Strategies for Information Technology Governance

In many organizations, Information Technology (IT) has become crucial in the support, the sustainability and the growth of the business. This pervasive use of technology has created a critical dependency on IT that calls for a specific focus on IT Governance. IT Governance consists of the leadership and organizational structures, processes and relational mechanisms that ensure that the organization's IT sustains and extends the organization's strategy and objectives. Strategies for Information Technology Governance records and interprets some important existing theories, models and practices in the IT Governance domain and aims to contribute to the understanding of IT Governance.

Wim Van Grembergen is professor at the Business Faculty of UFSIA (University of Antwerp) and is a guest professor at the University of Leuven (KUL). He teaches information systems at the undergraduate and executive level, and researches in business transformations through information technology, audit of information systems, and IT evaluation. He published articles in journals such as Journal of Strategic Information Systems, Journal of Corporate Transformation, Journal of Information on Technology Cases and Applications, IS Audit & Control Journal and EDP Auditing (Auerbach). Professor Van Grembergen has consulted with a number of organizations and is a member of the Board of Directors of an IT company servicing a Belgian financial group.