A related video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q_AkJvDOkQ&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL8C031C5336A82D7B