Beshah, Tibebe (PhD)Bekele, Fasil2019-11-192023-11-182019-11-192023-11-182018-09-01http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/20149Information is a powerful resource in this ―information age‖. The form and tools to exchange information and data from human civilization and industrial era and to current time is changing drastically. Information system obviously played the vital role here. Most cities and municipalities are currently adopting information technologies in their various activities to achieve their targeted goals and objectives. Addis Ababa City Government, as well, currently launched a GIS based land management information system and using it to register owned land plots of the city. However, the general land and infrastructure management is suffering from different problems and challenges. One of these problems and challenges is the crossing over of infrastructures amongst the infrastructure. This crossing over impedes the development of infrastructures of the city and also incurs a significant lose in different types of resources. This research attempted to explore and empirically evidence those problems and challenges, the major sources as well and propose an Information System Strategy as a solution. Mixed methods, in which qualitative and quantitative approaches have been employed consecutively in this research with a sequential exploratory strategy. In due course, the problems were found to be renowned and generated basically from lack of exhaustive information about each of the infrastructures, poor and traditional way of communication and information exchange, and selfgoal centeredness of the bureaus. Eventually, it is divulged that the problems and challenges of the crossing over can be resolved by formulating and implementing an Information System Strategy. The key findings that the Information System Strategy solution should comprise are acquiring comprehensive information, embracing them before getting in to the physical works, creating integration with other concerned organs including the involvement of both regional and federal governments. Therefore, from the findings and results of the analysis of the data obtained from informal discussion with the executives and experts in the area, interview and documents review, a high level IS Strategy is proposed and evaluated against utilities it need to posses with the experts in the area and IT professionals in the organizations.enProblems and ChallengesLand and Infrastructure ManagementInformation System StrategyIct Usage in Infrastructure ManagementThesis