The Development of a Framework for Green Information Technology Implementation in South African Organisations

Abstract

This study was primarily an empirical investigation in the field of Information Technology (IT) on how Green IT is implemented by South African organisations. The relative lack of Green IT framework in ensuring successful Green IT implementation for South African organisations was the primary impetus of this study, which advanced this important, but neglected area of Green IT. The study highlighted the pitfalls of Green IT implementation and adopted a realism problem solving approach using an empirical solution to find answers within the field of Green IT implementation in South African organisations. The study focused on the development of Green IT framework for South African organisations. In this regard, an in-depth qualitative research methodology was undertaken through semi-structured interviews to gather data in order for South African organisations to implement Green IT effectively. This study unveiled and filled the growing gap of Green IT implementation by developing a new chain of thought. This was done by creating a Green IT framework and operational workflow.