Smart pls slides

1. Dr. Humam Elagha
College of Information Technology
Royal University for Women
Kingdom of Bahrain
April 20, 2016
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Framing the Frameworks: Integrating IT Governance
Structures and Processes
RUW CONFERENCE ON WOMEN AND SOCIETY
19-20 April 2016

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 The development of a conceptual IT
Governance framework. The framework
builds on the integration between IT
governance domains, IT governance
maturity, IT governance mechanisms, and IT
governance performance.
 The framework is aimed to help board
members, general managers, business line
and IT executives to understand, measure,
and manage IT governance in their
Main purpose of the Research

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 The Research examines the relationship
between IT governance domains, IT
governance maturity, IT governance
mechanisms, and IT governance
performance.
Main purpose of the Research

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Research Problem and
Questions of the Study
 What IT Governance domains contribute to
mature IT Governance in Firms including
Financial Services, Manufacturing,
Telecommunications and Public service?
 What IT Governance Mechanisms
contribute to effective IT Governance in
Firms including Financial Services,
Manufacturing, Telecommunications and
Public service?

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Overview of the Research Framework and
the Major Hypotheses

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Business
application needs
Major Research Hypotheses
 H1: The maturity of IT Governance
Domains will positively influence the level
of IT Governance Maturity.
 H2: The existence of IT Governance
Mechanisms will positively influence the
level of IT Governance Performance.
 H3: The Level of IT Governance Maturity
will positively influence the level of IT
Governance Performance.

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Business
application needs
The Research Design
Research Approach:
This study follows Deductive and
Quantitative approaches
Research Population and Sample:
The target population for this study is
Emirati Firms including financial
services, manufacturing,
telecommunications and public
service.

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Business
application needs
The Research Design
The Respondents of the Study
Executive Viewpoint
Business Viewpoint
IT Management Viewpoint
IT Operations Viewpoint
Compliance Viewpoint
Risk of bias is eliminated.

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Business
application needs
The Research Design
Data Collection Method
The primary resource of data in this
study is the questionnaire to
measure the research’s different
variables (Research instrument).
Stratified sample type was chosen in
this research.
The response rate was 60% and

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Business
application needs
The Research Design
 Statistical Methodology:
 The collected data from the
questionnaire was analyzed
using SPSS and SmartPLS 2.0
software.

11. DATA ANALYSIS AND RESULTS
Partial Least Squares (PLS) Path
Modeling
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The Structural Model
The structural model defines the
relationships between the latent
constructs.
The Measurement Model
The measurement model defines the
relationships between the latent
constructs and the indicators.

12. DATA ANALYSIS AND RESULTS
Partial Least Squares (PLS) Path
Modeling
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Path Model Constructed Using the Graphical Interface of SmartPLS

13. The Results Discussion
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 Results of Testing Hypotheses:
Statistical evidence was provided to enable the
researcher to accept the main and the sub
hypotheses.
There was no justification for excluding any of the
variables from the model.
These results proved the validity of the research
suggested model.

14. Research Contributions
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 Theoretical Contributions:
The most fruitful contributions of this study, is the
development of a conceptual IT Governance
framework. The framework builds on the
integration between the structural and processes
perspectives of IT governance.

15. Research Contributions
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 Practical Contributions:
The findings suggest that the most influential IT
governance domain for increasing the level of IT
governance maturity is Monitoring of IT
Performance Measurement.
Other IT governance domains also proved to
make a crucial impact on the level of IT
governance maturity, such as Evaluation of Value
Delivery; Alignment of Business and IT;
Monitoring of IT Resources, Risks, and

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 Practical Contributions:
The findings suggest that the most influential IT
governance mechanisms for increasing the
overall effectiveness of IT governance are the
existence of IT Steering Committee and the
support of Corporate Communication Systems.
Other IT governance mechanisms also proved to
make a crucial impact on the overall effectiveness
of IT governance, such as Ethics/Culture of
Compliance; and IT Strategy Committee.