Proposal of an Operations Department Model to Provide IT Governance in Organizations that Don´t have IT C-Level Executives

For small organizations, there may not be enough resources to justify a ´´C´´ level executive dedicated to information technology. The issue then becomes what structure can be used to provide for the same level of governance without that high-level visibility. One possibility is to include IT in the services that a landlord would normally provide to a tenant. The business units focus on the business and the proposed Operations Department model provides for all of the support structure needs. Those support structures provided by an Operations Department could include IT, facilities, heat, phones, cable TV, fleets, remodels, purchasing, moves or changes and project management. Since the Operations Department will be supporting the business units, it can assist and manage the IT infrastructure and use.