Dependency-based IT Governance practices in inter-organisational collaborations: A graph-driven elaboration

Novica Zarvić, Carl Stolze, Matthias Boehm and Oliver Thomas

International Journal of Information Management, 2012, vol. 32, issue 6, 541-549

Abstract: In an ever more globalised world IT (Information Technology) managers increasingly have to support value creation within inter-organisational collaboration settings. Such organisational forms with their inherent complexity require specific approaches for their IT management within. Especially important for unleashing the chances of networked arrangements is the right form of IT Governance. Choosing the right arrangement for IT Governance is heavily dependent on understanding the concepts on which such business constellations are built. In this paper we provide therefore first a systematically derived, graph-based perspective on the key terms of inter-organisational collaboration. Based on this understanding of concepts and structured representations of inter-organisational dependencies we present interorganisational governance practices for IT. Specifically, we assign accountabilities to top executive roles from both IT and business. By keeping a holistic perspective, the insights gained in this study are highly relevant for strategic information management in terms of Business-IT Alignment as well as monitoring and controlling of inter-organisational information infrastructures in a rapidly changing business environment.

Keywords: IT management; Inter-organisational Collaboration; IT Governance; Interdependencies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2012.03.004

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