The Impact of IT Governance on Organizational Performance

IT governance, as a subset of corporate governance, consists of organizational structures and processes that ensure theorganization’s IT can sustain and extend the organization’s strategies and objectives. In previous research, different types ofIT governance have been proposed. However, it is not clear how different governance types affect firm performance andwhat are the theories underlying the causal relationships. Drawing from strategic alignment and coordination theories, aresearch model is proposed for investigating how intra-organizational coordination could help build goal congruence throughstrategic alignment and hence achieve higher organizational performance. The purpose of this research is to examine therelationship between IT governance, strategic alignment, and organizational performance. Data collected from 167Taiwanese firms were used to empirically evaluate the theoretical relationships proposed in the research model, and theresults show that strategic alignment is a major factor that mediates the effect of IT governance on firm performance

The Effects of Good University Governance and Organizational Culture Toward Lecturer Performance and Its Influence on Private Universities Performance in the City of Lampung

This research aims to explain the effects of good university governance and organizational culture toward lecturer performanceand its impact on private university performance in the city of Lampung, province of Lampung, Indonesia. This research employed quantitative method by developing valid and reliable instruments. The constructs were measured by 1 to 5 Liker scale instrument. The scale represents the rank of strongly disagree to strongly agree. The unit of analysis of this research were2,093lecturers who were appointed additional tasks as the university administrator at private universities. The total respondents were 240, selectedpurposively from 2,093. The results of the research revealed that there werepositive and significant effect of good university governance and organizational culture toward lecturer performance. There were no effects of good university governane and organizational culture toward private university performance. There was a positive and significant effect of lecturer performance towardsprivate university performance.Lecturer performance was a mediating variable in this model. In order to increase private university performance, it was strongly recommended to increase lecturer performance. can be increased by increasing good university governance and organizational culture. However, it is recommended to improve organizational culture first, then to improve good university governance because the total effect of organizational culture was 0.62 bigger than total effect of good university governance was only 0.43. Keywords: Good University Governance, Organizational Culture, Lecturer Performance and Private University Performance

Antecedents and Consequences of Board IT Governance: Institutional and Strategic Choice Perspectives

In spite of the potential benefits of board IT governance and the costs of ineffective oversight, there has been little field-based research in this area and an inadequate application of theory. Drawing upon strategic choice and institutional theories, we propose a theoretical model that seeks to explain the antecedents of board IT governance and its consequences. Survey responses from 188 corporate directors across Canada indicate that both board attributes and organizational factors influence board involvement in IT governance. The results suggest that proportion of insiders, board size, IT competency, organizational age, and role of IT influence the board’s level of involvement in IT governance. The responses also indicate that board IT governance has a positive impact on the contribution of IT to organizational performance. Overall, the results support the integration of strategic choice and institutional theories to explain the antecedents to board IT governance and its consequences, as together they provide a more holistic framework with which to view board IT governance

ANALISIS IMPLEMENTASI GOOD CORPORATE GOVERNANCE TERHADAP KINERJA SDM MELALUI ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT

Good corporate governance is one of concepts which becomes solution for the deterioration of employee performance in Indonesia. The contributions such as participation, transparency, responsbility, and fairness are essential factors which affect employee performance. The good organizational commitment could be used as the measurement for the implementation of proper good corporate governance. The objective of this study is to know the impact of good coporate governance and employee performance which is moderated by organizational commitment in State Hospital of Konawe Regency. The population was 214 civil servants who work inState Hospital of Konawe Regency. The sample was 68 respondents which used Proporsioal Sampling technique. The analysis used structural equation modeling with Partial Least Square (PLS) alternative method. The result shows that: (1) Participation gives positive and significant impact on improving employee performance. It means that if participation improves so that employee performance also improves. (2) Transparency gives positive and unsignificant impact on employee performance. It means that it has correlation, but low transparency doesn’t improve employee performance. (3) Accountability gives positive and unsignificant impact onemployee performance. It means that it has correlation but low accountability doesn’t improve employee performance. (4) Fairness gives postive impact in improving employee performance. (5) Organizational commitment gives positive result, but it doesn’t give impact on moderating the participation influence toward employee performance in improving employee performance. It means that the correlation of organizational commitment moderation doesn’t strengthen the correlation of participation toward employee performance. (6) Transparency gives negative andsignificant impact in improving employee performance which is moderated by organaizational commitment. It means that the decreasing of transparency affects the improvement of employee performance. Accordingly, it gives implication in decreasing employee performance which has been moderated by high organizational commitment. (7) Accountability gives positive and significant impact in improving employee performance which is moderated by organaizational commitment. It means that the improvement of accountability affects the improvement of employee performance after it is moderated by high organizational commitment. (8) Fairnessgives positive and significant impact in improving employee performance which is moderated by organizational commitment. It means that high fairness affects in improving employee performance and it is strengthened by high organizational commitment.Key words: Good Corporate Governance, employee performance, and organizationalcommitment

How to Generate More Value from IT: The Interplay of IT Investment, Decision Making Structure, and Senior Management Involvement in IT Governance

