A holistic perspective on data governance

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Data governance sets the principles and rules organizations should follow for the effective use of data. Organizations also expect by means of adequate data governance the attainment of cost-effective and lower-risk operations. Despite data governance awareness in recent years, there is a lack of a holistic view of the organization’s data governance that could help both practitioners and researchers to have an overall map of the current situation and anticipate the further steps needed to raise its level of maturity. This exploratory research proposes a classification scheme for data architecture according to two orthogonal dimensions: the perspective of stakeholders (from corporate board to end-users) as well as the primitives that contribute to better data governance. The proposed scheme, evolved from enterprise architecture research, is in line with other solutions aimed at aligning the business and IT within organisations.

Keywords: Data Governance, Corporate Governance, Data Quality, Data Management, Enterprise Architecture

JEL Classification: M15

Received: 26.04.2021
Accepted: 30.04.2021

How to cite: Correia, A., & Água, P. B. (2021). A holistic perspective on data governance. In S. Hundal, A. Kostyuk, & D. Govorun (Eds.), Corporate governance: A search for emerging trends in the pandemic times (pp. 69–75). https://doi.org/10.22495/cgsetpt12