IT Governance in Higher Education Institutions in Abu Dhabi, UAE

Abstract

With IT affecting all aspects of university’s/school’s academic and professional affairs, an efficient IT governance (ITG) is required to assure that all kinds of expensive and complex information technology is appropriately governed. Despite the importance of IT; there has been limited research looking at how ITG is implemented in higher education institution or how to harness its benefits. This research focuses on how ITG is adopted and implemented in higher education institutions in UAE by considering the case of two different universities. The research proposes a theoretical framework derived from COBIT and Six Sigma to help in governing IT in higher education institutions. The framework will help in directing different processes toward evaluating any decision concerning the alignment and compatibility of IT with the overall strategies and goals of higher education institutions. This is achieved to increase services quality over time, aligning and supporting business strategies, and controlling and minimizing IT risks in order to increase stakeholder’s value and reducing cost.

Governing IT in HEIs: Systematic Mapping Review

“…A better level is measured in Indonesia, with an average of 3.25 on 30 private HEIs (Kosasi et al, 2017). Finally, Abu Dhabi Universities have reported the level of maturity of 2.5 to 3 for two Institutions A and B (Ajami & Al-Qirim, 2013).…”

Determinant Factors in the Implementation of Information Technology Strategic Management to Academicians' Performance in Higher Education Institution

“…The ITSM concept and model comparison process were carried out at the literature study stage in the previous research. The results of this comparison determines the elements used as independent variables which are divided into three categories, namely technological innovation [9]- [20], business model [4], [13], [15], [18], [21]- [24], and strategic alignment [12], [14], [25]- [27]. The questionnaire stage includes designing, distributing, and collecting data from three HIE in West Java, Indonesia.…”

“…faculty and student) and external (student, employer, and society or government) [2]. Furthermore, to improve the quality of services to the customers, HEI requires to utilize information and communication technology as increasing learning experience [3], services quality over time, aligning and supporting business strategies, controlling and minimizing IT risks and increasing stakeholder's value and reduce cost [4]. With the fulfilment of task characteristics, user characteristics, social characteristics, project characteristics, and organizational characteristics [5].…”

“…One of the steps that can be taken to improve these services is to pay attention to policies related to IT governance [4]. This policy will later control the use of IT and communication, including information systems on the HEI to provide services to its customers.…”

Image Quality Improvement Using Image Processing Method Image Brightness Contrast and Image Sharpening

“…Because the digital image is different from the analogue image to achieve the image change process, a calculation technique for RGB values and methods of calculating the mind is needed. Improving image quality is one of the initial processes in improving image quality [3]. Improving image quality is necessary because the image that is the object of discussion has poor quality [4]; for example, the image experiences noise, blurring, and so on.…”