Information technology (IT) represents a large portion of an organization’s investments. Prior research has identified the linkage between IT investment and productivity. Numerous factors affect the value an organization can derive from its IT investment. However, extant literature has insufficiently studied IT governance’s impact on IT’s business value. In this study, we help to fill this gap by investigating the effects of IT decision making structure mechanisms and senior management’s IT governance involvement on the relationship between IT investment and organizational performance. This study builds on a novel framework that integrates two theories on IT in an organizational setting: strategic choice theory and contingency theory. We pool organization-level IT investment and IT governance practice data with other organization characteristics to investigate the moderating effects of IT governance practices. The empirical analyses reveal a positive moderating effect of IT decision marking structure mechanisms on the IT investment–organization performance relationship. Nevertheless, the results indicate that senior management’s IT involvement has no significant effect on this relationship. This study shows the importance of IT governance for organizations to effectively leverage their IT investment

The Influence of Distributed Leadership on Effective School Governance and Improved School Performance A Study Conducted in Two Private Schools in the UAE

The purpose of this research is to identify the impact of Distributed Leadership (DL) on school governance, leading to an improvement in the overall school performance. This study was conducted in two private schools in the UAE. The review of related literature helped to understand the concept of distributed leadership and its impact on governance, school performance, and organizational hierarchy. The data was collected using a mixed method using surveys and interviews. The data was analyzed using descriptive analysis and moderated regression analysis. The conclusion reached was that DL has a positive impact on the relationship between governance and performance. It was also found that DL was being applied in both schools at varying levels, and each had areas that needed improvement. The most important implication was the connection of DL to governance and performance. The findings offer relevant insights for schools studied, as well as for similar schools

The Role of Knowledge in Information Technology Project Governance

IT governance, the distribution of decision-making concerning IT, has primarily been studied at the organizational or, more recently, the business unit level. However, many IT decisions take place in the context of IT projects, making it important to understand governance issues at the project level. This research develops a project-level conceptualization of IT governance that draws from both the governance and project management literatures. A model of how IT project governance arrangements are influenced by the distribution of business and IT knowledge and the impact on project performance is also proposed. This model will be tested using matched surveys from business and IT managers involved in IT projects

Effect of Work Ecosystem on Employee Performance at the Pamekasan Regency Agency

The purpose of this research is to examine the paradigm change of governance implementation. The governance is the implementation of Regional Autonomy which refers to Law No. 32 of 2004 about the performance improvement of autonomous government agencies. It puts the vision, mission, and strategy into actions that confirm the success or failure levels when carrying out activities following the specified programs and policies. There are variables applied to assess the civil servants’ performance achievement. This research focused on the variables that affect the work environment, organizational culture, job satisfaction, and work motivation. The respondents of this research are officials of Echelon III and IV at 14 Autonomous Regional Agencies in the Pamekasan Regency. The number of samples in this study comprised 120 Echelon III and IV officials. Structural Equation Method (SEM) was applied to test the causal relationship between work environment variables, organizational culture, work motivation, job satisfaction, and performance with the aid of the AMOS 20.0 program. The findings indicated (1) the work environment has a significant effect on job satisfaction and performance but has no significant effect on work motivation; (2) organizational culture has a significant impact on job satisfaction and performance but has no significant effect on work motivation; (3) job satisfaction has a significant effect on performance but has no significant effect on work motivation; (4) work motivation has a significant impact on performance but it has no significant effect on work motivation

Governing Collaborative Activity: Interdependence and the Impact of Coordination and Exploration

We examine the performance implications of selecting alternate modes of governance in interorganizational alliance relationships. While managers can choose from a range of modes to govern alliances, prior empirical evidence offers limited guidance on the performance impact of this choice. We use an agent-based simulation of interfirm decision making to complement empirical studies in this area. Our results point to a complex interplay between interdependencies, governance structures, and firms\u27 search capabilities. Different patterns of interdependence create varying needs with respect to coordination and exploration, while at the same time different governance modes, coupled with organizational search capabilities, supply varying degrees of these factors. Firm performance in an alliance relationship improves when the needs and supplies of coordination and exploration are matched. We find situations in which stronger organizational search capabilities can backfire, leading to lower exploration within the alliance relationship, and hence to lower firm performance. Moreover, we show that for higher levels of interdependence, coordination can become more critical for firm performance than exploration: unless it is tied to coordination, exploration can be ineffective in alliance settings

ESSAYS ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY GOVERNANCE: MEASUREMENT AND IMPACTS

Information Technology (IT) governance, defined as “the organizational capacity exercised by the Board, executive management and IT management to control the formulation and implementation of IT strategy and in this way ensure the fusion of business and IT” (De Haes and Grembergen 2004, 2005), is an important issue in the information system field. To better understand the role of IT governance in business operations, this dissertation proposes a comprehensive measure of IT governance based on corporate governance literature and IT leadership research. Using this newly proposed measure, we are able to empirically explore its impact on IT material weaknesses (ITMWs), IT capability, and firm performance. The dissertation consists of two studies. Study 1 aims to examine the impacts of firm-level characteristics and IT governance on ITMWs according to the integrated model from general internal control research. Under the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) 404, all accelerated filers (companies with market capitalizations of $75 million or more) are mandated to disclose their internal control material weaknesses (MWs). If the MWs are IT related, we refer to them as ITMWs. Study 1 sheds light on whether effective IT governance helps to reduce ITMWs. Study 2 studies the effect of IT governance on IT business value based on the Resource-Based View (RBV) theory. In particular, study 2 investigates how IT governance and IT capability help to achieve firms’ competitive advantage measured by both market value measure and sustainable accounting performance. The impact of IT governance on IT capability is also examined. The dissertation is useful from research as well as managerial perspectives. It represents an important contribution to research in both Accounting Information Systems (AIS) and Management Information Systems (MIS)