Information Technology Governance in Lebanese Organizations

Information technology (IT) Governance is relatively a new topic in Lebanon whereby executives and
board directors institute the appropriate leadership, organizational structure and processes so that the
enterprise’s IT sustains and extends the organisation’s strategies and objectives. It has a well-defined
process and specific components that enable organizations to effectively attain competitive
advantage. This research aims to assess how Lebanese top management deal with IT Governance
by assessing the level of maturity of the implementation of the said concept, and sheds light on the
drivers and barriers behind IT Governance implementation. The research adopts a deductive,
quantitative and comparative approach where data is gathered from different organizations and then
analyzed in order to formulate a general proposition on the said status of IT Governance. The chosen
research technique is survey questionnaire and the research statistical tool is statistical package for
social sciences (SPSS). Detailed results are depicted using descriptive analysis as well as inferential
analysis. Inferential analysis includes crosstabs and regression analysis. All the analyses are used as
basis for the findings and to formulate a general proposition regarding the variables upon which
implementation of IT Governance depends on. The research is concluded with lessons learned and
future research recommendations.