Informatization Strategies in Public Administration
Published in February 1991
Book
Hardback
202 pages
978-0-444-88800-6 (ISBN)
Description
The main topic of this volume is the strategic significance of the introduction and development of information systems in public administration. Four approaches to strategy formulation are discerned. Each of the approaches is illuminated by articles which are both theoretical and empirical in nature. Questions which the book deals with include: - What contribution can IT offer to the modernization of public administration, both in its internal functioning and in a government-society relationship? - What specific factors promote or inhibit the introduction of various forms of IT in public administration? - What impact does the application of IT have on existing power relationships in public administration? - Does the application of IT alter central-local relationships between different layers of government? - What can we learn from different experiences in governmental organizations with strategy formulation concerning IT-applications?
The main topic of this volume is the strategic significance of the introduction and development of information systems in public administration. Four approaches to strategy formulation are discerned. Each of the approaches is illuminated by articles which are both theoretical and empirical in nature. Questions which the book deals with include: - What contribution can IT offer to the modernization of public administration, both in its internal functioning and in a government-society relationship? - What specific factors promote or inhibit the introduction of various forms of IT in public administration? - What impact does the application of IT have on existing power relationships in public administration? - Does the application of IT alter central-local relationships between different layers of government? - What can we learn from different experiences in governmental organizations with strategy formulation concerning IT-applications?
The main topic of this volume is the strategic significance of the introduction and development of information systems in public administration. Four approaches to strategy formulation are discerned. Each of the approaches is illuminated by articles which are both theoretical and empirical in nature. Questions which the book deals with include: - What contribution can IT offer to the modernization of public administration, both in its internal functioning and in a government-society relationship? - What specific factors promote or inhibit the introduction of various forms of IT in public administration? - What impact does the application of IT have on existing power relationships in public administration? - Does the application of IT alter central-local relationships between different layers of government? - What can we learn from different experiences in governmental organizations with strategy formulation concerning IT-applications?
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-444-88800-6 (9780444888006)
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Content
Introduction (I.Th.M. Snellen, P. Frissen). How Adequate Are Informatization Strategies? (K. Lenk). Informatization and Administrative Ambition: The Strategic Significance of Informatization for Internal and External Management in Public Administration (W. van de Donk, P. Frissen). Using IT to Support Administrative Modernization (C.H. Glover, K. O'Dwyer). Corporate Strategy and Data Processing Strategy (M. Aucoin). Networking the State: Facilitating and Inhibiting Factors (S. Wyatt). A Reinforcement Strategy for Informatization in Public Administration in Denmark? (J. Hoff, K. Stormgaard). Information Strategy for Public Policy (I.Th.M. Snellen). Informatization Strategy in Public Administration - Discrepancies between Political Concepts and their Administrative Realization (A. Hohmann). Information Technology and Central-Local Relations: Clashing Strategies in The Netherlands (M. Wolters). About the Authors.