Understanding the role of information technology for organizational control design: Risk control as new control Mechanism

Manuel Wiesche, Michael Schermann, Helmut Krcmar

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Abstract

Organizational control is one of the fundamental functions of management. Although controls come along with performance constraints, organizations rely on control mechanisms to direct attention, motivate, and encourage organizational members to act according to organizational goals and objectives. Managers build their decision on control design on the degree of knowledge about the value creation process and the predictability of the outcome. In this paper, we enhance a popular theoretical framework for organizational control design by enclosing IT-enabled controls. We explore the framework empirically in a multiple case study on Governance, Risk management, and Compliance information systems (GRC IS), a popular new trend in organizational control design. Our findings provide evidence that IT-enabled controls enable a new control mechanism, risk control, for situations with perfect knowledge about the transformation process and high ability to measure output. As research implication, we recommend an extension of organizational control theory to incorporate the effects of information technology on control design. As practical implication, we provide decision support for the selection of GRC controls, depending on situational factors and the expected value proposition. In sum, this research enhances the body of knowledge on organizational control design with a risk-based perspective.

OriginalspracheEnglisch
TitelGovernance and Sustainability in Information Systems
UntertitelManaging the Transfer and Diffusion of IT - IFIP WG 8.6 InternationalWorking Conference, Proceedings
Redakteure/-innenMarkus Nüttgens, Nadine Blinn, Andreas Gadatsch, Karlheinz Kautz, Ingrid Schirmer
Herausgeber (Verlag)Springer New York LLC
Seiten135-152
Seitenumfang18
ISBN (Print)9783642241475
DOIs
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 2011
Extern publiziertJa
VeranstaltungIFIP WG 8.6 International Working Conference on Governance and Sustainability in Information Systems - Hamburg, Deutschland
Dauer: 22 Sept. 201124 Sept. 2011

Publikationsreihe

NameIFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
Band366
ISSN (Print)1868-4238
ISSN (elektronisch)1868-422X

Konferenz

KonferenzIFIP WG 8.6 International Working Conference on Governance and Sustainability in Information Systems
Land/GebietDeutschland
OrtHamburg
Zeitraum22/09/1124/09/11

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