The Hourglass Model of
Organizational AI Governance
The Hourglass Model presents the overall structure of the AIGA AI Governance Framework.
Citation: Mäntymäki, M., Minkkinen, M., Birkstedt, T., & Viljanen, M. (2022). Putting AI Ethics into Practice: The Hourglass Model of Organizational AI Governance (arXiv:2206.00335). arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2206.00335
The AIGA AI Governance Model consists of three layers.
Scroll down to view the layers explained.
The environmental layer covers the
requirements from the contextual environment.
- These include:
- Hard law
- Principles and guidelines
- Stakeholder pressure
The organizational layer covers the
organizational practices and capabilities.
- These include:
- Strategic alignment
- Value alignment
The AI system layer covers the operational
governance for development, use, and management
of AI systems.
- These include:
- AI system design and operations
- Algorithm design and operations
- Risk and impact management
- Data operations
- Development operations
- Accountability (ownership)
- Transparency and contestation
- Compliance (regulation)
There are interactions between the layers.
- These include:
- 1. Embedding into processes
- 2. Processing input
- 3. Implementation
- 4. Communication and engagement
- 5. Integration and knowledge flows
