令和元年度秋期 ITパスポート試験問53

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問53

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企業における IT ガバナンスを構築し, 推進する責任者として, 適切な者は誰か。

出典　令和元年度秋期 ITパスポート試験問53

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問 53

Incorrectア
As the owners of the company, shareholders are the side that supervises management through the shareholders meeting and so on (the party that exercises corporate governance); they are not the ones who build and drive IT governance inside the company. Therefore it is incorrect.
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正解 IT governance is a mechanism (part of corporate governance) in which the organization itself sets policies for the use of IT so that the company can effectively use IT to achieve its business goals, and controls and directs how those policies are carried out. Because IT investment and the use of information systems can determine whether the business succeeds or fails, only management can decide company-wide policies and take responsibility for driving them. Therefore, the person responsible for building and driving IT governance is “management”, and the correct answer is イ.
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Employees are those who carry out their work according to established policies and rules; they do not bear the responsibility of formulating and controlling the company-wide IT usage policy. Therefore it is incorrect.
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Information systems department staff are the ones who handle the practical work of introducing, developing, and operating IT; they provide specialist support, but they are not the person who ultimately oversees the building and driving of company-wide IT governance. That responsibility lies with management. Therefore it is incorrect.

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Definition of IT governance: a mechanism in which the organization itself controls and directs the use of IT so that the company can effectively use IT to achieve its business goals.
The person responsible for building and driving IT governance is management. Shareholders are on the supervising side, while employees and information systems department staff are on the executing / practical side, and none of them is the ultimate responsible party.

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