Lecturer IT governance
                                                                                        dr.mr.ir. Theo Thiadens
                                                                                        31 (0)6 44902885
                                                                                        thiadens@ict-management.com 
 

Current research at Fontys university of applied sciences.

Below are the articles shown, that resulted from the current
four year research programm (2008-2012) in IT governance The programm
aims at bridging the gap between theory and practice. All publications lay
down the current theory, investigate the current application of this
theory and advise about the way to go.

Method of research.

The method of research supports directly the aims of the research in the
area of IT governance. Fontys university of applied sciences defines
these aims as follows:

a. the research should attribute to the development of our lecturers;
b. the research should be embedded in the daily education of our students.

The subjects of research are so directly connected to the master of science
education in IT governance and the method of research consists out of three
parts. These are:

a. research on each subject is done under guidance of a so called knowledge
    circle. This is a group of lecturers interested in the subject. This group studies
    the theory and formulates the research questions.
b. the empirical part of the research in done by last year students. They learn
    here how to investigate a certain topic in the field of IT governance.
c. after the empirical part a seminar is held and articles are written in the
    Dutch and in the English language. 

Subjects:

1. Product and  service catalogues : book and publication in Dutch
2. Green datacenters: book, 4 articles in dutch magazines and two publications in English:
    2.1.      Green datacentres in the Netherlands (shareholders approach)
                (Presented at the 2010 11th annual GITMA (Global
                Information Technology Management Association) World conference in
                Washington DC, USA on June 20 and 21, 2010)  Presentation. 
    2.2.      Greener data centers in the Netherlands (process approach), book
                chapter in  Green Finance and Sustainability: Environmentally
                Aware Business Models and Technologies, edited by Dr. Zongwei Luo,
                IGI publications, New York, 2010. (Link removed according to contract with IGI)
3. IT risk: book, 3 publications in dutch magazines and one article in English:
                Dealing with IT risk in nine Dutch organizations, This article will be presented at
                the 2d Practice driven research on Enterprise Transformation
                (PRET 2010) working conference, Delft, the Netherlands, november 2010.
4. Optimizing ICT service chains: forthcoming a book, two articles in Dutch and one
                article in English. An impression of the research is given in:
                Optimizing the IT service chain for an insurance company.
5. Portfolio management: research, 3 publications in Dutch magazines and two articles in English. Both
                English articles are accepted for presentation. The presentations are at the:
                5.1.  International Conference  on Accounting and Information Technology 5~7 July, 2010,
                        National Chung Cheng University , Chiayi, R.O.C.: (presentation congres)
                                IT portfoliomanagement as support of IT governance: the Dutch situation  (article)
                5.2.  and the 5th Mediterrean Conference on information systems, September 12-14, 2010 Tel Aviv-Yaffo:
                        Deciding about IT: IT portfoliomanagement in 19 major organizations in het Netherlands anno 2010.
                        (presentation in Tel Aviv)
6.  Architecture: research was started in february 2010.
 

This research is sponsored by Simac