The Enterprise Architecture in the Firm Management Framework

This study aims to explore the role and importance of the concept of enterprise architecture within the modern company management. For this purpose, it clarifies the nature, scope, components and relationships of enterprise architecture, based on the Zachman model. Based on a critical analysis of leading literature is presented a definition of enterprise architecture as a general description of all elements of strategic company management, combined with a description of the organizational, functional and operational structure of the company, including the relationship with all tangible and intangible resources necessary for its normal functioning and development. This in turn enables IT enterprise architecture to be defined as a set of corporate IT resources (hardware, software and technology), their interconnection and integration within the overall architecture of the enterprise, as well as their formal description, methods and tools for their modeling and management in order to achieve strategic business goals of the company. In conclusion is summarizes the importance and role of enterprise architecture for strategic management of the company in today's digital economy. The study underlines the importance of an integrated multidisciplinary approach to the work of contemporary company, and the need for adequate matching and alignment of IT with business priorities and objectives of the company