Abstract
A long-standing challenge in the Information Systems discipline is the development of a theoretical account of how IT alignment is achieved, sustained, and generates positiveeffects. In this paper, we focus on a key piece of that problem: the role of governance. It is commonly agreed that governance - the leadership, structure, and decision-making processes instituted to ensure that IS projects generate value while minimising risk - plays an important role in achieving and sustaining IT alignment, but there has been little theoretical work on how it may do so. Without such theoretical development, it is difficult to justify the linkages between IT governance, alignment, and performance, and explain how these links play out in practice. We seek to contribute to the IT alignment and IT governance literatures by providing an institutional theory account of how governance - and changes in governance over time - affect the achievement and sustainment of alignment in a complex IS project, and thereby affect the project's performance outcomes.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the JAIS |
Editors | Dorothy E. Leidner |
Place of Publication | United States |
Publisher | Association for Information Systems |
ISBN (Print) | 1536-9323 |
Publication status | Published - 2016 |
Event | Theory Development Workshop, 2016 - Dublin Ireland Duration: 1 Jan 2016 → … |
Conference
Conference | Theory Development Workshop, 2016 |
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Period | 1/01/16 → … |
Other | December 11 2016 |