Author(s)

Jianbing Xiahou , Meng Xiao, and Dangbo Shi

Corresponding Author

Dangbo Shi

ABSTRACT

With the promulgation of the Educational Informatization 2.0 Action Plan, universities in China have generally proposed the goal of information construction which is characterized by “the smart campus”. The key to the success of information construction lies in the selection of management strategy. We first discuss the content of university information construction, the current situation of university information construction and management, the concept of IT outsourcing, and the development and research status of IT outsourcing for university. Subsequently, we analyze the management strategy selection of information system construction from strategic, economic, and technical perspective. Finally, we classify the Chinese universities and analyze the characteristics of every type of universities. Based on the full-text analysis, we propose that the non-core information system of Chinese universities’ information construction should adopt external management; “Double First-rate” universities’ core information system should adopt internal management, and it is best that strategic suppliers are used to provide services; For higher vocational colleges and universities, external management should be applied to both non-core and core information system. As for the higher vocational colleges and universities with poor IT infrastructure and poor IT professionals, a strategic contractor can be selected to provide IT services. For general colleges and universities, the core information system management strategy should be determined according to specific conditions. We also present that the construction of cloud services and data centers is the trend of university information construction and the administrators of university informatization should pay special attention to the planning of information construction and the standardization construction of data and interfaces.

KEYWORDS

Chinese universities, informatization, information system construction, management strategy, selection