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IT Governance in a Networked World: Multi-Sourcing Strategies and Social Capital for Corporate Computing, 1st Edition

  • Laurence Lock Lee
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  • ISBN-10: 160566085X
  • ISBN-13: 9781605660851
  • DDC: 004.068
  • Grade Level Range: College Freshman - College Senior
  • 355 Pages | eBook
  • Original Copyright 2009 | Published/Released September 2009
  • This publication's content originally published in print form: 2009

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Overview

The outsourcing of IT services over the past decade has triggered a need to reassess how IT governance and sourcing should be conducted. "IT Governance in a Networked World: Multi-Sourcing Strategies and Social Capital for Corporate Computing" provides theories concerning corporate social capital, intellectual capital, and social networks for academicians, practitioners, and field researchers. This book addresses relationship challenges in a world that is becoming increasingly networked, offering useful frameworks and practices for IT governance.

Table of Contents

Front Cover.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Table of Contents.
Foreword.
Preface.
Acknowledgment.
1: Foundations of IT Governance in a Networked World.
2: Introduction.
3: IT Governance.
4: Multisourcing Networks.
5: The Intelligent Enterprise.
6: A Sociological View of Governance.
7: Corporate Social Capital and the Intelligent Enterprise.
8: Personal Network Competencies.
9: Intra-Organisational Networks.
10: Research, Applications and Future Directions.
11: Research Linking Corporate Social Capital and Performance in the IT Global Market Place.
12: ITIL and Value Networks.
13: The Global IT Outsourcing Market: A Network Perspective.
14: Technology, Web 2.0 and Beyond.
15: Leveraging Emerging Practice.
16: Guidelines for IT Governance and Multisourcing in the Networked Economy.
Corporation Social Capital Links to Firm Performance: Research Methods Used.
Research Methodology.
About the Author.
Index.