Title: IT governance – a global approach at company level

Authors: Florin D. Ionita

Addresses: Bucharest Academy for Economic Studies, Faculty of Management, Department of Management, Bucharest, Piata Romana 6 sect.1, Romania

Abstract: This paper presents a managerial approach of the automation process of information systems, focusing on identification of the key factors which determine the success of e-government or other complex Information Technology (IT) implementations and the proper ways for directing the IT activities in all the stages of the information system|s life cycle. It proposes a change of the management|s view about the relation between the organisation|s strategy and the IT main objectives and, also, a theoretical support for making the decision concerning the right time to start and the most appropriate technical level of the information system update.

Keywords: e-government; IT governance; maturity models; maturity levels; electronic government; information systems; information technology.

DOI: 10.1504/EG.2009.027786

Electronic Government, an International Journal, 2009 Vol.6 No.4, pp.406 - 420

Published online: 11 Aug 2009 *

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