The emergence of information technology governance in higher education has emerged as important for aligning information technology goals with that of institutions in order to achieve the mission and vision of institutions. Even though higher education institutions in South Africa have some form of information technology governance or information technology strategic committee in place, they are still struggling to operationalize their mandate effectively in order to achieve their objectives. The struggle is even more in settings that are low on resources and where the information technology portfolio is highly fragmented. In this article, an information technology governance model suitable for low resource settings and fragmented information technology portfolios is proposed to assist institutions having this type of setting achieve successful strategic information technology alignment. Case study research was used to: 1) understand information technology challenges that an institution with this type of setting faces and; 2) understand how other similar institutions have implemented their information technolgy governance. The findings from the case studies contributed to the development of an effective information technology governance model suited to these institutions with low resource settings and having fragmented information technology portifolios. Initial evaluation of the model using existing literature review, existing information technology governance frameworks and case studies used in the study indicate the validity of the model.

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IT资源分散的低资源机构的信息技术治理模型

高等教育中出现的信息技术治理对于使信息技术目标与机构的目标保持一致以实现机构的使命和愿景显得尤为重要。尽管南非的高等教育机构已经建立了某种形式的信息技术治理或信息技术战略委员会，但它们仍在努力有效地执行其任务授权以实现其目标。在资源匮乏且信息技术组合高度分散的环境中，斗争更加艰巨。在这篇文章中，提出了一种适用于资源匮乏和信息技术组合分散的信息技术治理模型，以帮助具有此类设置的机构成功实现战略性信息技术战略调整。案例研究用于：1）了解具有此类设置的机构所面临的信息技术挑战；以及 2）了解其他类似机构如何实施其信息技术治理。案例研究的结果有助于开发一种有效的信息技术治理模型，该模型适合这些资源设置较低且信息技术组合不完整的机构。使用现有文献回顾对模型进行初步评估，