Exploring information technology governance in a Malaysian public university: providers' perspectives

There has been dearth of studies on how universities, in developing nations, govern their information technology (IT) to leverage the business goals of teaching and learning, research and administration. The purpose of this paper is to present how a public university governs IT and learn from “over...

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Main Authors:	Ajayi, Binyamin Adaniyi, Hussin, Husnayati
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2014
Subjects:	T Technology (General)
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/45350/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/45350/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/45350/1/45350.pdf

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spelling	iium-453502017-09-06T07:25:37Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/45350/ Exploring information technology governance in a Malaysian public university: providers' perspectives Ajayi, Binyamin Adaniyi Hussin, Husnayati T Technology (General) There has been dearth of studies on how universities, in developing nations, govern their information technology (IT) to leverage the business goals of teaching and learning, research and administration. The purpose of this paper is to present how a public university governs IT and learn from “over the years” experiences to improve disposition to IT. This study view IT governance (ITG) as the desirable IT behaviour deliberately adopted by organisation’s stakeholders to ensure continuous IT performance. The study, using the qualitative method, the use of interview as an instrument of data collection and the university’s document were explored to compare what has changed in the governance of IT over time. It, at different times, sought audience with two IT Directors in succession. Analysis of the data shows how the role of IT has changed over time and what has been learnt in the implementation of the ITG paradigm in a university setting. The report shows how the involvement of the management has improved ITG. The paper represents a systemic account on ITG evolution and its application in the Malaysian context 2014 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/45350/1/45350.pdf Ajayi, Binyamin Adaniyi and Hussin, Husnayati (2014) Exploring information technology governance in a Malaysian public university: providers' perspectives. In: 2014 5th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for The Muslim World (ICT4M 2014), 17-19 November 2014, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=7020627&tag=1
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spellingShingle	T Technology (General) Ajayi, Binyamin Adaniyi Hussin, Husnayati Exploring information technology governance in a Malaysian public university: providers' perspectives
description	There has been dearth of studies on how universities, in developing nations, govern their information technology (IT) to leverage the business goals of teaching and learning, research and administration. The purpose of this paper is to present how a public university governs IT and learn from “over the years” experiences to improve disposition to IT. This study view IT governance (ITG) as the desirable IT behaviour deliberately adopted by organisation’s stakeholders to ensure continuous IT performance. The study, using the qualitative method, the use of interview as an instrument of data collection and the university’s document were explored to compare what has changed in the governance of IT over time. It, at different times, sought audience with two IT Directors in succession. Analysis of the data shows how the role of IT has changed over time and what has been learnt in the implementation of the ITG paradigm in a university setting. The report shows how the involvement of the management has improved ITG. The paper represents a systemic account on ITG evolution and its application in the Malaysian context
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Ajayi, Binyamin Adaniyi Hussin, Husnayati
author_facet	Ajayi, Binyamin Adaniyi Hussin, Husnayati
author_sort	Ajayi, Binyamin Adaniyi
title	Exploring information technology governance in a Malaysian public university: providers' perspectives
title_short	Exploring information technology governance in a Malaysian public university: providers' perspectives
title_full	Exploring information technology governance in a Malaysian public university: providers' perspectives
title_fullStr	Exploring information technology governance in a Malaysian public university: providers' perspectives
title_full_unstemmed	Exploring information technology governance in a Malaysian public university: providers' perspectives
title_sort	exploring information technology governance in a malaysian public university: providers' perspectives
publishDate	2014
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/45350/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/45350/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/45350/1/45350.pdf
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Exploring information technology governance in a Malaysian public university: providers' perspectives

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