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In this book the author aims to describe the path from Information Technology to Information Management and Information Governance. This path allows organizations to identify IT Business Value and take advantage of it. The book synthesizes the main approaches that have emerged in recent years, compares these approaches along multiple variables, and finally proposes an advanced and new approach to Information Governance, based on the concept of Organizational Absorptive Capacity. Furthermore, the book presents a new approach to Information Management: the SIGMA (Strategic Information Governance Modelling and Assessment) approach. The new approach is centered on information as a key factor allowing integration between IT applications, organizational capabilities and business strategy. In particular, the Absorptive Capacity concept is presented and discussed: this concept represents the ability of an organization to maintain and absorb the potential of information and IT investments. After having presented and discussed the model, we also provide the reader with a brief presentation of how the SIGMA approach should be applied in companies. The book adopts a scientific approach to ensure methodological rigour; however, it is also concrete and describes problems from the viewpoints of managers, adopting a clear and easy-to-understand language in order to capture the interest of top managers and graduate students.

Allied-Signal Inc. -- Management. --- High technology industries -- United States -- Management -- Case studies. --- International business enterprises -- United States -- Management -- Case studies. --- Information technology --- Business --- Management information systems --- Absorptive capacity (Economics) --- High technology industries --- International business enterprises --- Commerce --- Management --- Business & Economics --- Management Theory --- Commerce - General --- Data processing --- Management. --- Business. --- Industrial management. --- Information technology. --- Economic sociology. --- Business and Management. --- IT in Business. --- Innovation/Technology Management. --- Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology. --- Data processing. --- United States.