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One Size Does Not Fit All – A Contingency Approach To Data Governance, Kristin Weber, Boris Otto, Hubert Oesterle
One Size Does Not Fit All – A Contingency Approach To Data Governance, Kristin Weber, Boris Otto, Hubert Oesterle
Hubert Oesterle
Enterprizes need Data Quality Management (DQM) to respond to strategic and operational challenges demanding high-quality corporate data. Hitherto, companies have mostly assigned accountabilities for DQM to Information Technology (IT) departments. They have thereby neglected the organizational issues critical to successful DQM. With data governance, however, companies may implement corporate-wide accountabilities for DQM that encompass professionals from business and IT departments. This research aims at starting a scientific discussion on data governance by transferring concepts from IT governance and organizational theory to the previously largely ignored field of data governance. The article presents the first results of a community action research …