Article on who should manage data...
most people management is actually done in the course of day-in, day-out work, by managers and employees. HR may very well define the semiannual performance review process, provide the needed forms, and make sure it is carried out. But performance assessment is completed by employees and managers.This last point strikes at the heart of the federated model. Corporate HR sets policy; department HR may modify it in accordance with specific needs; and departments, managers, and employees carry out these policies. Most have a certain degree of latitude in how they do so.
I am a big proponent of moving data management out of IT. The HR model is exactly the model that works. The business is closer to the data and very few IT department can handle the pace of the business when it comes to data management. IT designs the network, builds the hardware and manages updates, while the business manages the ETL, data model and governance of the data.