The world of student associations, is not all what it seems to be. Here, like in the corporate boardroom, we find a world of personal ambition that drive unproductive acquisitions and other unwanted managerial behavior. Agency problems as studied by Jensen & Meckling (1976) and eloquently summarized …

Anno 2009 is ICT voor onze organisaties van vitaal belang geworden. Optimale inzet van ICT kan de wendbaarheid vergroten, zonder juiste sturingsgegevens is er geen optimale besluitvorming, het kunnen tracen van activiteiten leidt tot minder misbruik. Daarom moet de ICT maximaal en optimaal beschikbaar …

Is IT-governance nu inrichting van de besluitvorming over de informatievoorziening of de inrichting van de besturing van de IT-functie? Moeten we iemand een boek aandoen, waar het centrale begrip niet eenduidig is geformuleerd?

In totaal besteedt men per jaar 67.500 functiepunten aan beheer. Maar wat zeggen deze cijfers?

Leven is risico nemen, dat geldt ook voor ICT-voorzieningen. Wie wil dat ze draaien, moet voor lief nemen dat ze soms uitvallen. Niet ieder risico kan geheel uitgeschakeld worden, maar door selectief risico's te nemen kun je de prestaties van de systemen maximaliseren op beschikbaarheid, bereikbaarheid, …

Sub-national authorities [SNAs] have seen a great development in their influence in the European up from the 1980s, due to several processes at work in Europe. Multi-level governance [MLG], a theory derived from studies on European Integration, explains for instance the changing interaction between different …

"You did exactly, what we suggest: using the 4A model to improve alignment between business people and IT." Dat is de kern van George Westermans reactie op het IT-risico-onderzoek van Fontys Hogeschool.

After more than three decades of war and conflict, Afghanistan is back on track towards becoming a functioning state again. Although security and stability have not taken root yet, the first results of peace are tangible. The quality of governance, the judicial …

Aligning business and IT strategy is a prominent area of concern. Organizations that successfully align their business strategy and their IT strategy, outperform their non-aligned peers (Chan et al., 1997). This chapter explores the relationship between business strategy, IT strategy and alignment capability. …

Vertaling van Sturing en organisatie van ICT voorzieningen. This book deals with the topic ICT governance, management and organization. Basis of the book is the control paradigm. This paradigm makes a distinction between the organization and its governance. So first an ICT organzation is built up. The …