E-Government - Assessment of Current Research and Some Proposals for Future Directions

Electronic Government, or e-Government, is on the agenda both in research and in practice and there is a rather broad research field. Several researchers are involved in a range of different research projects concerning different topics within the area and are generating an increasing amount of research literature. This paper examines current research concerned with e-Government in order to define deficiencies, shortcomings, and some directions for future research. Current research in the area focuses mainly on the national level while that for the local level is in short supply. Consequently, proposals for future research concern e-Government at the local level.PI - Publika Informationssyste

Public e-Services Research - A Critical Analysis of Research in Sweden

In Sweden there is an emerging research on public e-Services and research is conducted at several universities and research institutes. Swedish research on e-Services focuses on citizens, communication, the development of e-Services, the design of e-Services, the maintenance of e-Services, eParticipation, the quality of services, evaluation, organisational changes, interactions between different e-Services, usability, co-operation, inter-organisational co-operation, accessibility, e-Health, the development of methods, and process orientation. Current research projects in Sweden have a predominance of national governments and governmental focus, but there are nevertheless several research projects that focus on local governments and on citizens. In analysing current research, it is stated that Swedish research on e-Services in several cases corresponds to international research, and visions and trends for the future development of e-Services

Utbildningsresurser för Teknikinformatörer

Föreliggande rapport nr 4.a behandlar utbildningsfrågor. Inledningsvis diskuteras utbildningsbehov och en önskvärd utbildning skissas. I avsnitt två redovisas en översiktlig inventering och värdering av befintliga TIutbildningar. Rapporten avslutas med en uppsättning förslag på hur utbildningsbehovet kan mötas på kort och lång sikt.TIC-projekte

Simulacija skupinskega odločitvenega procesa in učenja

The idea of decision analysis-and subsequent learning from the outcomes-is old within Operational Research. Here this approach to continuous improvement of decision outcomes is put one step further within the area of crisis and disaster management. This is done by introducing multiactors making simultaneous decisions with just partial information about each other. Further, decision outcomes are achieved from a simulation model rather than from the real object system.Ideja analize skupinskega odločitvenega procesa in posledično identificiranega učenja ima bogato tradicijo v okviru področja operacijskih raziskav. V prispevku je izveden nov korak v smeri izboljšave rezultatov skupinskih odločitvenih procesov na področju upravljanja v kriznih situacijah. Uvedeno je okolje kjer sodeluje več udeležencev, ki istočasno sprejemajo odločitve na podlagi delnih informacij, ki jih medsebojno izmenjujejo. Člani odločitvene skupine za odločanje uporabljajo simulacijski model, kar ima številne prednosti v primerjavi z delovanjem v realnih sistemih

Simulacija skupinskega odločitvenega procesa in učenja

The idea of decision analysis – and subsequent learning from the outcomes – is old within Operational Research. Here this approach to continuous improvement of decision outcomes is put one step further within the area of crisis and disaster man­agement. This is done by introducing multiactors making simultaneous decisions with just partial information about each other. Further, decision outcomes are achieved from a simulation model rather than from the real object system.Ideja analize skupinskega odločitvenega procesa in posledično identificiranega učenja ima bogato tradicijo v okviru področja operacijskih raziskav. V prispevku je izveden nov korak v smeri izboljšave rezultatov skupinskih odločitvenih procesov na področju upravljanja v kriznih situacijah. Uvedeno je okolje kjer sodeluje več udeležencev, ki istočasno sprejemajo odločitve na podlagi delnih informacij, ki jih medsebojno izmenjujejo. Člani odločitvene skupine za odločanje uporabljajo simulacijski model, kar ima številne prednosti v primerjavi z delovanjem v realnih sistemih

Provincial Designer Design: A Creative Mix of Hard Restrictions and Soft Visions of an Information Systems Educational Program

Part 10: Teaching at Nordic UniversitiesInternational audienceThis paper presents a brief historical account of the unorthodox design of an educational program for information systems development. The design and development of this program was initiated in 1977 at the University College of Östersund, today the Mid Sweden University. The presented account provides a description of the somewhat unusual context of this initiative, which was regarded as a weakness by conventional standards, but became an opportunity in this particular situation. The intellectual inspirations and sources for the design of this program are characterized and followed by a presentation of the very content and operating mode of the educational program. The final part presents the various outcomes that the program gave rise to, in terms of students’ professional careers observed

Provincial Designer Design: A Creative Mix of Hard Restrictions and Soft Visions

 In assessing a Swedish undergraduate study program in information systems development the proposition is put forward that a process oriented curricula could be a promising alternative to mainstream content based ones. By further stressing a user perspective, creativity, and systemic thinking, conditions are created for putting technology to its best possible use in its service of human needs.   

Benchmarking del e-gobierno local: limitaciones de los sistemas de evaluación comparativa

Se introduce la necesidad de evaluar y comparar el desarrollo del e-gobierno y se analizan los instrumentos existentes. En primer lugar se presentan los modelos de evolución del e-gobierno actualmente en uso y se discuten sus características y utilidad. Un análisis de los estudios comparativos muestra el interés que despierta el área de administración electrónica. Seguidamente se analizan los estudios comparativos más relevantes sobre provisión electrónica de servicios públicos en la administración local. Ambos análisis ponen de manifiesto las limitaciones de los estudios existentes en su aplicabilidad en el ámbito local. Algunas son: la escasez de trabajos sobre administración local, la medida de la adopción de los servicios públicos, y el uso de modelos de evolución de e-gobierno que no reflejan las nuevas tendencias en prestación de servicios. Finalmente se señalan mejoras a realizar en futuras evaluaciones comparativas de servicios electrónicos para incrementar su aplicabilidad en la administración local