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IT Governance: A Critical Review of the Literature

IT Governance: A Critical Review of the Literature
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Author(s): David Musson (Macquarie Graduate School of Management, Sydney, Australia)
Copyright: 2009
Pages: 19
Source title: Information Technology Governance and Service Management: Frameworks and Adaptations
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Aileen Cater-Steel (University of Southern Queensland, Australia)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-008-0.ch003

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Abstract

This chapter reviews the IT governance literature. It proposes that there are three different concepts that are grouped together as IT governance. These concepts are IT governance as a framework or audit process, IT governance as IT decision-making and IT governance as a branch of corporate governance. It argues that the first of these concepts is not a senior management issue, but an aid to a business process and that the remaining two concepts are complementary. The chapter recommends that the term IT governance is seen as a crucial part of the board’s wider corporate governance task, and suggests that is concerning that the view of IT governance as IT decision-making rarely pays any attention to the role of the board in a crucial decision-making process. The chapter is intended to bring together the disparate views of IT governance so as to permit a broader view of this important subject.

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