Databases Reference
In-Depth Information
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The Role of Data Governance
in an Organ
ization
Neera Bhansali
CONTENTS
Introduction ........................................................................................................1
The Need for Data Governance ........................................................................2
Place for Data Governance in Organizational Strategy .................................3
Data Governance across Intrafirm Networks .................................................4
Data Governance Characteristics of Organizations through Their
Life Cycle .............................................................................................................5
Data Governance Program ................................................................................7
Benefits from Data Governance .......................................................................9
Data Quality and Data Governance Process .................................................10
Data Governance and Master Data Management ........................................13
Managing Risk with Data Governance ..........................................................13
Information Governance and Cloud Computing ........................................14
Conclusion ........................................................................................................15
References ..........................................................................................................16
Further Readings ..............................................................................................16
INTRODUCTION
In today's fast-paced global economy, changes in the environment result
in new opportunities for wealth creation that decision makers use in strat-
egy formulation and implementation. Organizations have grown global by
not only expanding businesses and setting up branches overseas, but they
have grown global in a different kind of way—leveraging on knowledge
tapped globally rather than merely growing outward from a domestic
base. In organizations, information from various departments and func-
tions, as well as formal and informal sources of information, are bought
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